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.

Outcomes can be at the university, program or course level. Learning outcomes may be defined as the change in a student’s knowledge or skills as a result of the student’s experience(s). The focus of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Often, instructors want students to do more than know content that is increasingly complex. Other goals may refer to students’ interaction within the larger program or within the world. Fink (2013) ...

At Hope College, courses in academic disciplines have an identified set of student learning outcomes. These are the measurable skills, knowledge, and behaviors students have upon completion of the ...