Bridging College Coursework and Career Readiness: Using Canvas Outcomes to Assess Academic, Career/Community, and Employability Skills

Presented by:

• Matthew Morin, Ph.D., Director of Intersegmental Partnerships, Chaffey College
• Trelisa Glazatov, Ph.D., Instructional Designer, Chaffey College

Speaker Bio:

• Matthew Morin is the Director of Intersegmental Partnerships at Chaffey College, which coordinates Adult Education, Dual Enrollment, Digital Microcredentialing, and the Amazon Career Choice program. He is a former full-time professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the Utah System of Higher Education from 2012-2017, where he also directed General Education and Individualized Studies programs. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Florida State University and Tufts University respectively, and a B.A. in Music and Anthropology from University of Massachusetts. His scholarly activity spans research and publications on music and civil society in West/East Africa, Japan, and the United States.
• Trelisa R. Glazatov holds a B.S. in Finance, M.Ed. in Instructional Technology, and Ph.D. in Computing Technology in Education. She has extensive experience working as a contractor/instructional designer within the California Community College System, after working at San Bernardino Valley College’s Distance Education department for over 10 years. In addition to her role as Instructional Designer for the UMOJA initiative, Trelisa has facilitated numerous professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, and administration in the California Community Colleges, State Universities, and community partners in instructional design, online learning, systems management, and project management.

Session Info:

Companies from IBM to Whole Foods to Home Depot are recruiting for positions offering decent income, benefits, education, and growth opportunities, with college credentials taking a backseat to candidates’ skill sets during the hiring process. At the same time, the CA Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is pursuing Competency Based Education models, and employers have identified skills sets they value. Chaffey College has developed ACES (Academic, Career/Community, and Employability Skills), utilizing Canvas technology and infrastructure to inextricably link college coursework to personal, academic, and career readiness. We will demonstrate how we adapted New World of Work outcomes to develop our ACES framework for certifying attainment of transferrable, interdisciplinary skills. We will show how we are bringing ACES to scale through the program review process. Chaffey is using Badgr Pro technology to connect acquisition of skill sets to student pathways and Academic & Career Communities, while leveraging the SLO assessment processes and existing curriculum to promote equitable outcomes, transparency, authenticity, and robust assessment while increasing efficiency of data management. Finally, we will reveal initial efforts to develop employer-verified digital micro credentials and explore opportunities for bringing this to scale. Our presentation will conclude with panelist responses to questions from the audience.

Session Outcomes:

• Integrate academic, personal, and career readiness skills with existing curriculum and LMS infrastructure.
• Leverage the SLO assessment process to connect college coursework to acquisition of highly valued transferrable skills.
• Identify a process for bringing this work to scale and expanding the impact and benefits for students

Session Resources:

• Bridging College Coursework
• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_ABpGUhIV3BAix_OfMKb55GWyjn8CZAKurUzS_qfiE0/edit?usp=sharing