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Purdue Faculty Publish Paper on IMPACT Course Redesign Program thru National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment

February 21st, 2019

This week, several members of Purdue University faculty and staff published, “Creating Student-Centered Learning Environments and Changing Teaching Culture: Purdue University’s IMPACT Program” through the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA).

The invited paper describes Purdue’s IMPACT (Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation) course design program, which was recognized last year by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of six encouraging innovations in education.

According to the paper abstract on the NILOA website, IMPACT has involved 321 instructors, 529 courses, and in some semesters, as many as 95.1% of first-time, full-time undergraduate students.

Authors of the paper include (in order, L to R, top row, center row, and bottom row in graphic):

• Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Center for Instructional Excellence;
• Michael Flierl, Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies;
• Craig Zywicki, Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Effectiveness (OIRAE);
• Loran Carleton Parker, Evaluation and Learning Research Center;
• Cody Connor, Teaching and Learning Technologies, Office of Information Technology;
• Daniel Guberman, Center for Instructional Excellence;
• David Nelson, Center for Instructional Excellence;
• Clarence Maybee, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies;
• Emily Bonem, Center for Instructional Excellence;
• Jason FitzSimmons, Center for Instructional Excellence; and
• Erica Lott.

Download the paper from NILOA at http://learningoutcomesassessment.org/occasionalpaperthirty.