General principles of linking learning outcomes, teaching and learning activities and assessment

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General principles of linking learningoutcomes, teaching and learningactivities and assessment

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Steps involved in linking LearningOutcomes, Teaching and Learning

Activities and Assessment

Clearly define the learning outcomes.

Select teaching and learning methods that arelikely to ensure that the learning outcomes areachieved.

Choose a technique or techniques to assess theachievement of the learning outcomes.

Assess the learning outcomes and check to seehow well they match with what was intended


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The bigger picture

LearningOutcomes/Competences

Teachingmethods/learning

experience

ECTS/curriculumdevelopment


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Development of a Module


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Identify aims and objectives of module

Write learning outcomes using

standard guidelines

Develop a teaching and learning strategy toenable students to achieve learning outcomes

Design assessment to check if learning

outcomes have been achieved

If necessary modify module content and

assessment in light of feedback


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Assessment criterion - definition

An assessment criterion is a statement thatprescribes with greater precision than alearning outcome, the quality of performance

that will show that the student has reached aparticular standard.

The standard may be the threshold that is

described by the learning outcome or thestandard that is required in order to gain aparticular grade.


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Learning Outcomes -

Definition

Learning outcomes are statements of whata student should know, understandand/or be able to demonstrate aftercompletion of a process of learning.


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The learning activity could be, for example, alecture, a module or an entire programme.

Learning outcomes must not simply be a wishlistof what a student is capable of doing oncompletion of the learning activity.

Learning outcomes must be simply and clearly

described.Learning outcomes must be capable of beingvalidly assessed.

Learning Outcomes -Definition


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From the definition of LearningOutcome we see

... an emphasis on the learner and an emphasis onthe learners ability to do something.

Focus on teaching aims and objectives anduse of terms like know,understand, be familiar

with.

Focus learning -outcomes: what wewant the student to beable to do - use of terms

like define, list, name,recall, analyse,calculate, design, etc.


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Linking Learning Outcomesand Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes imply the assessmentcriteria!

Assessment criteria may be developed from thelearning outcome or from the assessment task but in either case they should relate to thelearning outcome

Assessment criteria should test, assess orrelate to the learning that is mentioned in

the learning outcome. E.g if you say studentsmust write something, you should not testthem orally.


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Linking Learning Outcomesand Assessment Criteria


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What are assessment criteria inrelation to assessment methods

and tasks etc?

While assessment methods are the tasksundertaken by the student such as writing anessay that is subject to assessment, assessmentcriteria are the basis on which a judgment of theadequacy of the work is made.


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Teaching vs. Learning


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