Writing Learning Objectives

Writing Learning Objectives Deirdre Bonnycastle College of Medicine 2010 [email_address]

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Objectives
Upon completing this workshop, you will be
able to:
explain the role of objectives in the instructional design process
write appropriate objectives
discuss common issues that hinder objective writing.

Instructional Design Process Objectives make planning instruction easier

Prerequisite Knowledge
Bloom’s Revised
Taxonomy
Common error:
setting objectives too low
= MCQ testing
= memorized content
= lack of thinking
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

Remembering - Recognize, list, describe, identify, name, locate
Understanding - Interpret, summarize, infer, paraphrase, classify, explain,
Applying - Implement, carry out, demonstrate, manage
Partial Verb List

Analyzing - Compare, contrast, deconstruct, outline, debate, integrate
Evaluating - Check, hypothesize, critique, judge, test, detect, monitor
Creating - design, construct, plan, produce, invent, devise, make
Partial Verb List

Guidelines
Write a general goal for the class
Ask yourself, “How will students demonstrate that my goal has been reached?”
Pick the learning verb
Write the objective(s).
1-3 per hour of instruction
Check objectives against the SMART mnemonic.

SMART OBJECTIVES
S tudent Centered
M easurable
A chievable
R elevant
T imely

Examples of poor objectives
I will teach the theory of relativity (S)
You will know about the theory of relativity (M)
You will develop an equivalent to the theory of relativity (in an undergraduate class) (A)
You will debate the theory of intelligent design (in a physics class) (R)
You will use the theory of relativity to calculate … (before they know the prerequisite math) (T)

Examples of useful objectives
You will be able to explain how the theory of relativity was developed.
You will be able to calculate …
You will discuss the impact that the theory of relativity had on the development of science in the Western world.
You will compare the theory of relativity with …

Issue too much content

Bulimic Learning
Stuff yourself with information
Throw it up on the test
Starve for knowledge
Issue

Do your objectives need to fit into a larger plan?
Licensing bodies
Grad vs. Undergrad
Other classes in a program
Teaching one class vs. a semester
Issue

For More Information
http://www.medicine.usask.ca/faculty/cbf/JITR/Cycles/Cycles

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