Selected Bibliography on Outcome-Driven Instructional Design

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

I Love Learning, I Hate School: An Anthropology of College

Courage to Teach

Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities

VALUE Rubrics 

Open educator resources to help assess student work. Can measure to sixteen different outcomes such as inquiry and analysis; ethical reasoning; quantitative inquiry; problem solving; written communication.

Open Educational Resources (OER) 

A collection of OER resources in higher education by EDUCAUSE

25/10 CrowdSourcing 

Activity where bold ideas are generated from within the classroom.

Students as Partners  

Approach where students and faculty work in collaboration to improve teaching and learning.

Students as Partners in Practice at University of Iowa 

Innovative Education Methods: Transforming Teaching and Learning 

Modern teaching methods to facilitate active learning from the American College of Education.

Empowering Learning: Pedagogical Strategies for Advancing 21st Century Skills and Quality Education 

Research from the Journal of Nonformal Education analyzing different pedagogical strategies and their implementation.

Self & Peer-Evaluation Resources

Sample outcome-based assignment  (which includes a peer-review rubric)

Self evaluation that can be modified to use with any assignment

Offering Meaningful Feedback Without Losing Your Soul  Teaching & Learning Workshop given by GFU Professor Melanie Mock 

George Fox University Course Catalog, 2025-26 

Useful for locating Program Learning Outcomes to align with your Course Learning Outcomes.