Click on the red arrows to see the different steps involved in developing a learning contract
Click on the boxes to review the steps again
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Diagnose needs

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Specify learning
objectives
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Specify learning
resources and
strategies

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Specify evidence
of accomplishment
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Specify how the evidence can be validated
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Review the
contract
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Carry out the
contract
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Evaluate
learning

Diagnose needs

Review module/course/practice experience learning outcomes, learner’s personal learning goals, background, preferences.

Specify learning objectives

Set out SMART learning objectives: Specific, Measurable, Agreed (or Achievable), Realistic, Time-framed.

Specify learning resources and strategies

What does the learner need in order to achieve the learning objectives?

Specify evidence of accomplishment

What will be used to determine if learning objectives have been met?

Specify how the evidence can be validated

How will this evidence be used and by whom?

Review the contract

Does anyone else need to see the contract before it is agreed?

Carry out the contract

Following through in practice.

Evaluate learning

Have the learning objectives been met?