WCDGS 2013 – Victoria, BC Learning Outcomes and Assessment Learning Outcome - A learning outcome...
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W C D G S 2 0 1 3 – V i c t o r i a , B C Learning Outcomes and Assessment • Learning Outcome - A learning outcome is an area of knowledge, practical skill, area of professional development, attitude, higher-order thinking skill, etc., that an instructor expects students to develop, learn, or master during a course or program. • Assessment - Some of these learning outcomes are observable and measurable by quantitative or qualitative assessment models.
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment
• Learning Outcome - A learning outcome is an area of knowledge, practical skill, area of professional development, attitude, higher-order thinking skill, etc., that an instructor expects students to develop, learn, or master during a course or program.
• Assessment - Some of these learning outcomes are observable and measurable by quantitative or qualitative assessment models.
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Reasons for LOA
• accreditation• government quality assurance• program evaluation• program revision• faculty/department/program review
• best practice for program renewal
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Implementation
institutional goals vs. program goals
learning outcomes vs. teaching goals
course level vs. program level
data given to IRP vs. data held by academic unit
mandatory vs. voluntary
myth vs. reality
