Key Academic Concepts

ANGEL, Learning Outcomes Management, and Learning Content

Management

Agenda

• LOM–Learning Outcomes Management• Standards, Objectives, Curriculum

• LCM–Learning Content Management• LOR, Master Course, Course–Learning Object Repository

LOM Terminology• Standards– statements of what students should know and be

able to do– External to courses, from internal/external

sources• Objectives– similar to standards except– created & managed by instructor within a course

• What they do for Curriculum– Instructors design educational outcomes that best

fit course curriculum.• Mapping to Objectives and Standards

LOM

Sources for LOM?• State/federal Standards?– MO DESE?– MO Coordination Board for Higher Education• General Education

• Accrediting Body?– North Central Association, Higher Learning Commission– ACBSP, NASM, NLN, MDESE, APTA

• Professional Certification?• Institution, College/department, or course?

Why & How on LOM?Standards in a course

Report outcomes against standards

LCM• Learning Content Management– ANGEL has three types of “sections”– LOR

• Learning Object Repository; No Students!• Personal; class, department, college?• Content to link or copy to other section types

– Master Course• Used for setup work, sharable; No Students!• Yours, shared, department, college?• Used for one or more class sections any semester

– Courses• Where you, the content, and students combine• Provided from Admin system information• The only section that is semester-based.

LCM, How it Looks #1

LCM, How it Looks #2

Sources and Contact Info• ANGEL

– http://www.angellearning.com/products/lms/learning_outcomes.html

– http://www.angellearning.com/products/lms/learning_content.html

• SBU– http://www.sbuniv.edu/assessment/Gened/

generaleducation.htm – http://www.sbuniv.edu/news/facts.htm

• Contact– Neal Cross

• ncross@sbuniv.edu• http://www.sbuniv.edu/blog/it/