Writing Student Learning Outcomes

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Writing StudentLearning Outcomes
RECONSIDERED
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RECONSIDERED

• Vision
• Building Collaborative Partnerships That Empower
  Students To Succeed
• Mission
• Student Development and Enrollment Services
  (SDES), in collaboration with university and
  community partners, empowers students to succeed
  by providing opportunities and support to develop
  integrity, scholarship, community, creativity and
  excellence.
• Goals
• Provide quality programs, services and learning
  environments that promote progression to
  graduation, graduate school, and productive
  employment.
• Create opportunities for students to strengthen
  life skills and develop purpose, integrity,
  ethical standards and civic responsibility.
• Embrace diversity and foster engagement in the
  global community.

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• Why are we engaging in this process?
• To develop learning outcomes that lead to student
  success
• To deepen our understanding of transformative
  learning
• To build our capacity to craft, support and
  assess student learning
• To demonstrate that SDES is a learning
  community and is a partner with the UCF
  community
• To broaden our sense of team as it relates to
  SDES

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• What is the process?
• Define student success X
• Identify evidence of student success
• Conceptualize a model for cooperation,
  collaboration, and imaginative integration
• Integrate learning outcome assessment into
  individual Institutional Effectiveness plans
• Revaluate, refine, and sustain the process of
  continuous improvement

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• The CREED as a framework for
• crafting Student Learning Outcomes
• Welcome to the UCF Community!Video
  http//www.sdes.ucf.edu/

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Timeline for Completion of CraftingStudent
Learning Outcomes
2/29/08 Core Group will discuss learning in
units practice crafting student learning
outcomes 3/4/08 Learning Guides will review and
edit (final draft) Presentations 3/5-3/26/08 SDES
will continue discovering how learning occurs in
units, programs, and services April-May,
08 Learning Guides provide content and
technical assistance to SDES
offices/units/departments writing Student
Learning Outcomes 06-08 Offices/units/dep
artments submit IE Plans including Student
Learning Outcomes.
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Format for Writing a Student Learning
Outcome
Will be able to
Who
Intended outcome
As measured by (Choose two)
Using (Choose two)
As required by (Optional)
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Learning Outcome Evaluation questions 1. Does
the outcome support the program objectives?
Y
N 2. Does the outcome describe what the program
intends for students to know Y
N (cognitive), think (affective,
attitudinal), or do (behavioral, performance)?
3. Is the outcome important/worthy?
Y
N 4. Is the outcome
a. Detailed and specific?
Y
N b. Measurable/identifiable?
Y N 5. Can you
create an activity to enable students to learn
the desired outcome? Y N 6.
Can the outcome be used to make decisions on how
to improve the program? Y N Source
Gail Short Hanson, American University

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• Format for Crafting Student Learning Outcomes
• FTICs, Second Year Men
  ________________
• Who
• Participate in, exhibit, complete
  ________________
• Activity, program, course, service
  ________________
• Will be able to
• Identify, describe, explain
  ________________
• Intended Outcome ________________
• As measured by
• 3 out of 4, all, every time
  ________________
• Using
• Observed behavior, post-test, rubric
  ________________
• As required by
  ________________