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Stephen C. Ehrmann

"Culture of Evidence" (?!)

"Culture of evidence" is a controversial phrase within the TLT Group. For me, it's the best way I've heard to describe whether an institution informally and formally supports the intentional gathering and use of information before making choices, whether that choice is "How do I teach tomorrow?" or "How do we get more value from what we spend on a learning management system?" Steve Gilbert objects to the phrase. To his ears, it sounds reductionistic, simplistic, divisive, and unintentionally ins… Continue

Posted by Stephen C. Ehrmann on January 7, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Stephen C. Ehrmann

eLearning Courses Should (Not?) be Comparable to Pure F2F Courses

In the early days of distance learning (correspondence, traveling faculty, telecourses, etc.) the question was always, "Distance learning can't possibly be as good as face-to-face campus learning, can it?"

However, the evidence began to pile up that, measured by faculty member's own exams, distance learning courses were usually just as good (bad?) as their campus equivalents. There was 'no significant difference' in exam scores when faculty taught two version of the same course, on at a distanc… Continue

Posted by Stephen C. Ehrmann on August 4, 2008 at 4:00pm

Stephen C. Ehrmann

What Outcomes Assessment Misses

The mantra of many assessment efforts is "outcomes" and its companion concept, Student Learning Objectives. Nothing wrong with either idea, so long as they're not being applied to a fault.

It's the tenth anniversary of this invited address to the American Association for Higher Education, 'What Outcomes Assessment Misses."

The talk began by stating some common sense ideas about assessment:

1. Create goals for all students in the pro… Continue

Posted by Stephen C. Ehrmann on May 20, 2008 at 11:34am

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A favorite science fiction novel

Leslie and I had a wonderful time at the Gilberts on Saturday, helping Sally celebrate her birthday. When she was telling us about the time she and Steve had just spent in Stockholm, and cautioning against visiting during the winter when it's so cold and dark, I thought one of my favorite science fiction novels, about a planet where the winters are so frozen and so long that all living things go

President's Address at Notre Dame

If you have 40 minutes or so at some point (muted laughter), here’s the URL for the President’s commencement address at Notre Dame this afternoon:http://tinyurl.com/qojd2kSoundbites on TV can't capture the grace, intelligence and feeling of this amazing commencement address. His words are good humored, thoughtful, and utterly determined. One of his final sentences ("Remember that, in the end,

How to write a good survey

People frequently send me draft surveys for feedback, needs assessment, evaluation, etc. and ask for help in improving them. I'm happy to help. But I almost always need to ask them this: "Before I can do anything, I need to know what choices you hope to illuminate with people's responses to your form. Such a choice might be 'what, if anything, should we do about X?' or 'should we do A or
 
 

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