This program will introduce and discuss methods for creating learning outcomes for legal research courses, utilizing concepts such as backwards course design and course alignment. The presenters will begin by discussing common learning frameworks, explaining backwards course design, and then focus on the importance of establishing learning outcomes at the course-level and module- or unit-level. Most of the program will focus on the crucial task of crafting clear, measurable and actionable learning outcomes. Attendees will be invited to participate in exercises to assess and edit a set of learning outcomes, and finally work on drafting their own.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Academic librarians, anyone who conducts legal research training sessions.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Participants will be able to identify several common learning frameworks such as Bloom’s and Fink’s.
2. Participants will be able to assess and revise a set of sample learning outcomes.
3. Participants will be able to write at least one learning outcome for a course or training session that they teach.

SPEAKERS:

• Sarah Starnes, University of Akron School of Law

COORDINATOR:

• Margaret Kiel-Morse, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Teaching + Training

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES:

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