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Writing Learning Outcomes: Meeting QM Essential Standards 2.1-2.5
Dr. Julia Susan Frink
Instructional Designer
Texas A&M University-Commerce
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Learning Outcomes
• Identify the characteristics of student learning outcomes.
• Compare and Contrast well written and poorly written student learning outcomes.
• Write 1 to 2 student learning outcomes for a course.
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QM General Standard 2
Alignment Standard
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QM General Standard 2 Essential Standards
2.1 Course-Level Learning Outcomes – Measurable
2.2 Unit-Level – Measurable & Consistent w/ Course-Level
2.3 Clearly written from learner’s perspective
2.4 Stated Relationship btn Learning Outcomes & Course
Activities
2.5 Appropriate for Course-Level
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Characteristics of Learning Outcomes
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How do learners know what you want them to learn? Julia S. Frink, Ph.D.
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What knowledge, skills and abilities do you expect
learners to have gained at the end of your course?
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Purpose
• Identify knowledge, skills & abilities
• Guide curriculum planning
• Communicate expectations to learners
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Structure
Action verb + Demonstrated Learning
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SMART
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pecific
easurable
ttainable
ealistic
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Specific
• Focused on specific core learning area
– Identify results
• Clearly expressed and understood
• Not too broad
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Measurable
• Observable
• Evidence of learning can be collected.
• Assessed by criteria • Quantitative or qualitative
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Attainable
Realistic • Results-oriented
• Appropriate for educational level & time frame
Reachable by learners
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Realistic
• Not too high or too low
• Be representative of expected progress
• Meaningful to learners w/i course context
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Timely
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Learning Outcomes
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Example
Explain the steps of the scientific method.
Well or Poorly Written ?
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Example
Understand the basic relational database
components
Well or Poorly Written ?
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Example
Understand the role of technology in
communication.
Well or Poorly Written ?
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Example
Compare and contrast management and
leadership styles.
Well or Poorly Written ?
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Example
Learn the tools for effective speech delivery.
Well or Poorly Written ?
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Example
Generate a descriptive statistics report for a
given data set using SPSS software.
Well or Poorly Written ?
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Levels of Learning Outcomes
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Used with permission from University of Connecticut
http://assessment.uconn.edu/index.html
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Course-Level Learning Outcomes
• Big Picture
• Broad
• May align with more than one unit-level
outcome
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Course
Unit
Unit
Unit Unit
Unit
Unit
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Unit-Level Learning Outcomes
• More specific
• Focused are a theme (topic)
• May align to more than one course-level
learning outcome.
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Alignment
• Matching
• Going in the same direction
SUPPORTING
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Example
• Course-Level
Create an effective online communication strategy plan for your class.
• Unit-Level
Describe how announcements may be used effectively.
List three ways to increase your social presence
Identify ways to encourage student participation in discussions.
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Example
• Course-Level
Describe and analyze numerical data using Microsoft Excel.
• Unit-Level
Compare and contrast the types of graphs and data.
Select the appropriate graph for the type of data given.
Describe numerical data using the Excel graphing tools.
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Alignment
Assessments 1 2 3 4 5
Project x x x
Learning Outcomes
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Taxonomies
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Learning Taxonomies
• Classification schemes
– Learning behaviors
– Educational outcomes
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Domains
• Cognitive - knowledge
• Affective - attitude
• Pyschomotor - skills
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Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
Evaluate
Analyze
Apply
Understand
Remember
Create
Notice the use of action verbs.
Higher Level
Lower Level
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Krathwohl’s Taxonomy
Organization
Valuing
Responding
Receiving
Characterization by Value Set
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Dave’s Taxonomy
Imitation
Manipulation
Precision
Articulation
Naturalization
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Knowledge Remember Understand Apply Analyze Evaluate Create
Factual Outcome
Activity
Assessment
Conceptual Outcome
Activity
Assessment
Procedural Outcome
Activity
Assessment
Metacognitive
Difficult to Define and Assess
Read
Cognitive Process Dimension - Levels of Learning
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Action Verbs Activity
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Writing Activity
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Thank you
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