The higher education lore is that faculty members cannot agree on anything. Like other myths, this accepted folk wisdom is far from the truth. Indeed, over the course of our careers, we have ...

"Well begun is half done," Aristotle said. Preparing your classroom sessions is as important as running them. If you want to help students learn, you must first define learning outcomes, then design ...

Faculty members tend to be skeptical about attempts to go beyond grading with standardized definitions and measures of what students should learn -- the so-called student learning outcomes accreditors ...

Learning outcomes and objectives are the fundamental elements of most well-designed courses. Well-conceived outcomes and objectives serve as guideposts to help instructors work through the design of a ...

Clear intended learning outcomes are a key component of good programme and unit planning and assessment for our students. Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) define what a learner will have acquired and ...

The author holds that faculty should not dread learning outcomes’ arrival, but rather should take control of the process, mindful that defining learning outcomes and devising ways to assess them is an ...