1. Outcomes Focused Design: Aligning Academic Programs with Standard 11 at UMUC MSCHE Annual Conference November, 2011 Marie A. Cini, Ph.D. Cynthia A. Davis, Ph.D.

2. View Carefully… The following sets of pictures:

15. What Did You See?

16. How Do These Pictures Relate to Curriculum Design?

17. Standard 11: Educational Offerings Educational courses, programs, and experiences are not static constructs. Their creation and lifespan may be characterized as part of a dynamic four- step cycle:

18. Chapter 11 1. Developing clearly articulated written statements of expected learning outcomes; 2. Designing learning experiences that provide explicit opportunities for students to achieve those learning outcomes;

19. Chapter 11 3. Implementing appropriate measures of student achievement of key learning outcomes, as discussed under Standard 14 (Assessment of Student Learning); 4. Using the results of those assessments to improve teaching and learning, again as discussed under Standard 14.

20. Undergraduate Curriculum Before Course 1Course 2 Course 3 Course N PROGRAM

22. SEGUE Project: Meaning According to dictionary.com, SEGUE means: to make a transition from one thing to another smoothly and without interruption. This was our plan for the curriculum redesign process.

23. SEGUE Project Goals To provide consistent learning experiences To provide a seamless pathway to complete a program worldwide To maximize opportunities for student success

24. SUS Curriculum Post SEGUE Program Courses

25. New Curriculum Is sequencedconsistent integrateduncluttered Program

26. Program-Based Process Program Goals What Can Students DO as a Result of Program? Map to Courses Courses Derived from Program Goals 8-week courses Program-focused process simplified 8-week design

27. OUTcomes Driven Experts --Employers, alumni, faculty-- provided OUTSIDE context Real world outcomes Major metric: What do students need to know out there that we are responsible for their learning in here?

28. How Did We Do This? Start with Program Outcomes Bring in Experts to help Develop Outcomes…

29. Experts Provide Input into Redesign

30. More Robust Outcomes

31. POG Model

32. Map Out New Course Sequence…

33. Old to New Maps Before After

34. Re/Design Each Course With focused outcomes that Align with program outcomes

35. COG Model

36. Communicate… Communicate…. And Dont Forget to Communicate!

37. Spreading the Word

38. Benefits to Students Focused Curriculum More integrated learning More connected to workforce Accelerated time to completion Focused support where needed learning as needed

39. Additional Outcomes 33 programs and (so far) 800 courses redesigned New Learning model Teaching guides Faculty retraining Redesign of basic faculty training Revised program assessment plans

40. Thank You!