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The Engineering Course Learning Outcome (CLO) and Assessment Review Project

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The task The School of Engineering Course Learning Outcome (CLO) and Assessment Review Project was significant: 28 Programs. 350 courses. 1 Deputy Dean (Learning & Teaching). 6 Deputy Head of Departments (DHoD), 160 course coordinators, 1 project coordinator, the Program Life Cycle team, 1 learning designer and myself all reviewing and revising more than 1,600 CLOs. The imperative was derived from: Program Learning Outcomes changes to better align with Engineers Australia Competencies. New program designs course accreditation documentation were triggering reviews of CLOs, assessments and course materials. Many older courses had evolved in the face of technology and teaching teams but the accreditation documentation had not kept up. The plan The process was intense but rewarding. The plan developed was to: Learning Designers create CLO suggestions by reviewing courses within scope for changes in PLO mapping and alignment of assessment, syllabus and activities, Run workshops to buil...