Higher Education Learning Outcomes Assessment

Contents: Hamish Coates/Marian Mahat: Advancing student learning outcomes - Reiko Yamada: Comparative analysis of learning outcomes assessment policy contexts - Lin Martin: Assessing student learning outcomes: Research trajectories - Daniel Edwards/Jacob Pearce: Outcomes assessment in practice: Reflections on two Australian implementations - Mary Catharine Lennon/Brian Frank: Decentralised learning outcomes assessments: Developments in Ontario, Canada - Huanhuan Xia/Binglin Zhong: Student learning outcomes assessment in China: Primitive foundations - Sylvie Wald/Hesham W. Gomma: Developing learning outcomes initiatives in Egypt, Kuwait, and the UAE - Jani Ursin: Learning outcomes in Finnish higher education from the perspective of comprehensive curriculum framework - Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia/Manuel Förster/Sebastian Brückner/Roland Happ: Insights from a German assessment of business and economics competence - Victor Borden/Shawn Peters: Faculty engagement in learning outcomes assessments - Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia/Christiane Kuhn/Miriam Toepper: Modelling and assessing higher education learning outcomes in Germany - Bjørn Stensaker/Rachel Sweetman: Impact of assessment initiatives on quality assurance - Marian Mahat/Leo Goedegebuure: Transparent reporting of learning outcomes - Chi Baik/Richard James: Seven strategic areas for advancing the assessment of learning in higher education - Hamish Coates/Mary Catharine Lennon: Propelling the field: Insights, trends and prospects.

Hamish Coates contributes to higher education through research, leadership and development. He has worked across many countries, authored over 200 publications, and led a suite of influential projects. A specialist in assessment and evaluation, Hamish's teaching focuses on improving the quality and productivity of learning, academic work and leadership. Hamish is a Professor of Higher Education at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) at the University of Melbourne (Australia).