AAC&U

AAC&U Essential Learning Outcomes matrix and VALUE Rubrics

Submitted by smkeesle on 18 January 2010 - 8:05pm.

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OSP Matrix

AAC&U Essential Learning Outcomes:

Civic knowledge & engagement (local & global)

Creative thinking

Critical thinking

Ethical reasoning & action

Foundations & skills for lifelong learning

Information literacy

Inquiry & analysis

Integrative learning

Intercultural knowledge & competence

Oral communication

Problem solving

Quantitative literacy

Teamwork

Written communication

Introduction

This is a package of demonstration material that illustrates one way that Sakai could be used to implement portions of an assessment strategy using the AAC&U Essential Learning Outcomes and VALUE rubrics. It is not a comprehensive solution and should be regarded as an early release. Feedback of any sort is welcome. Below we attempt to qualify this implementation with some assumptions and related limitations:

Assumptions and Limitations

Each AAC&U VALUE rubric includes a statement that says:

What is an AAC&U Outcome?

Submitted by wendemm on 19 March 2008 - 7:01pm.

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AAC&U

AAC&U's LEAP campaign is organized around a robust set of "Essential Learning Outcomes" (pdf) -- all of which are best developed by a contemporary liberal education. Described in College Learning for the New Global Century (pdf), these essential learning outcomes and a set of "Principles of Excellence"