My Learning Outcome : "Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes"

 

Once the things are left untouched, a layer of dust is formed. During my B.ed days in 2012, in the chapter of Syllabus Design Jalpa Trivedi  Ma'am taught me how to design a syllabus? How to write objectives and learning outcomes?. It never came into practice even after learning. Recently while working with Dilip Barad  Sir, I and Yesha Bhatt got a task of writing learning objectives and outcomes.

At first glance, it looked simple but it was not that one. With the help of a few articles; some shared by Dilip Sir and a few I found, that helped me in completing it and practicing it. Here I am sharing my learning experience.

First of all it is necessary to know the terms ‘#Learning #Objectives’ and ‘#Learning #Outcomes’. There is a difference between them. The difference between #objectives and #outcomes lies in the emphasis on #who will be #performing the #activities.Learning objectives generally #describe what an #instructor, #program, or #institution #aims to #do,  whereas, a #learning #outcome #describes in #observable and measurable terms #what a #student is #able to #do as a result of completing a learning experience.

#Charlotte.edu,The #Center of #Teaching and #Learning  has a wonderful article on “Writing Measurable Course Objectives”. This article gives a clear understanding of what are good learning objectives and how it can be framed.

#Good #course #objectives will be #specific, #measurable, and #written from the #learner's #perspective.A good formula for writing objectives is to Start your course objectives with: By the end of the course, students will be able to:Choose an #action #verb that corresponds to the #specific action you wish #students demonstrate. Explain the #knowledge #students are #expected to #acquire or #construct.

After this clarity, #Bloom’s #taxonomy helped me with the learning outcomes.The six levels of #learning were used to structure the learning outcomes.This levels will help us to think from a #learner’s #perspective.

#Remembering: Retrieving, recognising, and recalling relevant knowledge from long‐term memory.

#Understanding: Constructing meaning from oral, written, and graphic messages through interpreting, exemplifying, classifying, summarising, inferring, comparing, and explaining.

#Applying: Carrying out or using a procedure for executing, or implementing.

#Analysing: Breaking material into constituent parts, determining how the parts relate to one another and to an overall structure or purpose through differentiating, organizing, and attributing.

#Evaluating: Making judgments based on criteria and standards through checking and critiquing.

#Creating: Putting elements together to form a coherent or functional whole; reorganizing elements into a new pattern or structure through generating, planning, or producing.

All this was very helpful in completing the task satisfactorily.

Here are my #learning #outcomes:-

1. At the end of the task, I had a clear understanding of what the learning objectives and learning outcomes were.

2. At the end of the task, I got the knowledge to write the learning objectives from the teacher’s perspective.

3. At the end of the task, I could write the learning outcomes keeping in mind the student’s perspective.

4. At the end of the task, I was able to write the suggested reading list through MLA 8th and 9th Edition.

5. At the end of the task, I am able to share my learning experience.

As a #visiting #lecturer I never thought of this honestly. Now the new role of Assistant Professor is making us more curious and responsible.This is going to help me and Vipul Dabhi as we are working with some changes in Bachelors.

I always say Dr.Dilip Barad is a lighthouse in my academic journey. I always cherish the day I went to the Department of English and found the Alchemist. Thank you Sir for all the opportunity to learn and grow.

Suggested sources:

Shabatura Jessica. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy to Write Effective Learning Outcomes. University of Arkansas - Tips. Jul 26, 2022. https://tips.uark.edu/using-blooms-taxonomy/v

“Writing Measurable Course Objectives”.Charlotte.edu.https://teaching.charlotte.edu/teaching-guides/course-design/writing-measurable-course-objectives Accessed 20 October, 2022.

Bloom, B. S., Engelhart, M. D., Furst, E. J., Hill, E. J., & Krathwohl, D. R. (Eds.). (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives: The classification of educational goals. New York, NY: Longmans, Green and Co.

“Course Objectives & Learning Outcomes”’. DePaul.edu. https://resources.depaul.edu/teaching-commons/teaching-guides/course-design/Pages/course-objectives-learning-outcomes.aspx Accessed 18 October, 2022.