Learning Outcomes & Learner Achievements Management in Higher Ed

Learning Outcomes & Learner Achievements Management in Higher Ed Jad Najjar Institut for Information Systems and New Media 2010-12-14 Tallinn, Estonia

Outcome-based education
Bologna Process: focus on learning outcomes (student centered view)
Learning outcomes state what a learner
knows , understands (knowledge), and
is able to do (skills, competences)
after completing a learning process.
Learning outcomes Teaching methods Workload (ECTS) Assessment techniques

Focus
Define and manage Learning Outcome Definitions
- ICOPER LOD specification
Describe and share Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes
- ICOPER PALO specification

Learning outcomes: Examples
Students are able to …
… explain the greenhouse effect
… enumerate the most influential politicians of the 20th century
… design an interactive website that complies with Web Accessibility Guidelines
… filter out relevant literature for a given research problem.
… guide their team mates in improving the architectural model of a system.
… moderate a virtual task-force meeting
Knowledge Skills Competence

Example: nursing competencies From Sitthisak, Gilbert, & Davis (2007)

Pilot applications Learning outcomes Teaching methods & Learning designs Assessment Learning opportunites Learning content OpenGLM author42 [email_address] LernXact dotLRN Facebook IMC Clix Moodle ELGG

HE Institutional View - Learning Needs

Learning Outcome Definitions (LOD) Schema
An application profile of IEEE Reusable Competency Definitions (IEEE RCD)
Describes the characteristics of a learning outcomes
Enable storage, referencing, sharing Learning outcomes data
Identifier
Title
Description
Type
An extension to IEEE RCD
Takes values {skill, knowledge, competence}
“ explain the greenhouse effect”

Learning Outcome Definition (LOD)
http://oics-dev.km.co.at/LOD/

Learning Outcome Definition Sources
Open Learn (OUUK)
All course have defined learning outcomes
Stored in IEEE LOM metadata classification category
IEEE/ACM Computer Science Curricula (Task Force)
All course descriptions have learning outcomes
Pdf file
Used worldwide by many universities
21 st Century Engineer (NSF project)
36 generic learning outcomes
Engineering domain
.ppt file
European Computer Science Driving License (ECDL)
Full list of learning outcomes per topic
Excel sheets

LODs and Learning Design

Find Outcome-based Learning Design http://develix.iml.umu.se/moodle/

Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes (PALO) profile
This is just a test XML ATOM example ATOM binding http://oics-dev.km.co.at/icoper-user-service/users/2720436/palo.atom Contributed and part of CEN InLOC proposal

PALO – Instance Example

Exporting achieved LODs and Recommendation

Sharing PALO Data

Learning Opportunities http://oics-dev.km.co.at/MLO/
Course Catalogs transformed into MLO
1000’s instances of MLO
Liked to LODs

Lessons learned
Adopt standards and put them in real practice
Extend when needed
Make recommendations
Advise new specification when there is really no specification that fits your purpose
Make more learning outcomes available
Publish Learning Opportunities
Compare what is in job profiles and what is in learner achieved learning outcomes profile

Thanks!
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Learning Outcomes & Learner Achievements Management in Higher Ed

by Jad Najjar on Dec 16, 2010

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