How does LOM differ from assessment?
Learning Outcomes Management is much more than assessment. Typically assessments measure learning. But LOM through EduMetry’s services takes this two steps further by monitoring and managing the outcomes. LOM assesses all aspects as a systematic whole. Here’s an example. Suppose you are the provost or dean of a large urban college, which draws an equal proportion of adult learners and students entering as freshmen directly from high school. Intuitively, you know that each group has different needs. Younger learners are generally better prepared academically and display a higher capacity to absorb theoretical material, whereas the adult learner comes with a wealth of real-world experience that can be related to the materials taught. If our hypothetical college has a large enough population, it would be possible to test our hypothesis that each population has different learning needs with data on student learning outcomes. Then, it would be possible to design curricula, pedagogy, and tes
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