Student Learning Outcomes Developed in Small Group Exercise

Student Learning Outcomes Developed in Small Group Exercise

<p> Faculty Sustainability Workshop 2013 Student Learning Outcomes developed in Small Group Exercise</p><p>Faculty Group #1 (Forestry/Sciences/Agriculture)</p><p>Student Learning Outcomes -- students should understand: 1. Sustainability definitions and framework 2. History of sustainability 3. Current issues 4. Potential actions and their consequences 5. How to identify stakeholders 6. Unintended consequences of actions</p><p>Faculty Group #2 (Liberal Arts)</p><p>Student Learning Outcomes for the Liberal Arts:</p><p>Know 1. Think critically about different models of sustainable living 2. Understand the meaning and significance of sustainable cultural practice 3. Locate and preserve sustaining cultural traditions 4. Express the ethos of sustainability in an appropriate general Do performance/presentation 5. Create effective arguments about topics in sustainability </p><p>Faculty Group #3 (Engineering)</p><p>Students must be able to: 1. Identify environmental impacts in the manufacture and use of engineered products and processes. 2. Identify appropriate metrics and indicators for evaluation of the environmental, societal and economic impacts of engineered products and processes. 3. Consider short- and long-term economic, environmental and societal issues in the design of a product or process.</p><p>Faculty Group #4 (OR-FANZ Orphans Group – faculty from diverse units)</p><p>Mechanisms to Measure Outcomes Learning Outcomes Pre-Test/Post-Test Understand the "true value" of practices Exit survey other than economic Create/assess a prototype  Document/present Coordinate with real projects Understand the impacts of their actions  City of Auburn  Understand implications for people Jury/expert evaluation  Choose sustainable options Test  Make informed decisions Follow up with students in the future: o Able to do full life cycle analysis Do they end up in sustainability-oriented careers? Able to find the facts; defend their positions  Able to conduct "applied research" </p><p>Development of critical thinking skills  Able to weigh tough issues  Skills in "evidence-based research" Interdisciplinary understanding Able to innovate  Able to create new careers and  build long-term careers Broad and objective perspective  Exposed to experiential learning  Global perspective  Aware of International learning options Ability to Implement </p>

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