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.