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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;margin:0px;
text-align:center'><b><font size=4 color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span
lang=en-US style='font-size:18px;font-family:Arial;color:#0033CC;font-weight:
bold;language:en-US'>Are Your Learning Outcomes SMARC?</span></font></b></p>
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text-align:center'><font size=4 color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US
style='font-size:18px;font-family:Arial;color:#0033CC;language:en-US'>October 6th, 2009</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;margin:0px;
text-align:center'><font size=4 color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US
style='font-size:18px;font-family:Arial;color:#0033CC;language:en-US'>2:00-3:30 a.m. CT</span></font></p>
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color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:16px;font-family:
Arial;color:#0033CC;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin:0px'><b><font size=3
color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:16px;font-family:
Arial;color:#0033CC;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>Presenter:</span></font></b><b><font
size=3 color=green face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:16px;
font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'> </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;language:en-US'>Dr. Leah Wickersham,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin:0px'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;
language:en-US'> Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;
language:en-US'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin:0px'><b><font size=3
color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:16px;font-family:
Arial;color:#0033CC;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>Location: </span></font></b><b><font
size=3 color=green face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:16px;
font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'> </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;language:en-US'>Instructional Design Lab,</span></font><font
size=2 color=green face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:green;language:en-US'> </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;font-family:
Arial;language:en-US'>AGIT 221</span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;
language:en-US'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin:0px'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;
color:black;language:en-US'>Join your colleagues for this session that will focus on developing learning outcomes (objectives) that are </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>SMARC</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;language:en-US'> - </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>S</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;language:en-US'>pecific, </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>M</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;language:en-US'>easurable, </span></font><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>A</span></font></b><font
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font-family:Arial;color:black;language:en-US'>ctionable, </span></font><b><font
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font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>R</span></font></b><font
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font-family:Arial;color:black;language:en-US'>elevant and </span></font><b><font
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font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>C</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
font-family:Arial;color:black;language:en-US'>ommunicated. </span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;
color:black;language:en-US'> </span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;
color:black;language:en-US'>Methods used to align these outcomes to activities and assessment strategies for measuring these outcomes will also be explored. Faculty members are en­couraged to bring course syllabi to the session.</span></font></p>
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color:#0033CC;font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>Register online </span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;
line-height:114%;font-family:Arial;language:en-US'>at </span></font><a
href="http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/itde/admin/trainingList.asp"><font size=2
color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:14px;line-height:
114%;font-family:Arial;color:#0033CC;text-decoration:underline;language:en-US'>http://www.tamu-commerce.edu/itde/admin/trainingList.asp</span></font></a></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;language:en-US'> </span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;language:en-US'> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;margin:0px;
text-align:center'><i><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;
font-weight:bold;language:en-US'>**Statement of Value in Attending this Session**</span></font></b></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=left style='margin:0px'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;font-family:Arial;
language:en-US'>As we all know, learning outcomes (objectives) are the primary building blocks in the design of an online course. The Quality Matters (QM) rubric we are implementing for the design and review of effective online courses has at its core-effective learning out­comes (objectives). Three of the eight Quality Matters broad standards are tied to ef­fective course outcomes (objectives). A copy of the QM Rubric is accessible on the </span></font><a
href="http://qminstitute.org/home/Public%20Library/About%20QM/RubricStandards2008-2010.pdf"><font
size=2 color="#0033cc" face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;
font-family:Arial;color:#0033CC;text-decoration:underline;language:en-US'>QM Website</span></font></a><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=en-US style='font-size:13px;
font-family:Arial;language:en-US'>. </span></font></p>
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