Annual performance reviews are shunned for good reason. Your boss tells you everything you did right—but mostly wrong—over the past year, subjectively rates your performance, and then identifies areas you need to improve. Many higher education institutions question the wisdom of this antiquated approach and are exploring alternatives. More...
By Paul Fain. California's move toward performance funding for its community colleges could work without harming colleges that enroll large numbers of underserved student groups, according to a new report published Thursday by the Century Foundation, but only if the formula adequately takes into account the socioeconomic profile of students at individual colleges. More...
Chalk & Wire, the most trusted higher education assessment technology provider, today announced that University of South Carolina College of Education is advancing its assessment and accreditation performance through the use of its flagship ePortfolio-enabled student assessment platform, CWPro. More...
Priming the Pump for Better Classroom Performance
This is an interesting article and worth reading, not because it advances the field to any great degree but because it so vividly illustrates the dangers of working in a vacuum. The story is simple: a Stanford business professor, Paul Romer, developed a tool that assigns and grades student work. Nothing unusual here, though the article makes it sound as though Romer had discovered fire. But thoughout this intervew what emerges most clearly is a lack of awareness of other work in the field. More...
Honest discussions about poor performance may be difficult, but they are necessary for managers in higher education, writes Ellen de Graffenreid. More...
The authors argue that administrators and stakeholders “should look for rankings which are consistent over time, cover multiple areas of measurement and are less reliant on peer reputation” and that rankings that include self-reported data and reputation surveys are less helpful. More...
It's funny. I had never heard of Thiagi a couple of months ago. Now he's everywhere. I suppose in some circles he has had guru status for some time, but his circles have shifted and now I find him within my horizon. More...
There has been a fair bit of discussion on the elearningleaders mailing list about the new American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Manifesto. More...
Research on Learning and Performance
Following an email conversation this week (yet another bug report - I need to spend some serious time with my web site this weekend) I took a wander through Jay Cross's Internet Time Group website. Of particular interest for readers of this list wll be his elearning weblog. More...
I was told impact metrics could make or break careers. Instead, they broke my faith in scientific research. More...
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