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AoL and Assessment Conference

11​ – 12​ May
Bologna, Italy
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AoL and Assessment Conference
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The agenda is subject to change. Changes can occur up until the start of the conference.
Agenda Timezone:
CET
Central European Time
Agenda:
Agenda Timezone:
CET
Central European Time
Monday
11 May
Tuesday
12 May
Monday
11 May
Begin your day by networking over coffee. This is an excellent opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, make new connections, and discuss the sessions ahead.
Connect with peers, meet exhibitors, and explore fresh ideas in the Exhibitor Showcase, a space designed to help you build relationships, discover new solutions, and make the most of your time at the conference.
Enjoy coffee and refreshments while connecting with colleagues and peers. Take this opportunity to visit the Exhibitor Showcase and discover new ideas and partnerships. Be sure to stop by the Discover AACSB area to explore our full range of offerings – from the Academy to technology, data, and other valuable resources designed to support your institution’s success.
This focused session provides a deep dive into the proposed updates to Standard 5, with particular emphasis on the revised Table 5‑1. Presenters will walk attendees through what has changed, the rationale behind the revisions, and how the updates are intended to strengthen assurance of learning and continuous improvement. The session concludes with an interactive Q&A, giving participants the opportunity to clarify expectations and explore practical implications for their own programs.
Geared toward institutions pursuing initial AACSB accreditation, this session examines how effective, faculty‑driven AoL governance supports meaningful assessment and continuous improvement. Through practical strategies and an early‑stage AoL journey, presenters illustrate how engaging faculty in defining competencies, developing rubrics, evaluating student work, and closing the loop can shift AoL from a compliance exercise to a strategic tool that enhances teaching, learning outcomes, and curriculum quality.
This session shares practical lessons from institutional pilots exploring how assessment and Assurance of Learning evolve with widespread generative AI use. Presenters highlight faculty‑centered, AI‑aware approaches to assessment, evidence synthesis, and AoL documentation that preserve academic judgment while strengthening transparency and continuous improvement. Participants will take away concrete ideas for adapting faculty‑in‑the‑loop AI practices within their own AoL processes.
This panel explores how Assurance of Learning (AoL) can move sustainability from aspirational commitment to embedded curriculum practice. Featuring experiences from the Onsi Sawiris School of Business and Leuphana School of Management and Technology, we will explore how responsible management education and sustainability learning outcomes can be operationalized through rubric review, collaboration with industry, faculty engagement, and assessment design. Participants will gain practical insights into using AoL not as a compliance exercise, but as a mechanism to align sustainability commitments with measurable learning outcomes and curricular accountability.
Connect with peers, meet exhibitors, and explore fresh ideas in the Exhibitor Showcase, a space designed to help you build relationships, discover new solutions, and make the most of your time at the conference.
This session examines how effective Assurance of Learning (AoL) governance enables faculty‑led, sustainable assessment and continuous improvement. Presenters explore the role of AoL committees, decision‑making structures, and alignment with curriculum and quality governance in translating assessment evidence into meaningful program‑level improvements—moving AoL beyond data collection to impact.
This session highlights how artificial intelligence can support Assurance of Learning (AoL) by synthesizing qualitative assessment data and identifying gaps in student learning and curriculum alignment. Presenters demonstrate how AI can analyze instructor feedback and multiple AoL data sources to surface key themes, pinpoint learning gaps, and inform improvement discussions—while maintaining faculty oversight and judgment. Participants will gain practical insights into using AI responsibly to interpret qualitative evidence, support committee decision‑making, and help close the loop through targeted process and curriculum improvements.
Assurance of Learning (AoL) is often perceived by faculty as an administrative requirement rather than a tool for improving teaching and learning. This session focuses on practical strategies for building faculty engagement and ownership in AoL by redesigning processes, clarifying roles, and embedding assessment into everyday academic work. Participants will leave with concrete ideas for engaging faculty, strengthening collaboration, and closing the loop in ways that genuinely enhance student learning.
Enjoy coffee and refreshments while connecting with colleagues and peers. Take this opportunity to visit the Exhibitor Showcase and discover new ideas and partnerships. Be sure to stop by the Discover AACSB area to explore our full range of offerings – from the Academy to technology, data, and other valuable resources designed to support your institution’s success.
Many schools find assessing small programs to be a significant challenge in their assessment process. The option provided by the 2020 standards to assess certain types of programs entirely with indirect measures provided presents an interesting option to address the challenges inherent in assessing small programs as many schools assume that direct measures aren’t a viable option. This session will present a typology of criteria common in small program scenarios allowing participants to apply the criteria to prototypical small program scenarios/cases before being presented with innovative approaches to assessing small programs for their consideration.
Relax and enjoy the company of your colleagues. This reception is the perfect opportunity to unwind and continue the day’s discussions in a more informal setting.
Tuesday
12 May
Begin the final day with networking over refreshments. Reflect on the insights gained and prepare for the final sessions.
Connect with peers, meet exhibitors, and explore fresh ideas in the Exhibitor Showcase, a space designed to help you build relationships, discover new solutions, and make the most of your time at the conference.
Many schools collect substantial amounts of indirect assessment data but underutilize it within their Assurance of Learning systems. This session focuses on how institutions can leverage indirect measures already collected, such as course evaluations, student surveys, alumni feedback, and employer surveys. The session presents a framework for identifying existing indirect data sources and using the results to support meaningful program improvements. It also explores how to evaluate gaps in current evidence and selectively create and add new indirect measures that are purposeful, low-burden, and aligned with institutional priorities. Participants will gain practical strategies for making indirect measures more actionable.
Enjoy coffee and refreshments while connecting with colleagues and peers. Take this opportunity to visit the Exhibitor Showcase and discover new ideas and partnerships. Be sure to stop by the Discover AACSB area to explore our full range of offerings – from the Academy to technology, data, and other valuable resources designed to support your institution’s success.
This session explores how business schools can align existing quality assurance practices with Assurance of Learning (AoL) in ways that are compliant, meaningful, and sustainable. Using the University of Bath School of Management as a case example, presenters share key stages of their AoL approach, reflect on common challenges and pitfalls, and discuss strategies for embedding AoL within established quality enhancement processes—supporting faculty engagement while meeting AACSB expectations.
Repeating one of the most popular sessions from the 2025 AoL and Assessment Conference! AI offers tempting efficiency in assessment, automating tasks like feedback, data analysis, and report generation. While its potential for program assessment is vast, we must consider the impact on faculty engagement. Simply asking "how" to use AI overlooks "should" and "when." Offloading critical assessment tasks risks diminishing faculty involvement and the culture of learning assurance. This session proposes a model to align AI deployment with a school's assessment culture. Participants will assess their own culture to determine appropriate AI integration.
This session explores how Assurance of Learning (AoL) can inform meaningful, mission‑driven curriculum decisions—even within complex program portfolios with shared curricular components. Grounded in AACSB’s emphasis on distinction and continuous improvement, presenters demonstrate how learning goals, assessment evidence, and curriculum mapping can be intentionally aligned to guide faculty‑owned discussions about where and how curriculum change is needed. Participants will gain practical approaches for organizing efficient AoL processes, maintaining faculty engagement, and embedding assessment evidence into program governance to support purposeful curriculum improvement.
Turning Assurance of Learning (AoL) data into clear insight and documented improvement remains a challenge for many business schools. This session demonstrates how business schools can strengthen AoL by building clear, faculty‑driven data systems that move beyond collection to insight and action. Participants will gain practical ideas for organizing AoL data, enhancing analytics capability, and creating a reviewer‑ready record of continuous improvement aligned with AACSB expectations.
Critical thinking is a core learning goal valued by employers, yet many institutions struggle to teach and assess it consistently across disciplines. This session introduces the PACADI method (Problem, Alternatives, Criteria, Analysis, Decision, Implementation) as a structured approach to case analysis that makes students’ reasoning visible and measurable. By embedding PACADI into coursework, business schools can generate consistent Assurance of Learning evidence, support curriculum improvement, and strengthen managerial decision‑making skills.
Following the successful completion of a recent AACSB reaccreditation visit, this session examines how one college used its Assurance of Learning (AoL) framework to redesign how strategy and impact are developed and sustained across the college. As accreditation cycles extend and resources tighten, the college realized and activated faculty-driven processes to reimagine strategic planning, curriculum management, innovation, and societal impact initiatives. Emphasizing governance, alignment, and efficiency, this session presents a practical, transferable approach for using AoL as strategic infrastructure. Participants will gain actionable insights for leveraging AoL processes to support long-term strategies, accountability, and impact in complex academic environments.
Connect with peers, meet exhibitors, and explore fresh ideas in the Exhibitor Showcase, a space designed to help you build relationships, discover new solutions, and make the most of your time at the conference.
Panelists will share what they look for during peer review visits, key documentation schools should provide, and priorities for PRT preparation. Attendees will gain practical insights and have the opportunity to engage directly with panelists through Q&A.
Repeating one of the most popular sessions from the 2025 AoL and Assessment Conference! AI offers tempting efficiency in assessment, automating tasks like feedback, data analysis, and report generation. While its potential for program assessment is vast, we must consider the impact on faculty engagement. Simply asking "how" to use AI overlooks "should" and "when." Offloading critical assessment tasks risks diminishing faculty involvement and the culture of learning assurance. This session proposes a model to align AI deployment with a school's assessment culture. Participants will assess their own culture to determine appropriate AI integration.
Enjoy coffee and refreshments while connecting with colleagues and peers. Take this opportunity to visit the Exhibitor Showcase and discover new ideas and partnerships. Be sure to stop by the Discover AACSB area to explore our full range of offerings – from the Academy to technology, data, and other valuable resources designed to support your institution’s success.
Repeating one of the most popular sessions from the 2025 AoL and Assessment Conference! This interactive session will lead participants to advance and expand their thinking about the curriculum mapping process and uses of curriculum maps beyond mere placement of course-embedded measures. We will consider the utility of accurate curriculum maps as opposed to ideal curriculum maps. Further, we will explore how curriculum maps can be applied beyond basic course alignment, including in assessment, curriculum management, and strategic areas like technology integration and societal impact. This session will provide examples of: 1) advanced course alignment matrices for gathering curriculum mapping data, and 2) curriculum maps that reveal information beyond learning objective coverage and course-embedded assessments.