Program: Service Learning Program
Date: Mon Oct 17, 2011 - 11:38:51 am
1) List your program's student outcomes.
The University of Hawaii Service learning program will measure learning outcomes attainment from students’ participation in a variety of service learning activities. We define service learning as combining community service as combining community service with academic instruction, focusing on critical, reflective thinking and personal and civic responsibility. The University of Hawaii at Manoa Service Learning Program defines academic learning outcomes as comprising six measurable areas: critical thinking; communication; career and teamwork; civic responsibility; global understanding and citizenship; and academic development and educational success.
Students participating in service learning program activities and community service have the opportunity to:
Connect coursework with challenges in the community. Develop friendships with people of other ages, faiths, cultural backgrounds, and incomes. Accept civic responsibility. Explore and gain career experience while working with professionals. Develop self-confidence. Make a difference in the world around them.
2) Where are your program's student outcomes published? Mark all that apply and include URLs when appropriate.
Student Handbook. URL, if available online:
Information Sheet, Flyer, or Brochure. URL, if available online: NA
UHM Catalog. Page Number:
Other:
Other:
3) Provide the program's activity map or other graphic that illustrates how program activities/services align with program student outcomes. Please upload it as a PDF.
4) For the period June 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011: State the assessment question(s) and/or assessment goals. Include the student outcomes that were targeted, if applicable.
The Question: Did participation in service learning courses increase the student success and completeion of a UHM degree?
Faculty members who contact our office and our subgranteees gather information for assessment through pre and post service questionairre's.
5) State the type(s) of evidence gathered to answer the assessment question and/or meet the assessment goals that were given in Question 4.
We have a 3 year grant from Learn & Serve America through the Corporation for National & Community Service and currently there are three seperate departments collecting data for 2011-2012 academic year:
1. Dr. Ulla Hasager from the College of Social Sciences Ethnic Studies
2. Mr. Gary Heusel from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources 4-H Program
3. Dr. Kristen Scholly from University of Hawaii at Manoa Health Services Program.
6) State how many persons submitted evidence that was evaluated. If applicable, please include the sampling technique used.
The following faculty members are in the process of collecting evidence to support assessmment questions that were a part of the pilot projects conducted during the summer and fall of 2011. The assessment will be complete by June 2012.
1. Dr. Ulla Hasager from the College of Social Sciences Ethnic Studies
2. Mr. Gary Heusel from the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources 4-H Program
3. Dr. Kristen Scholly from University of Hawaii at Manoa Health Services Program.
7) Who interpreted or analyzed the evidence that was collected. Check all that apply.
Faculty/staff committee
Ad hoc faculty/staff group
Director or department chairperson
Persons or organization outside the university
Students (graduate or undergraduate)
Dean
Other The Service Learning Advisory Board made up of Service Learning faculty from all UH system campuses and external evaluator Laurie Cannady from The Hawaii State office for National & Community Service.
8) How did he/she/they evaluate, analyze, or interpret the evidence? Check all that apply.
Used qualitative methods on interview, focus group, open-ended response data
Scored exams/tests/quizzes
Used a rubric or scoring guide
Used professional judgment (no rubric or scoring guide used)
External organization/person analyzed data (e.g., Social Science Research Institute)
Other: The advisory committee will look at pre and post survey results and through monthly discussions of experience using service learning through professional judgement. Data is being reviewed by and sent to the Corporation for National and Community Service through an online communication system for analysis.
9) For the assessment questions/goals stated in Question 4, summarize the actual results.
Since we began this assessment in the 2010-2011 school year, the results are still being tabulated and analyzed and should be available by the next reporting period in 2012.
10) What was learned from the results?
Preliminary results indicate a positive response by students to service learning experiences both in and out of the classroom. There has also been an increase in both in the UH system and outside of the UH System at partner campuses of HPU and Chaminade University of service learning student participants wanting more courses with a service learning option.
11) State how the program used the results or plans to use the results. Please be specific.
We plan to use the results to further support integration of Service Learning into existing and new courses at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
12) Reflect on the assessment process. Is there anything related to assessment procedures your program would do differently next time? What went well?
The data assessment process is lengthy and requires a lot of follow up with participating faculty and students to receive data from them.
13) Other important information
We will contiunue to look at ways to improve pre and post questionair'e and other methods to help streamline data collections.
We will also be working with the asssessment office to create an activity map that aligns with our student learning outcomes and should have it ready for the next assessment report.