Institutional Learning Outcomes
What are ILOs?
Lane's institution-level learning outcomes, formerly known as Core Learning Outcomes, are skills and habits of mind that each Lane student should develop through their involvement in our programs. Each ILO is characterized by a main description and example outcomes language. The example outcomes show different levels of engagement possible with each ILO; program faculty work with ILOs collaboratively and may choose to adopt the language exactly, choose which outcomes best fit their specific context, or adapt the ILO language to apply to their established course and/or program/discipline outcomes.
What do we do with ILOs?
While all or most ILOs are addressed by all programs and fields of study at Lane, each FOS and CTE program must choose at least one ILO to formally assess and report upon every academic year. The selection of your ILO(s) should be collaborative and meaningful; only focus on the one or ones that are most important for you and your students. No area is required to assess all ILOs, and every program/discipline is welcome to keep the same ILO(s) for as long as the assessment of those ILOs remains valuable for them. In other words, a program could theoretically pick one ILO and keep that same one forever, as long as it continues to be meaningful for the monitoring and improvement of the learning experience. ILO assessment will be accomplished using the standard ILO rubrics (see below).
What are Lane's ILOs?
Lane has identified the following five ILOs:
Think critically
Engage diverse values with civic and ethical awareness
Create ideas and solutions
Communicate effectively
Apply learning
Click on the first word of each of the above ILOs to access a page describing the outcome and some examples* of outcomes language that align to that ILO, as well as a copy of the standard rubric that serves as an assessment tool for that ILO. Courses or programs are not required to align to any particular one of the example outcomes; these examples represent different possible levels of engagement with the outcomes, and different dimensions may be applicable to different assignments, classes, sequences, or programs. Additionally, you are not limited to the example outcomes; many courses, disciplines, and programs may express other applicable aspects of the ILOs in their established learning outcomes.
*Example outcomes were originally developed under the label "dimensions." If you previously engaged in mapping work to align your program/discipline and/or course learning outcomes to the dimensions, this alignment will allow you to easily engage in holistic ILO assessment going forward.
Instructions for Standard ILO Rubric Use
Each ILO has its own standard rubric, developed and tested collaboratively by teaching faculty from across the college. The rubrics are to be used holistically, with the scores representing a general snapshot of where students are with a given ILO at a particular level of instruction. See the document at left for specific guidance around how to use the rubrics effectively.
To read about the process of developing and piloting Lane's Standard ILO Rubrics, see the Standard ILO Rubric Pilot Project Report (2021). Thanks to all the faculty involved in this development!
ILO Alignment with Gen Ed
While a number of colleges choose to develop separate sets of institutional learning outcomes and general education outcomes, others choose to select one list of high-level learning outcomes that satisfy both areas. At Lane, the ILOs function as general education outcomes.
In order to ensure that our ILOs satisfactorily represent general education, Lane's ILOs are aligned with the State of Oregon General Education Outcomes, which outline the expectations of any general degree (see resource at right). For Lane, that includes AAOT, ASOT, AS, and AGS degrees, as well as the general education courses required for many of our career technical awards.