Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit and Student Mobility

Christine Arnold · Mary Wilson · Jean Bridge · Mary Catherine Lennon

oct 2020 · Queen's Policy Studies Series Libro 201 · McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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There is increasing interest in the use of learning outcomes in postsecondary education, and deliberations have surfaced with regard to their potential to serve as a tool for advancing credit transfer. Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit, and Student Mobility assesses the conceptual foundations, assumptions, and implications of using learning outcomes for the purposes of postsecondary credit transfer and student mobility. Through a critical review of current approaches to the use of learning outcomes across national and international jurisdictions, scholars and practitioners in postsecondary education provide a multivalent examination of their potential impacts in the unique context of Ontario and recommend future directions for the system. The collected works are the culmination of a multi-year study entitled Learning Outcomes for Transfer, funded by the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer. Contributions are authored by prominent international scholars across countries with significant outcomes-based experience and education reforms (South Africa, the United States, Australia, Europe, and the United Kingdom) and an Ontario research consortium comprising college and university experts working to advance student pathways.

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Christine Helen Arnold is assistant professor in the Faculty of Education (Post-Secondary Studies) at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Mary Wilson is director of the Centre for Academic Excellence, Niagara College.

Jean Bridge is adjunct research professor at the Centre for Digital Humanities, Brock University.

Mary Catharine Lennon is senior policy advisor, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board.