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Creating Measurable Learning Goals…Today !

Mihaylo College of Business and Economics. Creating Measurable Learning Goals…Today !. Melissa Simnitt Coordinator Assessment & Instructional Support. Objectives. Investigate Learning Goals: What are they? Why do you need them? Where/How do you begin? Create Learning Goals

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Creating Measurable Learning Goals…Today !

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  1. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics Creating Measurable Learning Goals…Today! Melissa Simnitt Coordinator Assessment & Instructional Support

  2. Objectives • Investigate Learning Goals: • What are they? • Why do you need them? • Where/How do you begin? • Create Learning Goals • Measurable • Matching strategic goals/mission • Improve Learning, Operations

  3. What are they? • Difference between a goal and an outcome • Goal vs. Objective • Be/Have vs. Do/Make • Does it really matter?

  4. ExampleMihaylo Undergrad Learning Goal (#3c) Goal - Students will be/have: 3) Interpersonal skills Objective - Students will do/make: c. Diagnose and resolve conflict in group and organizational settings.  MEASURABLE

  5. Why do you need them? • Guided instruction • Gives students an idea of where you’re headed and what to expect • Promises

  6. Where should you begin? Brainstorm! • List all of the skills your students receive from your course • Worksheet • TGI Worksheet • Narrow down the five essential skills you want/need students to leave with • Apply the “why” to each

  7. Where to begin – Continued… • Apply “Bloom’s Taxonomy” (3 domains of learning) • Revised – Handout • Other Frameworks • Knowledge & Conceptual Understanding • Replicating a simple procedure; defining, summarizing, explaining concepts • Thinking & Other Skills • Application and analysis; evaluation, problem-solving, decision-making skills • Attitudes, Values, Dispositions, and Habits of Mind • Appreciate, integrity, ethics, attitudes, opinions

  8. Should you consider department/college/institutional goals? • Strategic Plans • Mission and Vision Statements

  9. What should you measure? • Start small • Work with colleagues, when possible • May need to reassure folks that assessment of learning is NOT an evaluation of teaching • Measure only what you want to or can change

  10. What measurement tools should you use? • Start small • 25% rule • Use what you’re already doing • Course-embedded • Direct vs. indirect • Formative vs. summative • Measure only what you want to/can change

  11. What do you do with the results? • Closing the loop • Who are the results for? • Accreditation • Improvement • Measure Twice, Close the Loop Once • Next steps?

  12. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics The End Questions?

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