OBTL - Outcomes Based Teaching and Learning

An outcome-based approach to student learning is a student-centred approach. This approach calls for the articulation of what we expect our students to learn, and gathering of evidence to determine whether they have learned it. Clear understanding and articulation of intended learning outcomes facilitates the design of an effective curriculum, implementation of relevant and appropriate teaching, learning assessments tasks. The outcome-based approach has been widely adopted in universities across the world. It guides the active learning of students, and the continual improvement of courses and programmes.

Summative and Formative Assessments

Summative Assessment	Formative Assessment
Final	Continuous
Product/result	Process
Formal (high stake)	Informal (low stake)
Concern What, How much	Concern How, Why
Counts towards a grade	Improve their knowledge, skills, metacognition and self-regulation

Please visit the OBTL Staff Development webpage for more details.