Chronicle Festival: The Ideas Shaping Higher Ed

Does your institution have a New Year’s resolution to get more strategic about accessibility? As accessible video becomes an increasingly important part of education, schools are turning from a tactical to a strategic approach to making sure they meet the necessary guidelines. Join Nevada State College for a point-by-point guide to developing an institutional strategic plan for your accessibility efforts.

States and school districts are incorporating growth models into a range of accountability and evaluation systems at increasing rates. However, there is no single universally accepted growth model. This edWebinar explores the following key questions: What are the characteristics of appropriate assessments to measure student growth? What factors are used to measure growth? What are the various types of growth models being used in schools? What technical criteria should be applied when evaluating a “growth model”?

John Hattie and his team have spent countless hours analyzing data to determine what has the greatest effect on student learning. He has written multiple books on the topic, with many practical ideas that can be implemented quickly and relatively easily that will help you to help your students even more than you are now. Together, explore the principles of a Visible Learning classroom as laid out in Hattie’s Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. You’ll leave the edWebinar ready to refocus your instruction to capitalize on the strategies that will have the greatest impact on your students’ learning.

Determining the best method for assessment can often seem like a daunting task. In this webinar, we discuss the selection of appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods, methodologies, designs, and tools that fit with assessment purposes and how best to facilitate data collection using a variety of methods. It also reviews how to assure the legitimacy, trustworthiness, and/or validity of various methods and methodological designs.