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University of WashingtonStudent Learning Objectives
Student Learning Objectives (SLO) and the Transformation of the
Learning Experience
January 27, 2003
Debra FriedmanAssociate Provost for Academic Planning
Matt Freedmanarchitect & developer, SLO Project
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University of WashingtonStudent Learning Objectives
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Contextual Forces
AccountabilityAccreditationAssessment
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Discontinuity
Disjuncture between the demands of educational innovation and accountability / accreditation
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Challenge
Serve the two masters while preserving faculty control over the definition of teaching and learning and enhancing student learning.
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The Response
Attempt to buy it.
Identify principles governing a well-designed system.
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To work at the UW, the SLO initiative must:
Be consistent with momentum to improve undergraduate education
Allow for unit differences
Allow faculty to control the definition
Provide meaningful feedback
Be simple, efficient, scaleable
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Unit of Analysis:
Instructor+
learning experience
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To Collect the Necessary Data:
Encode each learning experience using University learning objectives Department / program specific learning
objectives
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University learning objectives:
Analytic Problem Solving Locate Information Critical Analysis
Intellectual Philosophies &
Cultures Quantitative Principles Scientific Principles Society & Environment Arts Appreciation
Other Independence Modern Technology
Communication Writing Foreign Language Speaking
Interpersonal Leadership Working Cooperatively
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Alumni Survey Results:
University Learning Objectives
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
Rating
Defining and solving problems
Locating information
needed to help make decisions
or solve problems
Speaking effectively
Working and or learning
independently
Working effectively with
modern technology, especially computers
Working cooperatively in a
group
Please note: for each of these outcomes, necessity was rated greater than UW contribution
.77 .80
1.22 1.22 .87
Necessity
UW Impact
Self-rating
.59
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Departmental/Program Learning Objectives
EthicsDesignProfessionalismetc… dance: integration and application of new ideas, movement
vocabulary/terminology, movement/compositional analysis, musicality, non-verbal communication, qualitative principles, rhythmic analysis, spatial awareness
engineering: design, ethics geography: access, citizenship, geographic information, GIS,
globalization, movement, representation, scale, sustainability, well being
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How does SLO work?
Go to the encoder
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Type login here
Type password here
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Performance Skills
Mental & physical preparation necessary for live performance
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The SLO Initiative …
Is designed to honor professors’ teaching identities and disciplinary differences while summing meaningfully across diverse units of the University.
Has a metric as dynamic as the educational goals that it attempts to capture: as they change, so it changes.
Is an unobtrusive aid – not an impediment – to the transformation of learning.