🤔 What is the Difference between SLOs, PLOs, and CLOs?

The phrase Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) is a general term used to describe what students will know, think, or do as a result of completing a course or degree program. Student Learning Outcomes may be defined at the institution level (ILOs), the program level (PLOs), the course level (CLOs) and even the unit or module level (MLOs). Regardless of the level of learning, they're all student learning outcomes. These learning outcomes are published in documents and locations appropriate to their level. For example, Course Learning Outcomes would be found in the course syllabus, while Program Learning Outcomes would be included with the degree sheet in the college catalog, and Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) may be located on the college website.

❌ What SLOs are NOT...

Student Learning Outcomes are NOT a list of tasks students will complete. Statements like "students will write a paper," or "students will attend a performance" may describe learning activities, but they do not articulate what students will LEARN. The materials in this module will provide you with language and structures to clearly define what students will learn in your course, program, or institution.