Module Growth & Goals (Module de croissance et d’objectifs) : une ressource éducative ouverte intégrée au cours pour aider les étudiants et les étudiantes à améliorer leurs compétences d’apprentissage

We developed and launched an online, course-integrated module called Growth & Goals aimed to help students better develop evidence-based learning skills. The module focuses on five main concepts: self-regulated learning, goal-setting, metacognition, mindfulness, and mindsets (growth and fixed continuum). Growth & Goals is an open education resource available for download at no cost to any educator through FlynnResearchGroup.com/GrowthGoals. The module is available in both French and English and can be customized to any university course. The module addresses the aforementioned concepts through a combination of text and videos, with interspersed interactive activities that students use to develop their learning skills. Growth & Goals is intended to help students effectively manage the challenges they may encounter as they progress through their postsecondary academic career and beyond and become more proficient learners. Since 2017, the module has been implemented in more than 15 university courses and has been used by over 8000 students. The preliminary evaluation of Growth & Goals has been largely positive, indicating that the module has been well received by both students and educators and that it successfully guides students in learning the module’s concepts.Nous avons mis au point et lancé un module en ligne intégré au cours intitulé Growth & Goals (Croissance et objectifs) qui vise à aider les étudiants et les étudiantes à mieux développer leurs compétences d’apprentissage basées sur l’évidence. Le module se concentre sur cinq concepts de base : l’apprentissage auto-régulé, la fixation d’objectifs, la métacognition, la pleine conscience et les états d’esprit (continuum de croissance et fixe). Le module Growth & Goals est une ressource pédagogique libre qui peut être téléchargée gratuitement par n’importe quel éducateur par le biais de FlynnResearchGroup.com/GrowthGoals. Le module est disponible en anglais et en français et peut être personnalisé pour correspondre à n’importe quel cours universitaire. Le module traite des concepts mentionnés plus haut par le biais d’une combinaison de textes et de vidéos avec des activités interactives intercalées que les étudiants et les étudiantes peuvent utiliser pour développer leurs compétences d’apprentissage. Le module Growth & Goals vise à aider de manière efficace les étudiants et les étudiantes à gérer les défis auxquels ils peuvent être confrontés alors qu’ils progressent dans leur carrière universitaire et au-delà et deviennent de meilleurs apprenants et de meilleures apprenantes. Depuis 2017, ce module a été mis en application dans plus de quinze cours universitaires et utilisé par plus de 8000 étudiants et étudiantes. L’évaluation préliminaire de Growth & Goals a été généralement positive, ce qui indique que le module a été bien reçu à la fois par les étudiants et les étudiantes et par les éducateurs et les éducatrices, et qu’il guide avec succès les étudiants et les étudiantes dans l’apprentissage des concepts du module

Growth and Goals Module: A Course-Integrated Open Education Resource to Help Students Increase their Learning Skills

We developed and launched an online, course-integrated module called Growth & Goals aimed to help students better develop evidence-based learning skills. The module focuses on five main concepts: self-regulated learning, goal-setting, metacognition, mindfulness, and mindsets (growth and fixed continuum). Growth & Goals is an open education resource available for download at no cost to any educator through FlynnResearchGroup.com/GrowthGoals. The module is available in both French and English and can be customized to any university course. The module addresses the aforementioned concepts through a combination of text and videos, with interspersed interactive activities that students use to develop their learning skills. Growth & Goals is intended to help students effectively manage the challenges they may encounter as they progress through their postsecondary academic career and beyond and become more proficient learners. Since 2017, the module has been implemented in more than 15 university courses and has been used by over 8000 students. The preliminary evaluation of Growth & Goals has been largely positive, indicating that the module has been well received by both students and educators and that it successfully guides students in learning the module’s concepts

The Evaluation of an Integrated Growth & Goals Module to Better Equip Students with Learning Skills in Postsecondary Courses: Systematic, Scalable, and Explicit

Objective: Most students spend years in formal education settings without being explicitly taught how to learn effectively. Our objective was to evaluate an innovative intervention designed to effectively equipping all students with learning skills, called the Growth & Goals Module, which is an adaptable open education resource available in English and French.Methods: We evaluated the module using a Practical Participatory Evaluation approach and the 4-level Kirkpatrick Evaluation model. To investigate ten research questions aligned with the model, we collected data from 1845 students and five educators from nine undergraduate courses in science, engineering, and mathematics through questionnaires, focus groups, course assessments, and institutional data.Results: Students and educators reported high satisfaction (Level 1, Learning). The training was new to most students and most completion rates were over 75% when educators provided an incentive. Students in some demographics used the module less than others. In Level 2 (Learning), students’ metacognitive skills increased. They could identify SMART goals and differentiate growth/fixed mindset statements. At Level 3 (Behaviour), students reported intending to use the module in the future. Most educators created learning outcomes for the first time. The module required little time of students and educators; however, greater support, incentives, and rewards are needed for project sustainability. Educators have used the module in courses in many disciplines and levels (Level 4, Results).Conclusions: The Growth & Goals module explicitly teaches core learning skills for students in science, engineering, and mathematics courses and has the potential to scale to other disciplines and levels.</p