After the Program Outcomes have been established, the next step and in many ways, the first step in the actual assessment cycle is to identify the learning outcomes that should occur for each course.

Learning outcomes and objectives are the fundamental elements of most well-designed courses. Well-conceived outcomes and objectives serve as guideposts to help instructors work through the design of a ...

In order for faculty and departments to succeed in educating students, they must establish what they hope students will learn. Broadly speaking, learning outcomes are the intended or expected ...

The sequence of courses that undergraduates complete to satisfy the Written, Oral, and Multimodal Communication (WOMC) component of the Unified General Education Requirements (UGER) ensures that ...

Learning outcomes are more than a checklist—they're a roadmap for both teaching and learning. When clear, measurable, and aligned with curriculum and assessments, they guide instruction, foster ...

When you begin creating a course, you want to design with the end in mind. The best way to approach this is to start by writing measurable course learning objectives. Course learning objectives are ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...

Connecting students’ coursework to their future career is seen as an engagement tool and a necessity for career development. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, gathering data to evaluate how ...

This guide is intended to provide some guidance to help you in submitting a successful portfolio to either place into 102 (placement portfolio) or obtain credit-by-exam (CBE) for 102. While there are ...

Pick one of your current course learning outcomes or create a new one based on a topic you teach. Evaluate the outcome using these questions: Is it specific and measurable? Does it focus on observable ...