The Evidence of Learning and Impact Framework: A Delphi Study

Kirstin Moreno, Sarah Jacobs, & Constance Tucker   |    Volume 20 Issue 2  |   

Learning outcomes frameworks are useful in course, program, and institutional assessment as well as continuing education or professional development contexts and help ensure that different aspects of learning are addressed. This article describes a Delphi study conducted to iterate and improve on the authors’ novel Evidence of Learning and Impact Framework using assessment experts’ feedback. This new framework is useful broadly within adult and higher education and uniquely incorporates an emphasis on attending to the impact of the learning on the learner, the impact of the learning on others, and encourages the use of equity lenses when examining learning. Niederberger and Spranger (2020) encourage more transparency about Delphi techniques used in scholarship, so the authors also provide many details about the Delphi process used. We hope that the Evidence Framework will challenge educators to think differently, more broadly, and more deeply about the kinds of learning they foster and assess.

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