Competency-Based

Assessment with eLumen

September 30, 2014

eLumenis a SaaS platform that

empowers higher education

institutions to perform data

collection, management and

analytics around student learning

outcomes assessment.

We generate insights from outcomes

When a new client

conversation

starts with…

“Can you help us understand

patterns of student learning?”

“Can you help us do SLOs?”

We’re going to have a GREAT

conversation.

I know I have some work to do:

students are taking a back-seat to

binder-building. We get it: you HAVE

to do it, but let’s reframe this…

We know a bolder

vision is possible;

our foundations

are Competency-

Based

When you have to… we’ve made it

easy for you to comply with your

accreditation reporting requirements

(and program review)

When you want to… we enrich

your institution’s understanding

and/or use of student outcomes

data by enabling:

➔ Per-Student Assessment

➔ Remediation Strategies

➔ Cohort Tracking

➔ Competency-Based

Approaches

Who does

this…?We have a

variety of schools

— but mostly

VERY BIG

Community

Colleges.

We think community colleges will

be big innovators in competency-

based education.

And we think their needs will transform the power of

outcomes assessment in higher education.

So: How can We “Do SLOs” Better?

Start with: Accreditation and Program Review.

But then let’s think about possibilities for:

• Co-Remediation

• Retention Risk Management

• Completion with Job-Ready Skills

• Equity Strategies & Reporting

• Articulation and Transfer

Let’s go on an Outcomes Journey…

PSLOs ISLOs

PSLOs Prof. Standards General Education

Course-L

evel Outcomes

PSLOs ISLOs

PSLOs Prof. Standards General Education

PSLOs ISLOs

PSLOs Prof. Standards General Education

BIO 101

BIO 102

BIO 104

BIO 201B BIO 203 BIO 204

Problem Co-Remediat ion

Screening for basic

skills can work—but

can sometimes screen

out students who

would better benefit

from Co-Remediation.

Adopting Competency-Based

assessments into curriculum

allows you to do early formative

assessments of core skills such

as writ ing and math while also

engaging students in the skills

development they’ll need in

their program.

With eLumen’s ability to score

individual students, map

skills from course to program-

and Gen Ed outcomes, as well

as track Demographics, you

can send one set of remedial

students to the Writ ing Center

and another to ESL Mentoring.

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Problem Retent ion

Specific skills can be

a challenge over t ime,

even if a student is

progressing through

their program.

Competency-Based offerings

allow you to build alternative

offerings that address specific

skills-gaps or skills-emphases.

eLumen allows you to define

alternative assessment strategies,

as well as track both individuals

and cohorts over t ime. This

combination of variable strategic

initat ive and invidual student-

tracking can change what the

game for assessment. -

Problem Skills-Ready

Students—and their

future employers—

want to know that

they are leaving your

inst itut ion “ skills-

ready.” Are they?

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Accreditor demands,

Program Review, and other

academic process supports

are reasons enough to do

some form of outcomes

modeling and assessment.

But the real reason—the

reason eLumen was formed

as a company—is that by

paying attention to student

skills, by designing courses

and programs to deliver

those skills, we do better by

our students, enabling them

to live the lives they have

imagined.

“So… How do you make that

possible?”

Competency-Modeling

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shot #1:

Curriculum

Map

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shot #2: SI

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shot #3:

Distribution

CalendarPainlessly align course

SLOs to program and

institutional SLOs (including

VALUE Rubrics

and Program Standards)

Assign Achievement

Expectations: Formative,

Course-Level, or Program-

Ending

Design Weighted Rubrics

with Assessment Modality,

Activity Type, and Evidence

Collection

eLumen is the most-powerful tool available.

Continuous Improvement is a Process (not a Template)Aligning to Strategies

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shot #1: SI

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shot #2:

Purpose Built

RFI

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shot #3:

Action Plan

detail

Align all activities that

feed program review in

a single view

Distribute Assessment

instruments and Action

Plans/Reflections

Monitor Activity and

Completion on Campus

Student Data Stays with Student, not SectionFaculty Experience is Key

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shot #1: SI

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shot #2:

Purpose Built

RFI

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shot #3:

Action Plan

detail

Scoring Assessments is

Simple; Evidence

Collection is Easy

LTI enables real-time

integration with LMS

(Moodle is seamless)

Action Plans and

Reflections can be tied

to Assessments

Changes the Game on Your CampusCourse-Embedded

Assessment

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shot #1: SI

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shot #2:

Purpose Built

RFI

Great screen

shot #3:

Action Plan

detail

Assessment Patterns

can be Discovered in

Real-Time

At-Risk Cohorts

Automatically Inserted in

Remedial Settings

Program Review and

Accreditation are One-

Click Report Options

A New Conversation About Learning OutcomesLet’s Imagine…

Accreditation and

Program Review

are first-order

NECESSITIES

(made easy).

Institutional

strategies for

Remediation,

Retention, and

Skills-Readiness

become POSSIBLE

Faculty can engage

Learners in their

Outcomes Journeys

with tools they own,

on THEIR terms.

eLumen can make that possible—while meeting you where you are today.

Let’s Talk.

Joel Hernandez

Chief Executive Officer

joel@elumen.info

612.501.4250