Alignment of teaching, learning and assessment activities with learning outcomes: a proposal for higher education programmes

Tha abstract describes a research project at the University of Padova which aimed to describe 10 Master degrees in terms of generic and subject-specific expected competences, using Dublin Descriptors and linking them to the European Qualification Framework levels; it aimed as well to re-design some of the courses within the degrees in terms of both the intended learning outcomes to be achieved by students and the related teaching, learning and assessment techniques aligned to them (Biggs, 2007). The third objective was to try to apply new teaching and learning activities that were geared towards achieving the relevant learning outcomes and assessment tests, transforming traditional didactics and assessments into more learner-oriented ones.