1. Managing the Senate Recertification Process: Course learning objectives
Suzanne Weinstein,
Office of Planning and Assessment
October 25, 2017

2. “If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.”
-Yogi Berra

3. When you begin a road trip, you first have to enter the destination.
Learning Objective

4. When you have entered your destination, the GPS can find the best route.
Learning Opportunities

5. Satellites collect data to make sure you are on the best path and re-route you when you are off track.
Assessments

6. At last, you make it to your destination!
Learning Objectives Met!

7. Course Learning Objectives
General Education Key Learning Objectives
General Education Domain Objectives
Program Learning Objectives
Course Learning Objectives

8. Learning objectives are …
Student-centered
Measurable
Specific

9. Learning objectives are student-centered.
Content-focused
The course will cover the history of psychology, biological bases of psychology, and abnormal psychology.
Student-centered
Students will be able to compare and contrast the causes and treatments of psychological disorders.
Example learning objectives from PPT delivered by Doris R. Brodeur, Ph.D. at M.I.T. (2003).

10. Learning objectives are measurable.
Learning goal
Students will understand individual and societal systems.
Measureable learning objective
Students will be able to analyze the role of conflict in individual and societal systems.
Example learning objectives from PPT delivered by Doris R. Brodeur, Ph.D. at M.I.T. (2003).

11. Learning objectives are specific.
General
Students will be able to calculate lift and drag.
Specific
Students will be able to use lift and drag calculations to evaluate performance.
Example learning objectives from PPT delivered by Doris R. Brodeur, Ph.D. at M.I.T. (2003).

12. Bloom’s taxonomy categorizes learning and can serve as a framework to help you write effective learning objectives.
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Comprehension
Knowledge
(Bloom, 1956)

13. Resources
Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence –
Suskie, L.(2009). Assessing student learning: A common sense guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass