F-LIGHT: Studies That Made a Difference

• asked a useful question, a question you might want to ask, too
• produced findings valuable enough to justify the effort of doing the study.

Contents of this issue:

• Feature on Building a Culture of Assessment: Valencia Community College's efforts to help faculty and staff use data to improve practice. How did the College develop this capacity? What kinds of studies are paying off at Valencia?
• Feature on using Flashlight Online to guide and accelerate student progress. Prof. Grandon Gill of the University of South Florida uses Flashlight Online as part of a system to help individualize feedback on student learning.

Also

• Accreditation Self-Studies and Program Reviews that study, and improve, the use of technology to support teaching and learning. This excerpt from the Flashlight Evaluation Handbook describes some options for designing such self-studies.
• Upcoming Online Workshops and Webcasts on Assessment and Evaluation from The TLT Group.
• How to submit an article to F-LIGHT
• How an institution can subscribe to The TLT Group (and, as a side benefit, support F-LIGHT)
• How to subscribe to, or unsubscribe from, F-LIGHT