Provide a foundation for developing the course's format,
content and assessment tool.
Inform the participant what he/she is expected to do as a
result of the learning event.
Assist potential participants in determining if
the course is appropriate for their level of knowledge and
skills.
Keys to writing and using learning outcomes
Focus on the performance of the learner.
State learning outcomes in clear, concise, measurable and
observable terms.
Avoid vague words, like understand, know, become aware of,
become familiar with, which are difficult to measure. Instead,
choose action verbs, such as perform, identify, describe,
explain, demonstrate. For suggested verbs and activities,
see the "Skill Demonstration" section
of
Learning Outcomes
Guidelines.
Use the learning outcomes as a basis to create the
learner assessment.
For meetings with multiple sessions (e.g. conventions, conferences) make sure that each
session can be keyed to one of the overall learning outcomes, or
write a specific learning outcome for each individual
session.
Relate the content of the course directly to the sciences as
they pertain to speech-language pathology, audiology,
speech/language/hearing sciences, and/or the contemporary
practice of speech-language pathology and audiology.