{"id":6,"date":"2024-06-21T17:34:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T21:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:59:35","slug":"about-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/about-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>The goal of the Learning Map Project is to develop and pilot an instructional design approach that faculty can use to align learning outcomes, assessments, and instruction <em>across<\/em> undergraduate STEM course sequences.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1808\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo from first meeting discussing the research project.\" class=\"wp-image-141\" style=\"width:705px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited.jpeg 1808w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/files\/2025\/05\/image1-edited-1568x882.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1808px) 100vw, 1808px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Can we use Learning Maps (LMaps) to streamline the coordination of learning outcomes, assessments, and instructional activities among instructors teaching in the same course sequence?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do we assess knowledge transfer across a course sequence?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will the alignment of teaching in course sequences lead to better student outcomes?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The goal of the Learning Map Project is to develop and pilot an instructional design approach that faculty can use to align learning outcomes, assessments, and instruction across undergraduate STEM course sequences. Research Questions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9567,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9567"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/learningMapsResearchProject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}