Freshman Program at AUC

Learning Outcomes: Deliberate Design

Facilitator: Hoda Mostafa

Workshop Goals and Objectives

• Introduce/develop a unified philosophy to designing and assessing the FY courses

• Discuss/develop learning outcomes of proposed courses

• Start the process of aligning course learning outcomes with FY program and AUC outcomes

FY program

• Our role• Design phase• Pilot phase• Assessment• Re-design Our

Role

Design

Discuss

Pilot

Assess

Learning OutcomesLesson

Course

Program

Institutional

How We Develop Learning Outcomes

How Students Achieve Learning Outcomes

Adapted from Huba and Freed (2000), p. 108.

AUC

PROGRAM

COURSE

LESSON

FY Outcomes

FY

1st semester2nd semester

http://wiki.aucegypt.edu/index.php/Category:A_Guide_to_Designing_Freshman_Year_Courses

Activity

• Aligning FY learning outcomes to your syllabi/course proposals

• FY LO matrix

AUC Learning Outcomes

FY General Learning Outcomes

First Semester FY Learning Outcomes

Self-assessment of FY courses

• Will a range of teaching and assessment methods and materials be used to respond to diverse learner preferences?

• Are proposed teaching / assessment methods and materials appropriate for FY students?

• Have active learning strategies been identified to address the development of identified critical thinking and communication skills?

• Are there at least 2 FY learning outcomes integrated into the FY course design?

Self-assessment con’t

• Is there alignment between learning outcomes and teaching / assessment methods?

• Are current facilities sufficient to support proposed teaching/learning activities?

• Has the credit value/core credit for this course been considered?

• Does the syllabus adhere to the guidelines for senate approved syllabus requirements?

• Is the course sustainable, i.e., can it easily be taught by other faculty in my department?

• Have I requested a consultation with the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) to refine and adapt my course syllabus?

CLT

• Course design• Syllabi• Activities, assignments• Learning modules• Assessment