11:57 a.m., Sept. 2, 2010----This month's edition of the University of Delaware Center for Educational Effectiveness newsletter -- newly named Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (TLA) -- highlights three UD faculty who have been named assessment scholars by the Office of Educational Assessment (OEA) to document and enhance the quality of student learning engagement at UD.

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The assessment scholars will play an integral part in preparing for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education accreditation process by:

Examining the assessment of general education and whether students are meeting the general education goals, documenting UD students' level of general education competency in light of Middle States accreditation's Standard 12, and making recommendations for improvements that will be shared with the Faculty Senate.

Reviewing the OEA data and documenting Standard 14-Assessment of Student Learning for the Middle States accreditation.

Serving as a resource on issues pertaining to the assessment of general education and assessment as part of the instructional process.

The three assessment scholars selected are:

Del Levia, an associate professor of ecohydrology in the Department of Geography who holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences. As both an educator who employs student-centered approaches in the classroom and an assessment fellow, Levia utilizes best practice assessment strategies at both individual course and programmatic levels. A recent article on Levia's assessment efforts and their congruous nature with national standards has been published in Journal of Geography in Higher Education, an international peer-reviewed publication.

Don Lehman, an associate professor in the Department of Medical Technology who has been employed at UD for 20 years. He received his bachelor of science degree in medical technology and his master's degree in microbiology and immunology from Wright State University, and his doctorate from the University of Delaware. He is knowledgeable about computer-assisted instruction as he utilizes the online virtual world Second Life in a forensic science class he teaches. He is an editor of two books: Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology (4th edition, 2011, Elsevier) and Success! In Clinical Laboratory Science (4th edition, 2010, Pearson).

Iain Crawford, an associate professor in the Department of English who teaches courses in Victorian literature and whose research focuses on the works of Dickens. He has served as a peer evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission and for the Western Association of Colleges and Schools, visiting a number of campuses as a member of their accreditation teams and reviewing their work on assessment.

Additional information about teaching, learning, and assessment at the University of Delaware is available in this month's TLA newsletter, which is produced by the Office of Educational Assessment of the Center for Educational Effectiveness and the Center for Teaching and Learning.