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Learning Outcomes, Academic Credit and Student Mobility

edited by Christine Arnold, Mary Wilson, Jean Bridge & Mary Catherine Lennon

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2020
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553395546
    Publish Date
    Oct 2020
    List Price
    $45.95

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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.

About the authors

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

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Mary Wilson has a longstanding interest in learning and communication for social change. She has worked for two decades as a facilitator, instructor, researcher, and instructional designer, and holds a Ph.D. in education. As a student of Buddhism, Mary is fascinated by the Boddhisatvas — metaphorical enlightened beings who embody wisdom, compassion, and practice. She sees the combination of wisdom, compassion, and practice as central to learning, and central to our collective efforts to live in harmony on our finite planet. An active participant in her Gabriola Island, BC community, Mary lives with her partner, her 92-year-old mother, and several critters. She and her partner are simultaneously caring for her mom, restoring a ramshackle island home, developing a permaculture food forest, and building an engineless catamaran.

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

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

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