Learning Transformation for Educators: Module 2. Intended learning outcomes

KKU

From the course director

This course will increase your understanding of learning, uplift your teaching skills and help you craft your course for the best outcomes of your learners. The 4 modules intend to help gain a more in depth understanding of the learner, learning outcomes, assessment and feedback, and instructional design. This will enable learners to choose appropriate strategies to foster their own learning and enable teachers to design their course by choosing appropriate strategies to foster learning. Example of technology tools that can be used for instructional design and assessment are provided.

The 4 modules consist of:

Module 1. How do learners learn?

Module 2. Intended learning outcomes

Module 3. Assessment and feedback

Module 4. Instructional design

Module 2. Intended learning outcomes

This module intends to help gain a more in depth understanding of what learning outcomes are and how to choose appropriate learning outcomes for successful learning.

Learners will be able to gain appreciation of:

Competency/ Outcome-Based Education: what and why

Competency Frameworks

Bloom’s Taxonomy and different levels of learning

Constructive Alignment and how to use learning outcomes for successful learning

Course director

Rosawan Areemit

M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University

Instructors

Atipong Pathanasethpong

M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Warachaya Phanphruk

M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Course Learning outcomes

To understand how learners learn and identify strategies to incorporate in curriculum design.

To understand learning outcomes and choose appropriate learning outcomes for successful learning.

Target Learners

Those who teach and want to maximize their student’s learning, especially for higher education.

Life-long learners.

Level

Intermediate