Archives: learning outcomes

Monday, January 14, 2019

Putting Your Course “on the Map”: Designing Courses that Align with Your Program’s Learning Outcomes

Too often, the course design process can be a solitary, isolated experience. This is especially true if you’re relatively new to a department or a contract instructor: it is not always easy to infer what precisely your department hopes a course will achieve or how it relates to the larger program. The good news,... More

Friday, January 11, 2019

Learning Outcomes: Blueprints for Course Design

Most simply defined, learning outcomes describe what learners are supposed to know, be able to do, or value at the end of a course or module. In the same way that we tell students that their papers should have an argument or thesis statement that guides what they write, effective learning outcomes should guide... More

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Putting Your Course “on the Map”: Designing Courses that Align with Your Program’s Learning Outcomes

Too often, the course design process can be a solitary, isolated experience. This is especially true if you’re relatively new to a department or a contract instructor: it is not always easy to infer what precisely your department hopes a course will achieve or how it relates to the larger program. The good news,... More

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Learning Outcomes: Blueprints for Course Design

Most simply defined, learning outcomes describe what learners are supposed to know, be able to do, or value at the end of a course or module. They should direct your course, but they also guide students – they are written from the students’ perspective and include action verbs. They tell students what the course... More

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Discover how to develop clear and measurable learning outcomes

Most simply defined, learning outcomes describe what learners are supposed to know, be able to do, or value at the end of a course or module. On Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. - noon, join us at the EDC for a workshop that will provide you with the tools for developing clear and measurable... More

Monday, April 28, 2014

Learning outcomes: They aren’t just for courses anymore

By: Ann Clarke-Okah, Learning Outcomes Consultant & Andy Thompson, Program Assessment Coordinator, Office of Quality Assurance (Academic Programs) Many of you are already familiar with the concept of course-level learning outcomes. Perhaps you already include these statements of expected skills and competencies students will demonstrate by the... More

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Blog Post: Begin with the end in mind: Backward Design – A Tool for Effective Teaching

by Dahlya Smolash, Department of English Backward Design is an approach to curriculum planning that starts with final learning outcomes, and works backwards to determine activities and assessment tools. A Backward Design approach has the benefit of methodologically ensuring that the objectives and the assignments/activities are in synch. This... More

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