What if certain Program Learning Outcomes are covered at a higher rate in comparison to other Program Learning Outcomes, through courses, in the delivery of an Academic Program?
Assuming a set of Program Learning Outcomes(PLO's) for an Academic Program. Though all the PLO's are mapped to one or more Courses in the program, how does it matter if few or some of those PLO's are covered in most of the courses and remaining PLO's are covered in just very few courses!!!
When we use the term Learning Object, it may incorrectly imply that all Learning Objects have to be the same size and handled only once. This is far from the truth. Some LO's are trivial or concrete and can be quickly absorbed by people learning. Others have many hidden traps which have to be carefully explained by different educators.
A key task for the instructors at the beginning of the course is to budget time and place for each Learning Object. Again, this should be the prerogative of the Instructor. LO's do not have to match class period lengths. The best lecturer I ever had never worried if he had to stop before a page end. This way every minute of the lecture was fruitful. Kids today know how to use bookmarks and crosslinks.
Hi. Setting the goals is very important for the teaching process. If the process is well planed, and the goals are clearly set, the potential learning outcomes of the teaching process will be achieved. Of course, it is known that not all goals are achieved in the teaching process for different subjects, topics, different environments (level of students' engagement, methods of teaching used, curricula, implementation of ICT tools, students' motivation,etc.).
In response to your clarification, the program's Learning Outcomes may be “taught across the syllabus” i.e., in many courses. I think for example of topics such as Safety, Ethics, Writing Reports etc. Here the educators drive the topic home by each handling it in a different way. I think of Simplification of a Maths Equation, which technique is used in the Chemistry class hopefully on the same day. Some Program's Learning Outcomes are specialised and only can be taught in one course E.g. Integration by Parts. A close examination of the academic program will usually reveal redundancies in the courses that can safely be rationalised.
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