Teaching techniques refer to the diverse array of strategies and methodologies employed by educators to engage students and facilitate effective learning experiences. What are some examples of ...

Global competency can be taught--and measured--with simple but powerful strategies educators everywhere can use.

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 ...

Student learning outcomes (SLOs) in our academic and co-curricular programs reflect the specific types of learning (knowledge, skills, dispositions) we expect as a result of students’ educational ...

Pick one of your current course learning outcomes or create a new one based on a topic you teach. Evaluate the outcome using these questions: Is it specific and measurable? Does it focus on observable ...

In order for faculty and departments to succeed in educating students, they must establish what they hope students will learn. Broadly speaking, learning outcomes are the intended or expected ...

Direct Measures of student learning consider actual student work or behavior as evidence of student learning outcomes. Direct measures are most often drawn from student work embedded in a course (such ...

Often, instructors want students to do more than know content that is increasingly complex. Other goals may refer to students’ interaction within the larger program or within the world. Fink (2013) ...

E very six years, the accountability police swoop down on my campus in the form of WASC, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The West Coast accreditation organization comes to Scripps, as ...

One of the most robust backward design models developed for higher education is L. Dee Fink’s integrated course design. Fink outlines a streamlined process for designing academic courses, divided into ...