Curriculum and Learning Outcomes

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Curriculum

What is the source of the curriculum for this learning session? (A brief note only: e.g. a URL or reference to a document on your own computer or network)

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Aims and objectives of this learning session

Aims: General statements about what you want students to learn.

Objectives: What students will do in order to achieve those aims.

There's a thought-provoking guide to  writing aims and objectives (Word document) by Richard James of the University of Melbourne -- although you might disagree with his definitions! His paper could also be helpful if you're writing a plan for students in other sectors.

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Prerequisites

Link to/from learners, activities, activity sequences

Are there any prerequisites in terms of:

• Skills and competencies that the students should/must have before this session?
• Explicit preparation for this session: e.g. reading a book chapter, doing some research?

Do you need to inform the students of these prerequisites? If so, when?

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Intended learning outcomes

i.e. "By the end of this learning session, students will be able to..."

Each learning outcome should map to one of the aims of the learning session. Some learning outcomes may be required by the curriculum (="must"), while others are merely desirable (="should"), or useful (="could").

Below you'll find guidance on different types of learning outcome, which will in turn link to activities and activity sequences that can support each type.

Acquire (factual) knowledge

• Example
• Link to/from teaching approaches
• Link to/from activity sequences
• Link to/from assessment tasks

Formulate new conceptions

• Example
• Link to/from teaching approaches
• Link to/from activity sequences
• Link to/from assessment tasks

Acquire cognitive or other skills related to their studying

• Example
• Link to/from teaching approaches
• Link to/from activity sequences
• Link to/from assessment tasks

Acquire practical skills

• Example
• Link to/from teaching approaches
• Link to/from activity sequences
• Link to/from assessment tasks

Acquire social and/or communication skills

• Example
• Link to/from teaching approaches
• Link to/from activity sequences
• Link to/from assessment tasks

In professional/practical/creative development courses, develop learners' own practice

• Example
• Link to/from teaching approaches
• Link to/from activity sequences
• Link to/from assessment tasks

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Assessment

Designed well, assessment will not only ensure that students have engaged with the content that you want them to have covered, but that they have achieved the learning outcomes you intended: new skills, new understandings etc.

• What are the assessment criteria for this session?
• How are you going to assess the students? Follow the links below for some ideas:

Links to/from assessment activities

• If this learning session is part of a non-accredited course, do you need to record students' progress and achievement  (RARPA)?

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