Skills Series • Set 4
Identifying Significant Learning Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes
Activity 4.1: The Learning Goals Inventory
The Learning Goals Inventory (LGI) is a survey with four parts: Course Information, Learning Goals Rating Scale, Learning Goals Self-Assessment and Responder Characteristics.
Activity 4.2: Goals to Objectives Concept Map
The Learning Goals Inventory is a four-part survey to help you focus and articulate your goals for student learning in an individual course and to provide a starting point for discussions about teaching and learning goals with your colleagues.
Activity 4.3: Backward Design Template
The Backward Design Template guides you through the course design process as you identify goals objectives and what you will use as evidence of learning, and create a plan for learning activities.
Further Reading
Engaged Teaching: A Handbook for College Faculty offers a comprehensive but concise survey of theory, research, and practical strategies necessary for improving teaching and learning in higher education, and is the perfect complement to the Engaged Teaching Skills Series.