Making Targets Visible...Really

by Courtney Belolan

​We all know that making learning transparent is a key element of learner-centered proficiency based education.  We've all gotten the memo: have targets posted.  Many people have even taken posting targets a step further and posted all the learning targets for an entire project, course, or year.  All of these methods can be a solid part of making learning targets and progressions visible to learners.  The important thing to remember is that making learning really visible is about much more than simply slapping a learning target up on the wall; It is about developing learner agency.  When learners know what it is they are supposed to be learning, and where that fits in the bigger picture of what they have to learn, motivation and engagement go way up.