NSF-CCLI Grant: CDTL-Ethics Assessment March 2009-Jan 2010 Purdue Site Review

1. Project Highlights ABET Presentation (March) ASEE Presentation and Meeting (June) Turbulence and Role Clarity (June) EPICS Conference (July) More Role Clarity (Ongoing) Paradigm Shift (July) Bi-Weekly Project Meetings (June-present) CCLI Summer Meeting (August) Publication of CDTL Framework (Oct) ASEE/FIE props (January 2010) New Team Member (January 2010) CCLI Winter Meeting (January 2010) NSF-CCLI Grant: CDTL-Ethics AssessmentMarch 2009-Jan 2010Purdue Site Review

3. Overview - Ethics • Assessment Instrument • Learning Objectives • Ethics Lecture • Reflection Analysis • New and Changed goals

4. 1. Updated assessment instrument • Question #7 concerns Purdue Sub Goal 08-09 #7: Develop and evaluate a rubric for assessing ethical awareness and decision-making, which is related to NSF Goal #1. • Has the rubric been field-tested? Has it been used in EPICS? When? • Yes, two pilots have been conducted, fall 2009, w/revisions after each • If so, has the rubric been posted on the project website? • Yes • If so, what is the title of the document? • Moral Decision Making Assessment Instrument (DRAFT)_iGroups.docx • How will this rubric be used as one of the entries for the Assessment database? • This will be a core assessment instrument, adaptable by any university • What issues or concerns are related to getting this document ready for inclusion in the Assessment database? • Identifying its core features that cannot be changed. • Identifying the parts that can be adapted, and how that might work • What documentation do you have (or plan to produce) that provides evidence of the validity and reliability of this rubric? • Analysis of results from two pilots • Wider piloting and interviewing?

5. 2. Updated Learning Objectives • Question #1 concerns Purdue Subgoal 08-09 #1: Finalize learning objectives and skills related to ethical decision-making, which is related to NSF Goals #1 & #2, and which was reportedly completed February 16, 2009. • Are these learning objectives and skills posted on the project website? • Yes • If so, what is the title of the document? • EPICS Learning Objectives - Ethical Awareness and Ethical Decision Making.doc • How will this document be used as one of the entries for the database of Best Practices and/or Assessment? • This represents the types of learning objectives similar programs could adopt. • Specific objectives could be tailored to each program • What issues or concerns are related to getting this document ready for inclusion in the database of Best Practices and/or Assessment? • Core components must be identified • Instructions for use must be created in order to preserve the integrity of the document • What documentation do you have (or plan to produce) that provides evidence of the validity and reliability of these objectives and skills as a basis for learning ethical decision-making? • Tested feasibility during fall semester • Found time constraints and certain irrelevancies • Ultimately will test student’s knowledge of these objectives through assessment instrument

6. 3. Ethics lecture • Question #3 concerns Purdue Sub Goal 08-09 #3: Develop an ethics curriculum which integrates instruction and assessment, which is related to NSF Goal #1 and #2, and which was to have been completed by Spring, 2009. • Has this curriculum been finalized? • Lecture style, approach, and message have been finalized • If so, is the curriculum posted on the project website? • Yes • If so, what is the title of the document? • Ethics_Lecture.pptx • How will this document be used as one of the entries for the database of Best Practices and/or Assessment? • This is a lecture that can be used directly or adapted by other programs • What issues or concerns are related to getting this document ready for inclusion in the database of Best Practices and/or Assessment? • Core components must be identified in order to preserve the integrity of the document • Needs script if others will use • What documentation do you have (or plan to produce) that provides evidence of the effectiveness of this curriculum? • Feedback from students • Built on authentic EPICS example, Covers learning objectives

7. 4. Reflection analysis Question #4 concerns Purdue Sub Goal 08-09 #4: Evaluating responses from reflection given at end of Fall 2008 semester, which is related to NSF Goal #1, and which was to have been complete by Spring, 2009. • Are the reflections being used to evaluate ethical decision-making? And/or team learning? Yes • Have the responses been evaluated? Yes • If so, are the results posted on the project website? Yes • If so, has the finalized rubric used for the evaluation been posted on the project website? Yes • If so, what is the title of each document? • Final Reflections - An Analysis.docx • How will this documentation of the evaluation and rubric be used as one of the entries for the Assessment database? • Other programs can use this or a similar rubric to analyze self-assessments or reflections • What issues or concerns are related to getting this document ready for inclusion in the Assessment database? • Instructions for use should be created • What documentation do you have (or plan to produce) that provides evidence of the validity and reliability of the rubric? • ??

8. 5. New Goals • Question #9 concerns the emergence of any new goals, or alterations of the existing goals that were identified during the first year of work. • Have any new sub goals been identified for the Purdue site work? • Identified the need to isolate the core features of each document we intend to use in the database. • We need instructions for use and for adaptation • Have any of the existing 8 sub goals been modified for the Purdue site work? • We have changed (Delayed) the timeline for the development of the instructional case