Staff Development Online Series:
Outcome Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL)
Outcome based teaching and learning is a student-centered approach to learning. The approach is about expressing learning outcomes from the students’ point of view, organizing our teaching around those student outcomes, and then creating assessment which will provide evidence to show the extent to which an individual student has achieved those outcomes.
The three modules in this series provide faculty and teaching staff with basic details on the outcome based teaching and learning approach at CityU. Modules are available through Canvas with online videos of about 10-12 minutes each with some supporting materials. Faculty and teaching staff who register for a module will be requested to take a short quiz before they start the module and to do so again at the end of the module.
Faculty and teaching staff who complete all three modules and complete a short written reflection are then eligible for an in-house staff development credit. Participants planning to complete all three modules are recommended to take the modules in sequence.
Modules in the series include:
- Summarize the features of intended learning outcomes;
- Differentiate between objectives, output, and outcomes;
- Generate intended learning outcomes for tutorials and lectures.
- Explain similarities of effective TLAs;
- Describe different types and examples of TLAs;
- Apply different types of TLAs for the achievement of ILOs.
- Explain the differences between formative and summative assessment;
- Apply basic principles of question design for assessment;
- Apply principles of rubric design for assessment.
Modes of Completion
1. Individual Module Completion
Participants take a pre-quiz, work through the video materials, and take the post-quiz for a module. If they score at least 70% on the post quiz for a given module, they get a digital badge and a Certificate of Completion for that module.
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2. Series Completion
Participants take the pre-quiz, work through the video materials, and take the post-quiz for every module. In addition, they complete a written assignment for the series. If they score at least 70% on each post-quiz for a given module and submit a satisfactory written assignment for the series, they get a digital badge and a Certificate of Completion (with Honours) for that series, as well as an In-house, HRO staff development credit.
Certificate will normally be issued at the beginning of Janurary and beginning of July based on registrants' achievement.
Course Information
| Target participants: | Faculty and teaching staff |
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| Study hours: | 2-4 hours for the three module series and the short written reflection (i.e., ~0.5+ hour per module without the written reflection). |
| Course date |
Offered online throughout the year. Participants can enroll in each module separately through AIMS |
| Eligibility for in-house staff | Completion of all three modules including module quizzes and a short reflective assignment. When all three modules and quizzes are successfully completed, participants will be given a prompt on which to write a 500 word reflection, which is based on the three modules, and submit it for feedback to the course coordinator. |
| Module coordinator: | Dr Paul CORRIGAN |