Robust and realistic outcomes are the foundation for any course, regardless of the delivery method. This presentation will show you how to brainstorm, develop, and craft learning outcomes through a process that will yield not only learning objectives, but can also help you determine concepts, competencies, and assignments and assessments.
Whether you are creating a training program or a semester-length college course, you will need to start with solid outcomes that not only demonstrate what the students will learn but also what they will be able to do and apply in the real world. Robust, realistic, and job-applicable outcomes are the foundation for any training or course, regardless of the delivery method or the latest innovation you may be using. This presentation will show you how to brainstorm, develop, and craft learning outcomes through a process that will yield not only learning objectives, but can also help you determine concepts, competencies, and assignments and assessments.
Target audience: Course developers and instructors, instructional and learning designers, training designers
Goals/outcomes:
- how to guide a brainstorming session for determining learning outcomes
- how to create a list of concepts and skills that will be covered in a course
- how to write outcomes that accurately reflect what students will learn in a course and be able to do after the completing the course
- how to determine tasks and assessments that align with learning outcomes and real-world applications
What will happen in the presentation/session?
Demonstration of the UMUC COG process, including:
- how to brainstorm with course objectives in mind
- how to cluster brainstorming notes in order to write course outcomes
- how to use brainstorming notes to create a concepts and skills list
- how to use course outcomes to determine tasks and assessments (use and demonstration of knowledge gained)
- how competencies can be created while working toward creating course outcomes, or afterward by breaking them back down
- how to apply the same process at a higher level to create program outcomes