Archived Assessment Report
| Program | Geographic Information Technology AAS Degree |
| Assessment Reporter | [email protected] |
| Theme | Practicing Community |
| Review Year | 2024-2025 - Midpoint Report |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Focus Area |
|---|---|
| 1. Communicate results of GIS-based research to technical and non-technical audiences. | Are students able to successfully create and complete a project where in the obtain data, process it and communicate those results in meaningful way to both types of audiences. I would hypothesize that yes, our students can do this, as our entire program is heavily geared to this. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population or Courses Assessed | Hypothetical Analysis/Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Communicate results of GIS-based research to technical and non-technical audiences. | tool used will be a final project wherein the students are required to obtain spatial data, perform a basic analysis to answer some spatially related question and display results. | GIS 2228 | target threshold will be >=75% earned on the final project, based on a rubric/criteria that the students are given. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Results | Reflection on Focus Area | Intepretation of Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Communicate results of GIS-based research to technical and non-technical audiences. | 7 out of 9 projects submitted achieved an 80% or greater on the project | generally, results support the original hypothesis | the projects that achieved the 75% or greater grade were complete and well done. The two that did not were not even completed. Thus, i feel this indicates not a lack of skills needed but a lack of effort or time applied. |
| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Description of Assessment Tool | Population of Courses Assessed |
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| Learning Outcome (or Gen Ed Essential Skill) | Summary of Second Round Results | Intepretation of Results, Pre- and Post-Change | Follow up questions, possible next steps |
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Describe any change in student achievement observed as part of this assessment process, and what led to those changes.
Describe long-term changes in the program(s) that the assessment process led to, and what motivated those changes?
What did you learn about the teaching and learning of "Practicing Community" in your programs?
Describe any external factors affecting the program or affecting assessment of the program.