There has been widespread interest within institutions of higher education to measure learning outcomes. This has resulted in considerable debate on how to best define, measure, and achieve quality learning outcomes assessment. Yet, there has been no development of electronic processes and tools for continuous program assessment and feedback. This project addresses this challenge, with a $200K ...

Learning objectives (LOs) are statements of intent that describe what a student will know and be able to do at the end of a course. However, the definition of well-formed LOs is a challenge in instructional design. This paper describes a competency-based approach to support the integrated definition of LOs in learning, education and training systems. This approach is based on a system-wide defi...

ePortfolios are recognized as effective tools for formative assessment. Learning outcomes are demonstrated by a number of work samples, which provide a good overview, not only of the acquired competences, but also of the path followed to get there. However, ePortfolios do no provide means for their automatic integration in Distributed Learning Environments, where the work samples (learning evid...

clinical learning occurs in the context of a dynamic environment. learning environment found to be one of the most important factors in determining the success of an effective teaching program. to investigate, from the attending and resident's perspective, factors that may affect student leaning in the educational hospital setting at shiraz university of medical sciences (sums). this study comb...