HWC Assessment Committee: Presentations

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• Phillip Vargas. (October 2022). The modal participant: Using the statistical mode to find the "typical" student in the classroom. Presented at The Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).​

• David Richardson. (August 2022). Assessing Harold: It takes a committee. Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.​

• David Richardson & Carrie Nepstad. (August 2022). Building positive relationships: Co-curricular assessment at HWC. Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.​

• Carrie Nepstad & Viggy Alexandersson. (Fall 2021 to Spring 2022). Assessment Certificate Program. The CCC partnered with DePaul University and Loyola University Chicago for a series of live Zoom seminars about assessment, and Carrie & Viggy presented many of them.​

• Ukaisha Al-Amin & Erica McCormack. (August, 2021). Institutional learning outcomes. Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.​

• Erica McCormack. (August 12, 2020). Assessment at HWC. Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.​

• David Richardson, Yev Lapik, Erica McCormack. (August 12, 2020). Student responses to remote learning: A mini-assessment. Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.

• Yev Lapik & Aigerim Bijelic. (August 11, 2020). Assessment of learning in introductory biology class: Concepts and misconceptions. Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.

• Bridgette Mahan. (August 11, 2020). Accounting/business and social justice. Presented at HWC’s Faculty Development Week.​

• Erica McCormack, Carrie Nepstad, & Jeffrey Swigart. (August 11, 2020). Civic engagement in our time. Presented at HWC’s Faculty Development Week.

• Erica McCormack. (August, 2020). Assessment at HWC. Presented at Harold Washington College adjunct orientation.

• David Richardson. (August, 2020). Why change it? Presented at Harold Washington College Faculty Development Week.​

• Erica McCormack. (January, 2020). Assessment at HWC. Presented at Harold Washington College adjunct orientation.

• Carrie Nepstad & Jeffrey Swigart. (October, 2019). Assessment committee work as a form of faculty development. Presented at the Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) in Indiana.​

• Harold Washington College. (April, 2018). TLC (Teaching and Learning Community) program. Joint effort of the HWC Assessment Committee, CAST (Committee for the Art and Science of Teaching), and the Office of Instruction to explore various topics of student learning.

• Jeffrey Swigart, Camelia Salajean, & Fernando Miranda-Mendoza. (April, 2018). Teaching percentages across the curriculum. Presented at the TLC (Teaching and Learning Community) event at Harold Washington College.

• Shana Cooper & Todd Held. (April, 2018). Closing the HWC Info-Lit Loop. Presented at the TLC (Teaching and Learning Community) event at Harold Washington College.

• Karen Smith, Matthew Williams, & Katelin Karlin. (April, 2018). Organizing and running a student-centered event: CCC student symposium at HWC. Presented at the TLC (Teaching and Learning Community) event at Harold Washington College.

• Carrie Nepstad. (February, 2018). Student perception of online learning: What do they think? Presented at the Illinois Assessment Fair at Joliet Junior College.​

• Carrie Nepstad. (January, 2018). Assessment at HWC. Presented at Harold Washington College adjunct orientation.

• Carrie Nepstad. (Fall, 2017). Assessment 101 quiz. Presented at various Harold Washington College venues, including meetings with the administration, chairs meetings, and faculty gatherings.

• HWC Assessment Committee. (September, 2017). Assessment day program. Series of college-wide presentations at Harold Washington College to discuss assessment.

• Jennifer Asimow & Carrie Nepstad. (April, 2017). Assessment best practices. Presented to Blackhawk College in Moline, IL, as a professional development opportunity for their faculty.

• Todd Heldt & Carrie Nepstad. (February, 2017). Information literacy in a post-truth world. Presented at the Illinois Assessment Fair at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois.​

• Carrie Nepstad, Phillip Vargas, & Sarah Kakumanu. (October, 2016). A correlative study of student understanding and attitude in the natural sciences. Presented at the Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).
• HWC Assessment Committee. (April, 2016). Assessment day program. Series of college-wide presentations at Harold Washington College to discuss assessment.​

• Jennifer G. Asimow, Carrie Nepstad, Erica McCormack & Fernando Miranda-Mendoza. (February 26, 2016). Unit-level assessment: One college’s journey from conception to realization. Presented at the Illinois Assessment Fair at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois.​

• Sarah Kakumanu & Erica McCormack. (Spring, 2016). Grading vs. assessing. Presented at Harold Washington College college-wide meeting dedicated to discussing assessment.

• Kristin Bivens. (Spring, 2016). Closing the loop in assessment. Podcast interview of Carrie Nepstad, CASTpod series #6.

• Kristin Bivens. (Spring, 2016). Assessment at HWC. Podcast interview of Carrie Nepstad and Erica McCormack, CASTpod series #5.​

• Michael Heathfield. (October, 2015). 2013 CHEA award for outstanding institutional practice in student learning outcomes. Presented at Eighth Annual Conference for Institutional Self-Evaluation at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico.

• Carrie Nepstad & Phillip Vargas. (October, 2015). What does “faculty-driven” assessment look like? Presented at the Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).

• Jennifer Asimow, Cindy Cerrentano, Erica McCormack, & Carrie Nepstad. (August, 2015). What does “faculty-driven” assessment look like? Presented at Faculty Development Week 2015.​​
• Jennifer Asimow, Cindy Cerrentano, Erica McCormack, & Carrie Nepstad. (March, 2015). What does “faculty-driven” assessment look like? Presented at the Illinois Assessment Fair at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

• Carrie Nepstad. (November, 2014). Turning the culture of assessment to a culture of learning. Presented at the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Conference in Dallas, TX.

• Jennifer Asimow & Phillip Vargas. (October, 2014). Diversity – Quantifying growth in both tolerance and acceptance. Presented at the Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).

• Michael Heathfield & Jennifer Asimow. (November, 2013). Building an assessment culture on campus. Presented to guests from the Japan Institution for Higher Education Evaluation (JIHEE) visiting Harold Washington College.

• Jennifer Asimow. (2013). Oral communication presentation. Presented at Harold Washington College.

• Jeffrey Swigart. (2011). Quantitative reasoning assessment. Presented at Harold Washington College.

• Amanda Loos, Todd Heldt, & Carrie Nepstad. (October, 2008). Developing & implementing an assessment of the humanities general education objective: A do-it-yourself guide. Presented at the Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)​.

• HWC Assessment Committee. (November, 2007). Whaddya know? Assessment week 2007. Presented at Harold Washington College.

• Keenan Andrews, Sammie Dortch, Anita Kelley, Cecilia López, & Carrie Nepstad. (October, 2006). HWC’s human diversity survey: From conception to practice. Presented at the Assessment Institute at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis).​​

• Carrie Nepstad. (2006). Assessment at HWC. Presented at Harold Washington College.

• Carrie Nepstad. (2004). Critical thinking & the brain. Presented at Harold Washington College.​