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IMPACT Glossary

The following definitions explain terminology used in the IMPACT program.

An IMPACT FELLOW is a Purdue University instructor who participated in and completed the IMPACT faculty learning community.

The IMPACT FACULTY LEARNING COMMUNITY (FLC) is a weekly, semester-long series of faculty knowledge and skill development. Through this series, IMPACT Fellows use backward design to:

  1. Develop learning outcomes based on what they want students to learn,
  2. Decide on acceptable evidence of learning, and then
  3. Create learning experiences to meet learning outcomes and basic needs.

An IMPACT COHORT is the group of IMPACT FLC participants within an academic period.

An IMPACT TRANSFORMATION MODEL is the model type used by the IMPACT Fellow to redesign the course. Transformation models are specific to sections, as some Fellows use more than one model. The following table provides the basic distinctions between model types.

  • The Model is “Online Only” if there is no face-to-face in-class time.
  • The Model is “Replacement Active” if there is face-to-face in-class time, face-to-face in-class time was decreased, and active learning is used at least 50% of the in-class time.
  • The Model is “Replacement Traditional” if there is face-to-face in-class time, face-to-face in-class time was decreased, and active learning is used less than 50% of the in-class time.
  • The Model is “Supplemental Active” if there is face-to-face in-class time, face-to-face in-class time was not decreased, and active learning is used at least 50% of the in-class time.
  • The Model is “Supplemental Traditional” if there is face-to-face in-class time, face-to-face in-class time was not decreased, and active learning is used less than 50% of the in-class time.

A course is an IMPACT COURSE if any of the following are true:

  1. An IMPACT Fellow transformed the course through the IMPACT FLC.
  2. The course is cross-listed with the course that was transformed through the IMPACT FLC.
  3. The course subject or number changed at some point, but is a previously used identifier for a course now known as an IMPACT course.

An IMPACT SECTION is any transformed section of the course taught or coordinated by the IMPACT Fellow. Unique sections are defined within academic periods based on the variables:

  1. COURSE_SECTION_NUMBER or
  2. COURSE _REFERENCE_NUMBER.

In the IMPACT data tracking about a section, note that the section/CRN tracked is the gradable section of the course, regardless of the gradable section type. For example, if a course includes section types LEC, LAB, and REC, but the LAB section is where the grade is recorded, then the LAB section is the section type tracked within the data.

NON-IMPACT SECTION is any section of an IMPACT course taught without an IMPACT transformation.

CONTROL SECTION is a non-IMPACT section specifically identified to be a control section for comparison to the IMPACT section taught within the same academic period.

IMPACT STUDENT and NON-IMPACT STUDENT have two different definitions, depending on the data being reported:

  1. Within a single course:
  • A student is an IMPACT student if enrolled in any IMPACT section of the course.
  • A student is a non-IMPACT student if enrolled in any non-IMPACT section of the course.
  1. For a single Purdue student:
  • This student is an IMPACT student if enrolled in any IMPACT section of any IMPACT course during any academic period. In this definition, once an IMPACT student, always an IMPACT student.
  • A student is a non-IMPACT student if never enrolled in any IMPACT section of any IMPACT course during any academic period.

IMPACT DOSAGE refers to a student’s count of IMPACT experiences based on either:

  1. The count/rate of IMPACT courses within a single academic period, or
  2. The count/rate of IMPACT courses during their (to date) academic career at Purdue.

IMPACT COURSE INTERATIONs are the sequential series within an IMPACTed course, by academic period. For example,

  • Iteration= 1 identifies any section(s) any Fellow teaching/coordinating the course using the IMPACT version of the course during the first academic period.
  • Iteration= 2 identifies any section(s) any Fellow teaching/coordinating the course using the IMPACT version of the course during the second academic period.

…and so on.

Pre-IMPACT iterations are tracked as “negative” iterations, for Pre-IMPACT comparison purposes only.

  • Iteration= -1 identifies the most recent section(s) any Fellow teaching/coordinating the course using the IMPACT version of the course.
  • Iteration= -2 identifies the second most recent section(s) any Fellow teaching/coordinating the course using the IMPACT version of the course.

…and so on.

IMPACT FELLOW INTERATIONs are the sequential series within an IMPACTed course, by academic period, based on the academic periods the course is taught/coordinated by a specific Fellow. If only one Fellow for the course, then the course and fellow iterations are the same.

When more than one Fellow teaches/coordinates the IMPACT course, the iteration series may differ, but are calculated as follows:

  • Iteration= 1 identifies any section(s) a single Fellow teaches/coordinates using the IMPACT version of the course during the first academic period.
  • Iteration= 2 identifies any section(s) a single Fellow teaches/coordinates using the IMPACT version of the course during the second academic period.

…and so on.

Pre-IMPACT iterations are tracked as “negative” iterations, for Pre-IMPACT comparison purposes only.

  • Iteration= -1 identifies the most recent section(s) a single Fellow teaches/coordinates prior to using the IMPACT version of the course.
  • Iteration= -2 identifies the second most recent section(s) a single Fellow teaches/coordinates prior to using the IMPACT version of the course.

…and so on.

BASELINE ITERATION is a code for a non-IMPACT section of the course taught by the IMPACT Fellow, prior to the course being transformed, during which students complete the IMPACT perceptions survey. This often, but not always, would appear within iteration= -1. Many courses/Fellows do not have an IMPACT baseline iteration.

Once a course becomes an IMPACT course, Iterations may be:

  • PENDING if the iterations have not yet started.
  • ACTIVE if there is at least one IMPACT section during the current academic period.
  • PAUSED if there is not at least one IMPACT section offered during the current academic period. Pausing may occur if:
    • The course is not offered (some courses not offered every term), or
    • The course is offered, but the IMPACT Fellow is not teaching/coordinating the course.
  • ENDED if the Fellow no longer teaches/coordinates the course, there is no subsequent Fellow, and the course has not become an IMPACT Legacy. IMPACT courses might also end if the course no longer exists.

 

IMPACT 2.0 is used within management of the IMPACT FLCs to track any one of the following three different circumstances:

  1. Sections of a course where all of the following are true:
  • The Fellow is no longer associated with the course,
  • The assigned instructor(s) did not participate in an IMPACT FLC, and
  • The section is still taught using the IMPACT transformation designed by the former IMPACT Fellow.
  • For reporting purposes, this known as IMPACT Legacy.
  1. An IMPACT fellow participated in the IMPACT FLC for a second time to refresh the transformation for the same course. For reporting purposes, this known as IMPACT Refresher.
  2. An IMPACT fellow participated in the IMPACT FLC for a second time to transform a different course. For reporting purposes, these cases are not distinguished from other IMPACT courses.

An IMPACT INFLUENCED COURSE is any course transformed by a Fellow outside of the IMPACT FLC. A course can be tracked as an IMPACT course for FellowX and an IMPACT-Influenced course for FellowY if the two fellows use different transformation designs; however, the course will only be counted once within a sum of IMPACT and IMPACT-Influenced courses.

COURSE COORDINATOR is an instructor who coordinates the model/content for all (or many) sections of the course. The course coordinator may or may not be an instructor for any section(s) of the course.