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Given that one of the main features of the Bologna process is the need to improve the traditional ways of describing qualifications and qualification structures, all modules and programmes in third level institutions throughout the European Higher Education Area should be (re)written in terms of learning outcomes.

Learning outcomes are used to express what learners are expected to achieve and how they are expected to demonstrate that achievement. The attached article presents a summary of developments in curriculum design in higher education in recent decades and, drawing on recent practical experience, suggests a user-friendly methodology for writing modules, courses and programmes in terms of learning outcomes.

Ther following articles and papers may help in determining an approach to developing learning outcomes