Writing Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

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Writing Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) Best Practices

Introductions Welcome Nicole Romanski, Ph.D. – Art Education & Crafts Kathleen Stanfa, Ph.D. – Special Education

Learning Outcomes for Today’s Session At the end of today’s workshop, participants should be able to do the following: Distinguish among course, program, and institution learning outcomes Evaluate the soundness of a PLO Revise PLOs so that they are succinct, specific, and assessable Write an assessable program learning outcome for your discipline

What Are Student Learning Outcomes? The knowledge and skills students are required to demonstrate at the end of a learning unit.

What Student Learning Outcomes are NOT: Inputs (e.g., readings, lectures, experiential exercises, internships) Student achievement outcomes (e.g., post-grad employment, graduate school admission, student- authored publications) Program goals (e.g., increase course offerings, earn programmatic accreditation, improve retention and graduation rates of majors) Self-reports (i.e., students’ reports of how much they learned about X) Inputs: The educational experiences designed to generate learning (e.g., what students will read) Attendant-educational outcomes: The desired consequences that may result from completing an educational program (e.g., getting a job, gaining entry into a graduate program, being an informed citizen) Self-reports: Students’ judgements about their own learning

3 levels CLO’s PLO’s ILO’s

“Hook” and “Ladder”

The “Hook” Students who successfully complete [name the program] should be able to do the following:

Hook Examples Hook Examples CLO hook PLO hook ILO hook Upon the successful completion of General Psychology, students should be able to do the following: Graduates from the B.S. in Computer Science program at Kutztown University should be able to do the following: Those who earn an undergraduate degree at KU should be able to: CLO hook PLO hook ILO hook

List of skills and knowledge The “Ladder” List of skills and knowledge

Visual reminder; Not a hierarchy Ladder I call it a ladder as a visual reminder of a bullet-pointed list. The term “ladder” is not meant to imply a hierarchy or progression of skills. Visual reminder; Not a hierarchy

necessary & sufficient For each rung to be assessable, it needs to meet two necessary & sufficient criteria:

Assessable PLOs Observable Focused

Criterion 1: Observable Starts with a verb that describes an action the student will engage in that a fac member can see or hear at a particular moment in time If a faculty member can’t see or hear it, he or she can’t assess it.

Skills Perform a monologue Mix chemicals Create a lesson plan Sing an aria Build a robot Write a press release Program a computer Compose an original jazz score Prepare a financial statement Take a client history

What is inside the student’s head is not directly observable to the faculty member

Examples of Non-observable Verbs Become familiar with Be knowledgeable about Think Value Realize Become aware of See Know Learn Understand Comprehend Appreciate Study Experience Avoid these!

Examples of Observable Verbs To Assess Students’ Knowledge Describe Explain List Present Write Formulate Create Analyze Arrange Critique Synthesize Predict

Criterion 2: Focused * *One action

Double-Barreled Students who earn a degree in German should be able to write and speak fluent German. Just like a survey item. You’ve had the experience of a survey that asks you something like, to what degree was the teacher helpful and the class interesting? Well, if the teacher was helpful but the class was boring, you’re stuck on how to answer the question. It’s exactly the same principle with double barreled SLOs. Your measurement will conflate two things creating ambiguous results.

Requirements Describes an action that’s observable Focuses on one action only, sufficiently broad yet specific

PLOs Are Precious Real Estate PLOs should number about 5-7

Let’s REVISE and WRITE some PLOs...

Let’s ALIGN PLOs to program rubric...

PLO should match to proficient.

What we have learned...

Any Questions?