3-YEAR CYCLE STEPS
Step 7: Implement Changes
After submitting your PLO report (Step 6), the next task is to implement the changes outlined in the report. Remember that the primary purpose of PLO assessment is to use the findings to improve student learning.
Improvements can occur at multiple levels, including:
- Instruction (e.g., redesigning assignments, adopting new pedagogies, redesigning TA-taught sessions or TA training)
- Curriculum (e.g., adding an intermediate level course, re-sequencing program curriculum, adjusting pre-requisite courses)
- Co-curricular support for student learning (e.g., tutoring, library instruction)
- Communicating expectations to students (e.g., including rubrics as a teaching tool, explaining how a course and/or a specific assignment helps students develop PLO-related skills in the course syllabus)
We recommend collaborating with the UCSC Teaching and Learning Center to implement changes in courses and curriculum design.
After implementing changes, the next step in to observe the effect of the changes in real-time (Step 8).