Assessment Institute Proposal Development Information Session
Information Needed to Submit a Proposal
RPA's Best Scholarly Presentation Award
Submission Guidelines
Session Topics
Assessment Institute Proposal Development Information Session:
Consider attending one of two 30-minute Zoom-based information sessions to learn how to develop a proposal for the 2024 Assessment Institute, including information on the RPA Best Scholarly Presentation Award:
Call for Proposal Submission Guidelines:
- All proposals and edits to previously completed proposals should be submitted online no later than 11:59 PM on Friday, March 1, 2024, which is our priority deadline for proposal receipt. We will accommodate additional proposals beyond this date as program space permits.
- You can submit multiple proposals, but due to limited space not all proposals can be accepted.
- Please review the RPA Presentation Award Rubric before submitting your proposal. If you would like your presentation considered for the RPA's Best Scholarly Presentation Award, you should check the box for consideration when completing your proposal submission. If you do not wish to have your proposal considered, please do not check this box.
- The coordinating/main presenter will receive an email confirming that the proposal was successfully submitted.
- Preference will be given in the selection process to those proposals that include information about assessment findings and their use to improve student learning and/or institutional processes or services.
- If your proposal is accepted for a presentation at the Institute, presenters and co-presenters are expected to pay registration fees and will need to register for the Institute via the Institute website.
- Proposal status notifications will be sent via email to the coordinating/main presenter listed on the proposal in late-April or early-May.
Special Session Topics:
In addition to the general session topics that follow, we will feature special plenary/keynote sessions emphasizing:
- Engaged Learning
- Inclusive Environments
- Innovative Instruction
- Strategic Directions
- Student Success
General Session Topics:
In addition, we will present Pre-Institute Workshops, 60- and 20-concurrent sessions, and poster sessions with assessment leaders and practitioners and additional learning opportunities emphasizing:
- Accreditation
- Analytics and Metrics
- Assessment in Online Courses and Programs
- Assessment Methods
- Campus Business Operations and Services
- Community Colleges
- Competency-Based Education and Assessment
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Emerging Trends in Assessment
- Experiential Learning
- Faculty/Professional Development
- Fraternity and Sorority Life
- General Education
- Graduate/Professional Education
- HIPs in the States/High-Impact Practices
(HIPs include Capstone Courses and Projects, Collaborative Assignments and Projects, Common Intellectual Experiences, Diversity/Global Learning, ePortfolios, First-Year Seminars and Experiences, Internships, Learning Communities, Service Learning and Community-Based Learning, Undergraduate Research, and Writing-Intensive Courses)
- Institution-Wide Data Collection/Use
- Leadership for Assessment
- Learning Improvement
- Major Fields
- National/State Initiatives
- STEM Education
- Strategy and Planning
- Student Affairs and Co-Curricular Programs and Services
- Student Partnership and Engagement in Assessment
- Undergraduate Education
- Use of Technologies in Assessment
For more information contact the Planning Committee at planning@iu.edu.
