The learning outcomes teachers should set for themselves
At the end of this module, I will know more about: the learning strategies my students use in this module; why they choose these strategies; how my students approach particular activities, such as reading set texts. All of my previous posts, and all of the work undertaken in the ‘Learning Outcomes Project’ so far, […]
Students developing their own learning outcomes
In a recent post I questioned how we might frame the concept of learning outcomes (LOs) from the students’ perspective. I was interested particularly in developing a student-focused definition of LOs that goes beyond LOs simply as statements of what a student will know, understand or be able to do at the end of a learning period. […]
Beyond content knowledge: learning outcomes and affective skills
In one of my previous post’s I provided some details about a range of particularly interesting learning outcomes (LOs) related papers that I’d come across during the course of my systematic review of the LOs literature. In this post I would like to highlight a few more that readers interested in this topic might like to explore. In particular, I would like to focus […]
How do we frame the concept of ‘learning outcomes’ for students?
In a previous blog post I detailed a current project that we are working on which concerns engaging students in the process of developing learning outcomes (LOs). I had a very interesting conversation with a colleague the other day in which he asked me: ‘if you are asking students to develop LOs, how are you […]
Getting creative: meaningful visual representations of learning outcomes
I recently came across a couple of sources that focus on identifying ways to present learning objectives to students other than as standard bullet point lists: Different ways to present learning objectives in e-learning 51 ways to introduce learning objectives Whilst these sources may be focused more on learning objectives at the compulsory schooling levels, there […]
‘Learning outcomes’ as a tool for student and tutor reflection
Readers who have viewed my Scoop-it page will have come across a blog post that I ‘scooped’ called ‘Intentional reflection for intentional outcomes’. Some may wonder why I ‘scooped’ it due to its use of customer service experiences to frame its discussion. I must be clear here – I, like many others, view the higher […]
Seven useful learning outcomes papers
Over the last few months I have been doing some rigorous searching and reviewing of the published, peer-reviewed literature concerning learning outcomes. We currently have a paper in review as a result of this work and I hope to provide further details about that particular piece at some point soon. For this post, I want […]
Embracing the nuances within a learning outcomes approach: moving the discussions forward
I recently attended a Higher Education Academy (HEA) webinar in which Michael Tomlinson presented some of the findings from the following project: ‘Exploring the impact of policy changes on students’ attitudes and approaches to learning in higher education’. All of the findings Tomlinson presented were interesting – especially as it was actual students’ opinions that we were […]
Going beyond the ‘rules’ of learning outcomes: opening up the discourse
I came across this quite useful presentation the other day on the web. It raises some key critical questions about learning outcomes (LOs) and also reaffirms what are seen as the central elements of an LO approach. One of these much stated central elements is that LOs must be measurable. It might seem that in some […]
Making learning outcomes work for social responsibility and not neoliberalism
Last week I read a really interesting piece by Henry Giroux called ‘Defending higher education in the age of neoliberal savagery’. In this piece Giroux makes some key critical comments: – As market mentalities and moralities tighten their grip on all aspects of society, democratic institutions and public spheres are being downsized, if […]
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