ICOPER - Learning Outcomes and Competences - Educon2011

Towards Outcome Based Learning: An Engineering Education Case

Jad Najjar, Tomaž Klobučar, Anh Vu Nguyen-Ngoc, Michael Totschnig, Franz Müller , Bernd Simon, Mikael Karlsson, Henning Eriksson

Vienna University of Business and Economics, Austria

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Overview

Background and motivation for outcome-based education Formulation of learning outcomes Models and standards for learning outcomes and

opportunities Outcome-based Applications Evaluation Recommendations for stakeholders

Context: outcome based education

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What you will know, understand, and be able to do.

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Learning outcomes

A learning outcome is a statement of what a learner is expected to know, understand or be able to do as a result of a learning process ―European Qualification Framework for Lifelong Learning (EQF)

Why learning outcomes?

ALIGNMENTLearning outcomes

Teaching methods

Workload (ECTS)

Assessment

Formulating learning outcomes

Mobility

Employabilit

y Porta

bility

Types of learning outcomes


KnowledgeThe outcome of the assimilation of information through learning.

SkillsThe ability to apply knowledge and use know-how to complete tasks and solve problems.

Competence (personal and professional) The proven ability to use knowledge, skills and personal, social and/or methodological abilities.

proven abilityto use

abilityto apply

Personal, social and/or methodological

abilities

Learning outcomes

Intended vs. achieved learning outcomes

The teacher defines the intended learning outcomes for a learning opportunityThe teacher assesses and learners demonstrate the achievement of intended learning outcomes


enumerate the most influential politicians of the 20th century

Sentence structure of intended learning outcomes

An intended learning outcome is formulated as a sentence that follows a basic structure:

Learners are able to Verb Object

Describes intended (cognitive) process

Describes what students are expected to acquire

or construct


Example:Learners are able to

What type of learning outcome is this?

Examples of learning outcomes and their type

Students are able to …

… explain the seven layers of the ISO/OSI Reference Model

… enumerate the most influential politicians of the 20th century

… design an interactive website that complies with Web Accessibility Guidelines

… filter out relevant literature for a given research problem.

… guide their team mates in improving the architectural model of a system.

… moderate a virtual task-force meeting


Knowledge

Skills

Competence

Specifications in Focus

Learning Outcomes (IEEE RCD) Describe and manage Learning Outcome Definitions ICOPER LOD AP Learning Opportunities (CEN MLO) Publish metadata of learning opportunities ICOPER MLO APP

Personal Achievements (new spec.) Describe and share information on learners/teacher achieved

learning outcomes and associated evidence, level and context data Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes (ICOPER PALO) Backbone for a new CEN specification

Models and standards

Metadata for Learning Outcomes Describes the characteristics of a learning outcomes Enable storage, referencing, sharing Learning outcomes data


Explain characteristics of

human-centered design

methods

knowledge

ICOPER LOD

APP

IEEE RCD

Indexed large set of learning outcomes

http://oics.icoper.org/LOD/

21st Century Engineer (NSF project)

http://oics-dev.km.co.at/LOD/

Sources Learning Outcomes OpenLearn (OUUK)

All courses have defined learning outcomes Stored in IEEE LOM metadata classification category

IEEE/ACM Computer Science Curricula (Task Force) All course descriptions have learning outcomes PDF file Used worldwide by many universities

21st Century Engineer (NSF project) 36 generic learning outcomes Engineering domain .ppt file

European Computer Science Driving License (ECDL) Full list of learning outcomes per topic Excel sheets

WU Vienna – Business Education study programme Local XML into LOD XML


Metadata for Learning Opportunities Describe an opportunity a learner can follow Enables publishing metadata across universities/countries


ICOPER MLO

APP

Generate MLO Instances

http://oics.icoper.org/MLO/

Course catalogs Local XML format Transformation into

ICOPER MLO XML 1000s instances Want to produce MLO

instances from your course catalogs?…Talk to us ;-)

http://oics-dev.km.co.at/MLO/

Metadata for Personal Achievements Represent information on achieved/required/desired learning outcomes of a learner. Also teachers

(taught outcomes) Share data with LMSs, recruitment systems, social applications


ICOPER MLO

APP

ICOPER PALO

Generated PALO Data


Data collected across systems

ATOM/RSS feeds Shared in

iGoogle Facebook LMSs etc.

ICOPER concept model

Teaching methods and learning designs

Sharable Educational Resources

Learning Outcome

Learning Content

TEACHING METHOD

intended result of

involves

Stored inthe OICS

imple-ments

Learning Opportunity

LEARNING DESIGN

INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL

is a

is a

Assessment Method

is a

imple-ments

instantiation of

uses

definesroles

Learning Facilitator

Learner

is a

Assessment Opportunity

includes

Assessment Design

is a

instantiationof

uses

Open ICOPER Content Space (OICS)

Distributed architecture for interoperable services and repositories for storing and accessing sharable educational resources and their metadataBased on existing standards and specifications

e.g. LOM, SQI, SPI, Atom, OAI-PMH, SOAP, ...

Service Layersearch / index

search / index / export

search / index

search / index / recommend

search / index

Learning OutcomeDefinitions

Learning Outcome Profiles

Teaching Methods

Learning designs/ Units of Learning

Assessment Resources

Desktop applications

Learning Management

Systems

Widgets, 3rd party tools, …

Open ICOPER Content Space

…

Content providerContent provider

Applications

Learning outcomes

Teaching methods & Learning designs

Assessment

Learning opportunites

Learning content

OpenGLM

author42Learn@WU

LernXact

dotLRN

Facebook

IMC Clix

MoodleELGG

Workflow

Instructional Designer Instructional Designer Teacher

Learner Learner Learner

Enrich learning opportunities with learning outcomes Customize instructional design Import instructional design to a course

WUW LMS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

2know2.com

Find and learn learning opportunity View learning outcome profile Find and manage learning opportunity

Enrich Learning Opportunities with learning outcomes

Workflow



Customize instructional design Import instructional design to a course

OICS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

2know2.com


Enrich learning opportunities with learning outcomes

LODs and Learning Design

Workflow




OICS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

2know2.com



Import Outcome-based Learning Design

http://develix.iml.umu.se/moodle/

Workflow




OICS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

2know2.com



Learning and tracking of achievements…….

Workflow




OICS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

Author42

2know2.com



View achieved learning outcomes and recommendations of content and peers

1

2

Workflow




OICS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

Author42

2know2.com



Find/repurpose Learning Opportunities for Corporate training

Workflow




OICS

1 2

6 5 4

3

GLM

Moodle

Moodle

OICS

Author42

2know2.com



Evaluation Target group

Programme managers Faculty members learners

Methods Usability tests with predefined tasks Interviews Questionnaires

Results Linking learning outcomes to learning opportunities and learning designs was

found innovative Tools can help teachers focus on intended learning outcomes when

creating/customizing courses Making learning outcomes transparent to learners and is a strength

Recommendations and Future Directions Adopt standards and put them in real practice

Extend when needed Make recommendations

Advise new specification when there is really no specification that fits your purpose

Outcome-based functionalities should be implemented as easy to use extensions/plugins to exsiting LMS

Training is needed for quicker adoption Make more learning outcomes available Publish Learning Opportunities Compare what is in job profiles and what is in learner achieved

learning outcomes profile

http://icoper.org

Dr. Jad [email protected]

www.najjar.be

Thanks.. Bedankt.. كراًش

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