Research Guides: Teaching Toolkit for Librarians: Learning Outcomes & Lesson Planning

Looking for Feedback?

I am happy to provide feedback on your learning outcomes, lesson plans, or assessment ideas. We can set up a one-on-one meeting, or feel free to send me an email with your questions or thoughts. Thanks! - Melissa

Readings

Understanding by Design
A white paper with details on this framework

More on Understanding by Design
From Vanderbilt's CFT

Lesson Plan Templates & Examples

Writing Learning Outcomes

Bowles, M. (2009, May 20). Tips on writing learning outcomes. In University Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Milkova, S. (2012). Strategies for effective lesson planning. In University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching.
Sweet, C. A. (2010, April 30). Writing and refining information literacy learning outcomes. In Slideshare.
This was a presentation at LOEX in 2010.

Learning Outcomes Resources

Rubric to Assess Learning Outcomes

Bloom's Taxonomy
A helpful overview from Vanderbilt's CFT.
Bloom's Taxonomy (Revised)
Bloom's Verbs
An interactive map for choosing verbs for learning outcomes.
Bloom's & Technology
A great guide matching up Bloom's domains with different apps and educational technologies.

Lesson Planning Tips

Here are some questions to ask yourself as you are planning your library instruction session or workshop:

What do students want to know when they come to your class?
What do they need to know?
What do students always get stuck on?
What is one thing that students need to understand before they go on to the next level (i.e., the next course in the discipline)?

Source

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