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Personal Accomplished Learning
Outcomes
Jad Najjar
(WU Vienna)


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Outcome-based education
 Bologna Process: focus on
learning outcomes (student
centered view)
 Learning outcomes state what a
learner
 knows, understands
(knowledge), and
 is able to do
(skills, competences)

after completing a learning
process.

Teaching
methods

Learning
outcomes

Workload
(ECTS)

Assessment
techniques


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Learning outcomes: Examples
Students are able to …
… explain the greenhouse effect
… enumerate the most influential politicians of the 20th
century

Knowledge

… design an interactive website that complies with
Web Accessibility Guidelines
… filter out relevant literature for a given research
problem.

Skills

… guide their team mates in improving the
architectural model of a system.
… moderate a virtual task-force meeting

Competence


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Example: nursing competencies

Competency No.
C00
C10
C11
C12
C20
C21
C22
C23
C24

Capability
Use
Apply
Demonstrate
Identify
Use
Evaluate
Identify
Recognize
Recall

Subject Matter Content
Ethical principles
Ethical issues
Client confidentiality
Ethical Issues
Professional regulation
Professional regulation
Limitation in own practice
Need for referral
Professional regulations

From Sitthisak, Gilbert, & Davis (2007)

Attitude
Values
Actively
Respectfully
Sensitively
Actively
Considerately
Values
Willingly
Willingly


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Foreseen Effects of Outcome-based Learning
 Programme delivery: improved  Learner: increased
service quality
transparency of class offerings
(goal – control – cycle)
(move from teaching to
learning)
 Programme delivery: better
defined interfaces of learning
 Learner: increased mobility
offerings
 Recruiter: increased
 Teacher: community-of-practice
transparency of knowledge,
around learning outcomes
skills, and competencies
aquired
 Teacher: assessment aligned
with learning outcomes

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Personal Accomplished Learning Outcomes

 Exchange of Learners achieved learning outcomes
 Currently this data is not tracked nor shared…
 Finding relevant learning opportunities
 Finding relevant job
 Finding peers
 Target audience
 Program director (policy)
 Faculty (course creation)
 Learner
 Third party
 Social application (share my achievements)
 Recruitment systems (find relevant job)


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Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes (PALO)


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Personal Achieved Learning Outcomes
(PALO) profile


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PALO Repository


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PALO Binding
Atom feed – Achieved learning outcomes

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Thanks!
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