1. Melissa Simnitt Coordinator Assessment & Instructional Support Mihaylo College of Business and Economics Creating Measurable Learning Goals…Today!

2. 1. Investigate Learning Goals:  What are they?  Why do you need them?  Where/How do you begin? 2. Create Learning Goals  Measurable  Matching strategic goals/mission  Improve Learning, Operations Objectives

3. What are they?  Difference between a goal and an outcome  Goal vs. Objective  Be/Have vs. Do/Make  Does it really matter?

4. Example Mihaylo Undergrad Learning Goal (#3c) Goal - Students will be/have: 3) Interpersonal skills Objective - Students will do/make: c. Diagnose and resolve conflict in group and organizational settings. MEASURABLE

5. Why do you need them? Guided instruction Gives students an idea of where you’re headed and what to expect Promises

6. Where should you begin?  List all of the skills your students receive from your course  Worksheet  TGI Worksheet  Narrow down the five essential skills you want/need students to leave with  Apply the “why” to each Brainstorm!

7. Where to begin – Continued…  Apply “Bloom’s Taxonomy” (3 domains of learning)  Revised – Handout  Other Frameworks  Knowledge & Conceptual Understanding  Replicating a simple procedure; defining, summarizing, explaining concepts  Thinking & Other Skills  Application and analysis; evaluation, problem-solving, decision-making skills  Attitudes, Values, Dispositions, and Habits of Mind  Appreciate, integrity, ethics, attitudes, opinions

8. Should you consider department/college/institutional goals?  Strategic Plans  Mission and Vision Statements

9. What should you measure?  Start small  Work with colleagues, when possible  May need to reassure folks that assessment of learning is NOT an evaluation of teaching  Measure only what you want to or can change

10. What measurement tools should you use?  Start small  25% rule  Use what you’re already doing  Course-embedded  Direct vs. indirect  Formative vs. summative  Measure only what you want to/can change

11. What do you do with the results?  Closing the loop  Who are the results for?  Accreditation  Improvement  Measure Twice, Close the Loop Once  Next steps?

12. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics The End Questions?