Objectives & Assessments

In a sense, education is simple...

Simple Education Framework

• Educational Goals (Objectives)
• Educational Content & Activities
• Educational Assessments

Simple Education Framework

• What we want them to be able to do
• What we will do together to learn how to do it
• How we will measure if they can do it on their own.

Simple Literacy Framework

• Aggregation
• Analyzation
• Communication

Alignments...

• The alignments of the content to the objectives
• The alignment of the assessments to the objectives

If there is no alignment...

...then there is no guarantee that the correct learning will occur

Major keys to the success in learning

• Objectives need to be well written
• Content to teach objectives needs to be very purpose driven
• Assessments need to be unbiased and prove that the objectives have been met.
• This alignment is critical to learning success

Let's Talk Objectives

Let's Talk Objectives

Framework for writing learning objectives

SMAAL Framework

• Singular
• Measurable
• Aligned
• Actionable (Demonstrative)
• Leveraged

Layers of Objectives
In Higher Education

Program Learning Objectives (PLOs)

Course Learning Objectives (CLOs)

Module (Week) Learning Objectives (MLOs)

Layers of Alignment

Layers of Alignment

• PLOs are superior (APC)
• CLOs must align with PLOs (APC)
• MLOs must align with CLOs
• Assessments must align with MLOs
• There may be other alignments as well (ISTE, ibstpi, QM, etc).