Have formal Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) or Student Learning Outcomes (SLOS) been developed?
YES
Published where? (website)
Do PLOs include or imply link to Core Competency? (AY 2021-2022: Oral Communication)?
Yes, SLOs include Performance Skills by which students are expected to “Make effective public or professional presentations.”
Process of Core Competency Assessment:
Course (300 or 400- level)
COM 352 Small Group Communication
Assignment
Oral presentation of students’ 5-10-minute summary of an academic journal article (focusing on group communication) of their choice. Students must answer address the following areas: 1) rationale, 2) research questions, 3) methods and procedures, and 4) results and discussion.
Type of Student Artifact
Research presentation
Rubric or other instrument
GE Rubric for Oral Communication
Data (measurement of the competency)
Two readers from the department undertook evaluations of the student presentations. Both evaluators noted many students went beyond simple summary and added critical analysis and opinion. In terms of delivery, although extemporaneous vocal delivery was observed in most, there was a lack of nonverbal delivery via gesturing and eye contact. Some students seemed to be reading from the article or a script. This lessens the connection between the speaker and the audience. Two presented opted to use visual aid presentation slides. The presentation slides were helpful, and conveyed a deeper level of mastery, or competency, of the material as they really helped the audience to see diagrams/theoretical models and other pertinent information from the journal article. We suggest that future presentations might also utilize visual aids, especially when reporting research questions/hypotheses and results.
Action Taken in Response to the Data (What will you do in response to the Findings?)
TBA
Date of Last Program Review
2012-2012 Self-study