As part of the process to use outcomes for improvement, ORU regularly incorporates information about success with student learning outcomes in discussions and decision-making processes at all levels. At least twice during most semesters, faculty members who serve as course coordinators meet to discuss student learning outcomes. They revise course assessment rubrics to better measure student learning, determine which assignments should be designated as ePortfolio artifacts for data analysis, and ensure that student learning outcomes further the mission of the department, school, and University. Student learning outcome results are integral to the ORU program review process. Faculty members from each major and program compile a self-study document, incorporating variables such as student learning results harvested from ePortfolio and other sources. The program review process also includes surveying students, faculty, alumni, employers, and graduate faculty of alumni who pursue graduate d...

The last blog posting had a broken link. Thanks to Debbie George, I was able to restore it, so that you can read the Excellence Magazine article about ORU's ePortfolio program. Here it is: http://alumni.oru.edu/excell/fall04/pages/department/campus-currents4.asp or click_here. Also, it is always better to click the link at the bottom of this email and go to the blog itself, rather than trying to read it in email format. Did you know that you can also post to this blog? Go ahead--it is open to anyone. Have a happy day!

All ORU alumni are apprised of the ePortfolio process and assessment results of student learning through periodic mailings. One key alumni source for information about the University is Excellence magazine, published quarterly by the ORU Alumni Association. That magazine includes articles about ORU’s success with student learning, especially as it relates to ePortfolio. For an example from the Fall 2004, edition, entitled “From Snapshot to Surround Sound,” click_here . University Business magazine has also featured ORU’s ePortfolio system in a positive way. The Public Relations Department conveys to the general public ORU’s strong emphasis on student learning. A press release dated April 13, 2004, introduced the ORU University-wide comprehensive assessment ePortfolio system. It quoted Geoff Irvine, president of Chalk & Wire as saying,” Oral Roberts University is the first higher education institution in the world to use ePortfolio and RubricMarker to collect performance data across...