Peer Review

National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

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Reviewed:: Mar 30, 2018 by Faculty Development

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Overview:

Established in 2008, the mission of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) is to discover and disseminate ways that academic programs and institutions can productively use assessment data internally to inform and strengthen undergraduate education, and externally to communicate with policy makers, families and other stakeholders.

NILOA assists institutions and others in discovering and adopting promising practices in the assessment of college student learning outcomes. Documenting what students learn, know and can do is of growing interest to colleges and universities, accrediting groups, higher education associations, foundations and others beyond campus, including students, their families, employers, and policy makers.

Type of Material:

Collection

Recommended Uses:

For faculty and those interested in outcomes assessment.

Technical Requirements:

None.

Identify Major Learning Goals:

The main objective is for the user to adopt promising practices in the evaluation of the learning outcomes of university students.

Target Student Population:

Faculty.

Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

None. A great place to start learning about outcomes assessment.

Content Quality

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Strengths:: To provide a comprehensive picture of the changing assessment landscape, NILOA will conduct periodic online surveys of campus assessment efforts, interview key respondents, analyze institutional websites and those of organizations engaged in assessment-related efforts, produce a series of commissioned papers addressing pressing topics, and develop short, instructive case studies of promising practices in collegiate learning assessment—particularly the use of assessment data to improve student learning and approaches to public reporting of assessment data.
Lots of useful information.
Concerns:: None.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

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Strengths:: NILOA is used by many institutions so the information covers a broad spectrum of institutions.
The material has an institutional focus. It could not be properly considered as a resource for teaching. However, support is shown to increase the efficiency of educational institutions.
Concerns:: None.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

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Strengths:: The resource library is really effective.
The most important strength of the site is hyperconnectivity. There are numerous links.
Concerns:: None.

Other Issues and Comments:: There is a profusion of data resulting in some fragmentation. A more user-friendly navigation interface would be helpful
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