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What is Outcome-Based Teaching and Learning (OBTL)

Chapter 4
Handbook of Research on Hybrid Learning Models: Advanced Tools, Technologies, and Applications
Traditionally, teaching is conceived as a process of imparting knowledge to students. The planning of teaching activities is based on the question of what topics to teach and to what depth. OBTL, on the other hand, shifts the emphasis to the question of what abilities the students should possess on the completion of the course.
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A Tabular Approach to Outcome-Based Course Planning and Assessment
Oliver T.S. Au (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 7
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-380-7.ch004
Abstract
Many educational institutions are migrating towards outcome-based teaching and learning. Being true to criterion-referenced assessment, students’ final grades are often determined elaborately on a set of complex rules. The author proposes a tabular approach to help instructors in course planning and assessment. The resulting course plan consists of tables that show learning outcomes, study topics, teaching, learning and assessment activities in rows and columns. Instructors can more easily spot misalignments between items on the tables. Though marks are assigned to learning outcomes, students’ final grades are still assessed criterion-referenced rather than norm-referenced. This mark-based assessment is transparent and familiar to students. The tabular approach may reduce the OBTL migration effort of the instructors and improve the learning experience of the students.
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