Creating an effective e-learning resource: some helpful tips for a challenging process
One of my initial tasks when I started on the ‘Learning Outcomes Project’ was to develop an online resource that aimed to improve students use of their learning outcomes. My brief was as general as that, however, I knew that we wanted a resource that students would find useful as a learning support and would help them to […]
Unravelling the assumptions in learning outcomes
In a previous post I described a specific study that we are currently undertaking in the ‘Learning Outcomes Project’ that aims to explore frameworks regarding how student involvement in developing learning outcomes (LOs) could occur and what type(s) of LOs support collaborative student/tutor development (e.g. content-based ones, broader ones, those that are more specific or tightly […]
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. […]
Understanding and enacting learning outcomes: the academic’s perspective
Our second ‘Learning Outcomes Project’ paper has just been published in Studies in Higher Education. It is called ‘Understanding and enacting learning outcomes: the academic’s perspective’ and follows on from our previously published paper ‘Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective’. Both papers are based on research we conducted with students and academic staff at the University of Leicester […]
Unwarranted research claims in educational research: reflections for ‘learning outcomes’
Some time ago I came across a paper from Stephen Gorard called ‘Warranting research claims from non-experimental evidence’. This paper makes some important points about warrants for research conclusions in educational research. Gorard states: many of the high-profile criticisms of educational research are not, on reflection, about the nature of the evidence produced but about […]
Conducting a systematic literature review: reflections and resources
For the past couple of months I have been undertaking a systematic review (of sorts) of the learning outcomes (LOs) literature. I say ‘of sorts’ because I have followed all but the final few protocols of a systematic review – I have reviewed the extent of certain features within the LOs literature but have not quality assessed studies […]
Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective
Our first ‘Learning Outcomes Project’ paper has just been published in Teaching in Higher Education. It’s called ‘Learning about learning outcomes: the student perspective’, and is based on research we conducted with students at the University of Leicester concerning their perceptions about, and uses of, learning outcomes. We are particularly pleased with this publication as it […]
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