5 - OUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION Flashcards
Begins with the (1) development of learning outcomes (what the students should know) and then with the (2) choosing of content and appropriate teaching strategies to help the students to achieve them
OBE Process
first step of the OBE process
development of learning outcomes
second step of the OBE process
choosing of content and appropriate teaching strategies to help the students to achieve them
- Expectation of what the learner is supposed to be able to do, think about, and/or evaluate at the end if the study unit
- How well such results should be considered to be achieved
- Substance of learning and how to demonstrate
Learning Outcomes
The primary purpose(s) of your efforts
Mission
- The big picture aims of your efforts
- Your intentions for students after the learning experience
- Broad observable result
Goals
- What educators will do to pursue the goals
- What opportunities or experiences will educators provide
- Specific result to be achieved in a time frame
Objectives
- The knowledge, skills, and abilities that students should be able to demonstrate
- The ways in which students produce evidence that goals are being met
- Skills that students should be able to demonstrate
Outcomes
Value of Effective Learning Outcomes Statements
Informs about:
* Content of teaching
* Teaching strategies that are utilized
* Sorts of learning activities that are set for the students
* Appropriate assessment tasks
* Course evaluation
For teaching staff
Value of Effective Learning Outcomes Statements
Provides:
* Solid framework to guide their studies and assist them
* A point of articulation with graduate attributes in the program
For students
- Identify the range and type of knowledge, skills, and values required
- Clear and understandable
- Links to the course graduate attributes
- Achievable and assessable
- Related statements to the level of understanding required
Characteristics of Outcomes
Writing Intended Learning Outcomes
Two essential elements of Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
- A statement of what the student is expected to do at the end of the learning experience
- The level of understanding required
Writing Intended Learning Outcomes
Two essential elements of Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
- A statement of what the student is expected to do at the end of the learning experience
- The level of understanding required
Types of learning outcomes
- Knowledge, skills, abilities, and attitudes that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services
- Determined by the institution
Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO)
Graduate Attributes
- God-Centered Individual
- Socially Responsible
- Professionally Competent
- Creative Innovator
- Proficient Leader
- Lifelong Learner