Summer Online Training Opportunity for Faculty
Workshop Title: Student Learning Outcomes Made Easy
Facilitated by Rachel Ridnor, Professor of Sociology (contact information rridnor@saddleback.edu)
Student-Learning Outcomes –better known as the infamous SLOs– have become the new buzzword at college campuses.
What are “Student Learning Outcomes” really? And, more importantly, how can they help you reframe teaching to better address student learning.
By completing the short step-by-step online workshop Student-Learning Outcomes Made Easy, you will learn a valuable skill that will enhance your ability to successfully incorporate student learning outcomes into your courses. This workshop is quick, interactive and can be finished at your convenience from your own home computer.
Register and participate in this workshop via Blackboard between NOW and August 25.
For registration instructions, please click here. For additional information, please contact Rachel at rridnor@saddleback.edu.
To access the flex credit form, please click here. Total number of flex credit - 9 hours
All faculty members will receive a certificate of completion and/or flex credit through Saddleback College.
Resources:
Student Learning Outcomes Handbook, please click here.
Student Learning Outcomes by Course Level - Generated by the Department
By August 22, 2008, every course in our division must have at least one Student Learning Outcome established through our Department Chairpersons and/or their designee as aligned with Academic Senate standards.
SLO Form on the Course Level (To be completed by department chairpersons and/or their designee)
Writing Workshops and Training
- By appointment with Morgan Barrows, please email Morgan at mbarrows@saddleback.edu
- Online training on Student Learning Outcomes (now until August 22), please click here.
- Drop-in work session on August 14 (Thursday) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in TAS 225
- SLO Writing Workshop on August 18 (Monday) from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in LIB 330
- SLOs Made Easy on August 18 (Monday) from 2 - 4 p.m. in LIB 328
- SLOs: Past and Future Direction on August 20 (Wednesday) from 2 - 3 p.m. in LIB 329
- SLO Writing Workshop on August 21(Thursday) from 10 - 11 a.m. in LIB 331
It is imperative the both full-time and part-time faculty work with their respective department chairperson to ensure that all course level SLOs be submitted by August 22, 2008 for every course listed in the 2008 - 2009 catalog. The College is at risk of losing its accreditation if we continue to ignore efforts to create and implement SLOs both on the course and program level.
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