Objective A statement of a specific, measurable, and observable result desired from an educational or interpretive activity or experience; a stated expectation about audience, behavior, condition, degree that will result from a learning experience.
Related Terms: Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor, Logic Model
Off-site Program A program conducted away from the practitioner’s place of work.
Outcomes The achievements or changes brought about by a program, project, or activity that help lay the foundation for longer-term impacts or benefits. Outcomes can involve changes in behavior, skills, knowledge, attitudes, values, or condition after participating in a learning activity or experience.
Related Terms: Outputs, Impacts, Logic model
Outcome-Based Education OBE specifies the “outcomes” that learners should be able to demonstrate upon leaving the system. These outcomes are derived from a community vision of the skills and knowledge that learners need to be effective citizens. OBE focuses educational practice on ensuring that learners master those outcomes, and it asserts that all learners can succeed. (Adapted from Gwennis McNeir IC Digest 85 November 1993. Outcome-Based Education.)
Outcome-based Evaluation Evaluation that focuses on measurable learner outcomes rather than outputs.
Related Terms: Outputs, Outcomes, Logic Model.
Outdoor Classroom Outside sites where structured educational activities that focus on the natural environment and cultural resources occur.
Outdoor Education Education in, for, and about the outdoors. Inappropriately used synonymously with adventure-based education and environmental education. (Adapted from Donaldson & Donaldson, 1958, Outdoor Education: A definition. JOPER, 29 (17), (63).)
Output The material products, programs or other media of a program or project. Examples include maps, workshops, curriculum materials, and other media.
Related Terms: Outcome, Impact, Logic Model.
Outreach The communication of the organization’s mission and goals to a wide variety of audiences usually away from the organization’s offices, sites or properties.