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The Faculty Experience of Working w ith Learning Outcomes

The Faculty Experience of Working w ith Learning Outcomes. Andrew Fort, Joddy Murray, Scott Langston, Glenn Raup Texas Christian University. 2010 Texas Faculty Development Network Conference | Ft. Worth, Texas | June 2010. Adopting Outcomes in the English Department.

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The Faculty Experience of Working w ith Learning Outcomes

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  1. The Faculty Experience of Working with Learning Outcomes Andrew Fort, Joddy Murray, Scott Langston, Glenn Raup Texas Christian University 2010 Texas Faculty Development Network Conference | Ft. Worth, Texas | June 2010

  2. Adopting Outcomes in the English Department • Goal: Have outcomes on all 120 sections of English taught at TCU by Fall 2009 • Two Pronged Approach • Education (workshops, one-on-one, Koehler Ctr) • Resources • Example English Dept Outcomes on Writing, Reading, Method, & Content • Core outcome resources (handout & website) • Assessing Outcomes handout • Exigencies: in-house assessment & SACS visit

  3. Fears & How to Allay Them • “This is surveillance. Big brother watching.” • No, this is rewarding & tracking what you already do. This is measuring your hard work. • “Outcomes limit the possibilities of my course.” • It is assumed your course will teach far more than what is measured by outcomes. But having outcomes insures you the freedom to assess the minimum learning going on (with the option of adding more later) • “Not everything is measurable.” • True, but you measure something to give a grade. We are asking you to reveal how those measurements track the learning that goes on.

  4. My Experience with LOM • Completed with two courses: one I’ve taught before (Cyberliteracy), and one I have not ever taught (Language, Rhetoric, & Culture). • First course, I was able to confirm what I suspected was going on with the learning and adjust some of the ways I measured it. • Second course, I was able to see how one outcome (my own, not core) wasn’t really important to the course as it was worded, so now I want to change it.

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