At Flinders, Learning Outcomes (LOs) are a fundamental element of topics and courses. LOs clarify the anticipated knowledge and skills that students gain during their studies. Constructive alignment is the act of intentionally structuring curriculum and learning to build connections between learning outcomes, learning activities and assessments.
Within FLO, you can demonstrate this alignment through practical design strategies that help students to understand how the resources and activities contribute to achieving topic learning outcomes. This in turn motivates students to engage in the topic.
Tip 1: Refer to the learning outcomes (LOs) in the SAM
As outlined in the Good Practice Guide: Developing learning outcomes, the LOs can clarify knowledge and skills and motivate students to engage. As LOs can change over time, referring and linking to these in the Statement of Assessment Methods (SAM), rather than duplicating them is normally recommended. However, in fully online topics, students may need more guidance on how the LOs link to content.
Tip 2: Structure content and activities around LOs and Assessment
Tip 3: Optimise your FLO site for student understanding
Good practice guides: Student-centred learning
Staff Support: Statement of Assessment Methods
Supporting resources
Good Practice Guide: Developing learning outcomes,
Student support: Planning for academic success
Next steps
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