Freshman Program at AUC Learning Outcomes: Deliberate Design Facilitator: Hoda Mostafa

Workshop Goals and Objectives Introduce/develop a unified philosophy to designing and assessing the FY courses Discuss/develop learning outcomes of proposed courses Start the process of aligning course learning outcomes with FY program and AUC outcomes

FY program Our role Design phase Pilot phase Assessment Re-design Our Role DesignDiscussPilotAssess

Learning Outcomes Lesson Course Program Institutional How We Develop Learning Outcomes How Students Achieve Learning Outcomes Adapted from Huba and Freed (2000), p. 108.

AUC PROGRAM COURSE LESSON

FY Outcomes FY 1 st semester 2 nd semester rses

Activity Aligning FY learning outcomes to your syllabi/course proposals FY LO matrix

Self-assessment of FY courses Will a range of teaching and assessment methods and materials be used to respond to diverse learner preferences? Are proposed teaching / assessment methods and materials appropriate for FY students? Have active learning strategies been identified to address the development of identified critical thinking and communication skills? Are there at least 2 FY learning outcomes integrated into the FY course design?

Self-assessment con’t Is there alignment between learning outcomes and teaching / assessment methods? Are current facilities sufficient to support proposed teaching/learning activities? Has the credit value/core credit for this course been considered? Does the syllabus adhere to the guidelines for senate approved syllabus requirements? Is the course sustainable, i.e., can it easily be taught by other faculty in my department? Have I requested a consultation with the Center for Learning and Teaching (CLT) to refine and adapt my course syllabus?

CLT Course design Syllabi Activities, assignments Learning modules Assessment