LHE-7400: Academic Program and Curriculum Development in Higher Education

Busby, K. (2015). Co-curricular outcomes assessment and accreditation. Special Issue: Measuring Cocurricular Learning: The Role of the IT Office, 39-50.
Busby (2015) addresses the important role of co-curricular opportunities and outcomes can play in program review and accreditation.

Stirling, A.E., & Kerr, G.A. (2015). Creating meaningful co-curricular experiences in higher education. Journal of Education & Social Policy, 2(6), 1-7.

Sparks, S. (2017, April 12). Open Educational Resources (OER): Overview and definition. Education Week.
This source provides a brief introduction to open educational resources.

Elias, K., & Drea, C. (2013). The co-curricular record: Enhancing a postsecondary education. College Quarterly, 16(1).
Elias and Drea (2013) provide an overview of the advantages of providing co-curricular opportunities for students and discuss methods for students to record the co-curricular activities in relation to their program.

DeVries, I. (2013). Evaluating open educational resources: Lessons learned. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 83,56-50
DeVries (2013) provides an excellent review of challenges and limitations identified in the use of open educational resources.

Achieve. (2011). Rubrics for evaluating open education resource (OER) objects.
A set of rubrics you may use to evaluate the utility and value of an OER.

Suskie, L. (2018). Planning assessments in general education, co-curricula, and other settings. In Assessing student learning: A common sense guide (pp. 105-115).
This is Chapter 8 in Suskie’s ebook and focuses on ways co-curricular opportunities can be integrated for assessment of student learning. Other chapters that may be of interest include Chapters 3, 4, and 7. Part 4 (Chapters 15-21) provide detailed assistance in designing different assessment tools – rubrics, multiple-choice exams, assignments, portfolios, published tests, and more.