This Community Conversation focuses on the role that centers for teaching and learning (or CTLs) can play in guiding departments toward useful forms of assessment that make a difference in the quality of teaching and learning. Toward this end, and drawing on earlier work in the Assessment Working Group, we have drafted a new resource for leaders of both CTLs and academic departments that details modes of productive, long-run collaboration on vital assessment projects.

We are pleased to announce our first in-person Steering Committee meeting since December 2019. We will be gathering at KU in Lawrence, Kansas June 5-7, 2022. This meeting will be held in conjunction with the TRESTLE project's conference and celebration to foster knowledge sharing and planning for the collective improvement of undergraduate teaching and student […]

A BVA Community Conversation Led by Doug Ward (U. of Kansas) and Susan Bens (U. of Saskatchewan) Thursday, March 23, 2023 2-3 p.m. Central (noon-1 PT, 1-2 MT, 3-4 ET) Zoom Link: https://bit.ly/3HzGfu4 ChatGPT has stormed into the world of education, upending assignments and policies, and forcing educators to grapple with the rapidly developing capabilities […]