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Introductions:

• Name
• Department
• Class you will be working on today - give a brief description

What are learning outcomes and why are they important?

• Learning outcomes are statements that describe significant and essential learning that learners have achieved and can reliably demonstrate at the end of a course or program.
• Learning outcomes describe what the learner will know and be able to do by the end of the course or program.

Purposes:

• Program Assessment - what learners will know and be able to do when they graduate from a program. (See Committee on Assessment of Student Learning "CASL" website: http://www.uis.edu/assessment/workshops/.)
• Accreditation - e.g. AACSB, ABET, CACREP etc.
  • Example of Program learning outcome:
    • All undergraduate CBM students: Able to systematically analyze a business problem using appropriate methods (through examination of alternatives, analysis of alternatives and recommendation of course of action.)
• Pedagogy - Building a course using learning outcomes helps you be more goal focused. Learning outcome goals are explicitly stated and measured.

How do I write learning outcomes?

• Backwards Design
• Learning Outcomes
• Bloom's Revised Taxonomy
• Assessment (if time)