Spring 2013 Course SLO Review

PHOT 50B - History and Aesthtics of Photography Since 1945 - Stage 3 - Kathleen Perry

Assessment

Assessment Methods	Analysis of exam, quiz, or homework items linked to specific SLOs Assignments based on rubrics (such as essays, projects, and performances)
Assessment Description	Specifically, I looked at the Visual Literacy Forum answers and Gallery Review paper to evaluate students’ understanding of the materials presented and their ability to articulate the synthesis of the materials. The Gallery Review is about image analysis based upon the class materials. The Visual Literacy Forum occurs in the second week of the class and the Gallery Review is due the eighth week of the class.
Learning Outcomes	F. Synthesize information about works of art and convey it in written and oral form throughout the semester.
Number of Sections	1
Number of Instructors	1
Number of Students	30

Data Analysis

Data Shared With	Faculty and staff within our department Faculty and staff from other colleges
Data Sharing Methods	Face-to-face meetings Email Phone Shared document files
Data Summary	79% of the students provided excellent responses to the Visual Literacy Forum 83% of the students wrote Gallery Review Papers that were Satisfactory or Excellent.
Analysis Summary	Students have achieved outcome F if they can utilize the concepts of denotation and connotation in analyzing photographs and deconstruct images visually.
Next Steps Planned	Provide additional images accompanied by deconstruction analysis in slide show.
Learning Outcomes	SLO F: Analyze and discuss the ideas presented in the readings and lectures as part of the participation component of the course.

Changes

Details	New assessment of image analysis in the form of the Gallery Review. Modified explanations of image analysis and provided more images with analysis. Added an additional text, Criticizing Photographs by Terry Barrett to support the curriculum in place. Designed Forum interaction to explore Barrett's types of photographs.
Learning Outcomes	More students had a higher success rate in analyzing images. This included more in-depth analysis than previous semesters.

Tentative Future Plans

Term	Summer 2013
Activities	Assessment (measurement) of outcomes Analysis and discussion of assessment data and next steps Implementation of planned changes and reassessment
More Details	Change the Gallery Review prompt to allow even more in-depth exploration of image deconstruction. Fine tune the rubric and add two more categories.

SLO Details Storage Location

ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)
ELECTRONIC COPY - On a department web server or shared document system

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