The MAPPING Primer: Mapping the Way to Learning Outcomes - Couverture souple

Ruth, Stiehl; Telban, Kathy

 
9781523634026: The MAPPING Primer: Mapping the Way to Learning Outcomes

Synopsis

NOTE: This is one of six books in The Outcome Primers Series 2.0 that forms the only complete professional guide to establishing and sustaining a learning outcomes and assessment system in colleges, agencies, and industry. Other books in the series include The OUTCOME Primer, The CONTENT Primer, The ASSESSMENT Primer, The GUIDING Primer, and The SUSTAINABILITY Primer and may be purchased as a complete set at www.outcomeprimers.com.(WHO) The MAPPING Primer is a practical book for instructors, instructional designers in colleges and workplace on how to (OUTCOME) create a visual map of the learner's journey through a series of learning experiences in programs and courses, facilitate mapping sessions to align outcomes, improve sequencing, and use resources to achieve intended learning outcomes. (QUESTION) The one driving question is: How do we assure that the learning experiences align with the intended outcomes? (HOW TO USE) Used alone (as a module), it is an inexpensive resource for a staff development workshop. Used in conjunction with its five companion Primers, it forms a complete systems approach to professional development for outcomes and assessment planning.FEATURED HIGHLIGHTSThe following features distinguish this Primer: Backward Design begins, first, with a clear vision of an intended destination. Learner focus explores and visualizes learning from the perspective of the learner in the larger context of one's life journey. Breakthrough thinking uses visual patterns from living, rather than silo patterns from a mechanical age to map the learner's journey. Focus on connections and relationships does what text cannot do effectively it reveals connections (and dis-connections) between outcomes, learning activities, and assessment. Examples of program and course maps provides a wide assortment of curricular maps from colleges and workplace settings. Illustrations that simplify complex and abstract concepts. A Facilitator Guide that provides step by step instructions and planning for a work session that guides instructors to create and examine the learner's journey through a program. Modular flexibility functions as an independent module for in-service training as well as a systems approach to professional development for outcomes and assessment planning.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

NOTE: This is one of six books in The Outcome Primers Series 2.0 that forms the only complete professional guide to establishing and sustaining a learning outcomes and assessment system in colleges, agencies, and industry. Other books in the series include The OUTCOME Primer, The CONTENT Primer, The ASSESSMENT Primer, The GUIDING Primer, and The SUSTAINABILITY Primer and may be purchased as a complete set at www.outcomeprimers.com. (WHO) The MAPPING Primer is a practical book for instructors, instructional designers in colleges and workplace on how to (OUTCOME) create a visual map of the learner's journey through a series of learning experiences in programs and courses, facilitate mapping sessions to align outcomes, improve sequencing, and use resources to achieve intended learning outcomes. (QUESTION) The one driving question is: How do we assure that the learning experiences align with the intended outcomes? (HOW TO USE) Used alone (as a module), it is an inexpensive resource for a staff development workshop. Used in conjunction with its five companion Primers, it forms a complete systems approach to professional development for outcomes and assessment planning. FEATURED HIGHLIGHTS The following features distinguish this Primer: · Backward Design – begins, first, with a clear vision of an intended destination. · Learner focus – explores and visualizes learning from the perspective of the learner in the larger context of one's life journey. · Breakthrough thinking – uses visual patterns from living, rather than “silo” patterns from a mechanical age to map the learner's journey. · Focus on connections and relationships – does what text cannot do effectively –it reveals connections (and dis-connections) between outcomes, learning activities, and assessment. · Examples of program and course maps – provides a wide assortment of curricular maps from colleges and workplace settings. · Illustrations that simplify complex and abstract concepts. · A Facilitator Guide that provides step by step instructions and planning for a work session that guides instructors to create and examine the learner's journey through a program. · Modular flexibility – functions as an independent module for in-service training as well as a systems approach to professional development for outcomes and assessment planning.

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