Course Learning Goals/Outcomes help determine the types of content and activities a course will need. These will be found as part of the course overview or description and give students an idea of what they can hope to learn or achieve at the end of the course.
Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) provide the road map for student success by being clearly defined and measurable. Assessments and activities in the course should be aligned to these objectives, demonstrating how they will lead students to meet overall course goals.
- View the UTEP Program Assessment Plan toolkit (Writing Student Learning Outcomes) for a great place to start!
- Try the Objectives Builder Tool from Arizona State University
How do I align my activities and assessments with SLOs?
- Aligning Assessments with Learning Objectives from Wilfred Laurier University
What are the benefits?
- Learning Objective and Assessment Linkage: Its Contribution to Meaningful Student Learning (Horizon Research Publishing)
Bloom's Taxonomy
Build your learning Objectives using Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives which examines the cognitive process of learning and explores active learning verbs that match the hierarchy of higher-order thinking.
