Professors have long struggled with getting students to read the syllabus thoroughly. Now they are trying different tricks to engage students.
Source: Is Anybody Reading the Syllabus? To Find Out, Some Professors Bury Hidden Gems
Tag: Learning Outcomes
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Writing Learning Outcomes: Principles, Considerations, and Examples
MPHEC recently published a resource document, Writing Learning Outcomes Principles Considerations and Examples, written by Jean-Francois Richard (Associate Vice-President, Academic and Faculty Affairs, Universite do Monction. It is an excellent resource for anyone involved in program and course development or revitalization. The document presents a synthesis of principles and considerations in the process of writing learning outcomes.
The document concludes that “the content and the specificity of learning outcomes have a major impact on the quality of our programs and courses. A program or course without clearly defined outcomes is, by analogy, comparable to running a race without a finish line. How can you determine if you’ve arrived?!”
Learning outcomes for life: intentional, explicit and practiced
Check out an interesting and short article about learning outcomes in the Higher Education Quality Council of Canada it’snotacademic blog. Written by guest blogger, Peter Wolf, it explores some of the trends seen at Canadian universities related to learning outcomes.
Peter Wolf – Learning outcomes for life: intentional, explicit and practiced
Curriculum Mapping
Why engage in Curriculum Mapping?
- ensure coherent and meaningful curriculum
- follow good education practice
- support student learning and development
- document faculty professional responsibility
- facilitate faculty collegiality
- address accountability issues
- standards
- program review
- academic quality
- program prioritization/budgeting
- address accreditation requirements
- implement assessment program
- inform curriculum enhancements
- stimulate scholarship of curriculum
*from Curriculum Mapping: A Roadmap for Curriculum Coherence and Student Achievement Southern Connecticut State University, March 4, 2011