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This session introduces TASK™ – The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge – a groundbreaking assessment by Sulitest designed to transform education by setting a new standard for sustainability knowledge. Based on extensive research on sustainability and psychometrics, TASK™ provide a robust, reliable, and comparable measure of sustainability knowledge leading to a certificate. It provides relevant data and metrics for assessing the effectiveness of educational interventions on knowledge development; understanding levels of sustainability knowledge across an organization or school to inform curriculum redesign; and external reporting for accreditations, rankings, and other stakeholders.

It has been 20 years since the 2003 Standards were set and the original assurance of learning concepts and expectations were released. In this session, AoL experts will discuss the changes we’ve seen in AoL over the years since then and how those changes have guided our practices today. Learn what’s on the horizon for AoL and what trends will guide best practices moving forward.

This session tackles the crucial need for a "change agent mindset" in Assurance of Learning (AoL). Discover how a lack of this mindset hinders progress and learn effective communication and collaboration techniques to overcome it. Participants will gain an understanding of AoL principles and best practices, enabling them to contribute effectively to their institution’s AoL initiatives. Moreover, attendees will foster improved communication and collaboration skills, becoming empowered to take on leadership roles as AoL stewards and catalyzing positive transformations within their educational institutions.

In this session, an institution will share how they moved to a new competency-based approach to drive their AoL strategy and processes in response to meeting the changing expectations of national and international accreditation authorities. Being under the scope of 6 different national and international accreditation bodies, the school decided to move to a competency-based approach. Learn challenges the school was faced with, how they overcame obstacles, and how your institution can consider a new approach to your AoL processes to better align with your institution's mission and strategy.

This session explores how an institution effectively uses indirect measures to gather stakeholder feedback and improve its BBA program. Learn how they used this data to enhance curriculum, develop a measure inventory, and compare with peers to optimize their assessment process. Participants will have the opportunity to begin creating their own indirect measure inventory and gain valuable insights for continuous program improvement. Participants will also compare their inventory with fellow participants to identify opportunities for improvement to their measure portfolios and their assurance of learning processes. The incorporation of the indirect measure inventory and other means of providing documentation as part of the accreditation reporting process will also be discussed.

Join this session to hear how two institutions have found that technology helps them engage faculty and streamline the AoL process in different ways. One institution will share how technology such as Qualtrics and Tableau has assisted them in the curriculum mapping process. Understand how technology was used from the data collection stage to the creation of high-impact graphics that helped faculty, Department Heads, and Assessment Committees view their learning objectives across the curriculum. Another institution will share how they use Power BI and Microsoft Excel to ensure collaboration with various stakeholders in AoL processes. Learn how they developed budget-friendly online dashboards for tracking assessment progress and displaying results.

In light of continuous improvement, the University of St. Gallen refreshed its AoL processes and in a pilot project, added an AoL layer on top of the gamified learning app 'Brian'. This session will provide an overview of the school's updated AoL processes and how the learning app ‘Brian’ can be used to provide useful AoL data while reducing the burden on faculty and program administrators.