Building Institutional Learning Outcomes Readiness:The work on high and on the ground

Assessment Institute 2018Vera Beletzan & Dawn Macaulay

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21st Century Education

• future of work+

• civic engagement

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Humber Strategic 2018-2023 Priority:

CAREER-READY CITIZENS

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Timeline 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Now

Discipline Focus

Departmental Focus

Review MinistryEES ILO 

projectCollege and CommunityConsultation

FacultyRetreat

Spring

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Readiness on the ground: Why Gen Ed?

1] discipline‐level reflection & commitment to purpose / LOs

2] department‐level reflection & commitment to purpose / LOs

3] department retreat on Academic Plan

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Result of Gen Ed Reflection Process:

1] Confirmation of integral role of Breadth Education in Humber’s Polytechnic Vision

2]Commitment of Faculty to higher purpose 

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Readiness from on high:2016-2021 Academic Plan

ILO Project start – Winter 2017• Integrate core, 21st century global 

citizenship and employability skills [institutional learning outcomes] into all program curricula

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ILO Project: On high • executive leadership• senior college ILO advisoryOn the ground• stakeholder consultations• industry & community forum• faculty team

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Collaboration

Communication

DigitalFluency

Innovation

LeadershipProfessionalism

StrategicProblem‐solving

CORE SKILLS

Core skills are the practical tools we need for learning, work and life in the 21st

century. At Humber, we focus on seven core skills: collaboration, communication, digital fluency, innovation, leadership, professionalism and strategic problem solving. Driven by critical thinking and shaped by our key mindsets, these core skills ensure Humber graduates have the 

tools to be career‐ready citizens.

KEY MINDSETS

Our mindsets shape our worldview.  At Humber, we nurture three key 

mindsets that are crucial to the well‐being and prosperity of individuals 

and communities: equity, sustainability and systems thinking. These three mindsets determine the behaviour and action of Humber 

graduates in work and life.

Sustainability

Equity

SystemsThinking

WE AREREADY

CRITICALTHINKING

META‐SKILL

Meta‐skills are higher‐order skills that drive the performance of all other skills. At Humber, we focus on critical thinking – thinking 

about thinking ‐ as the meta‐skill that Humber graduates use to mobilize their core skills and key 

mindsets. 

THE ILO FRAMEWORK

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FALL 2018: Piloting ILOs• curriculum mapping

• expert resource / advisory teams across campus

• 6 faculty pilot programs (fall & winter)

• post‐pilot debrief – Spring 2019

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Vera Beletzan Vera.Beletzan@humber.caDawn MacaulayDawn.Macaulay@humber.ca