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1. LearningObjectives
ToFosterStudentLearning
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2. AGENDA
● What are LOs(and why use them)?
● How to write LOs
● Practice & Sharing
● Introduction to Bloom’s taxonomy
● Revise & Sharing
● Q&A

3. By the end of the session, you should be able
to:
● Describe the benefits of using learning objectives
● Write effective learning objectives
● Practice using Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy to write
learning objectives
LEARNINGOBJECTIVES

4. 1
WhatareLearningObjectives
(andwhyusethem)?

5. Definition:LearningObjectives
what a learner
knows or can do as
a result of learning
(Otter, 1992, p. i)
Biswarup Ganguly [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

6. ● Learning Objectives (LO) are specific, measurable, short-
term, observable student behaviors.
● A LO is a description of a performance you want learners to
be able to exhibit before you consider them competent.
● LOs focus on student learning and not on instruction.
WhatareLearningObjectives?

7. Levelsoflearningobjectives
● Program-level learning outcomes
(what does a graduate know/do/value?)
● Course-level learning outcomes
(know/do/value after your course)
● Module-level
(know/do/value after the module)
● Lesson-level learning outcomes
(know/do/value after the lesson)

8. Yourtarget
CC0, TeroVesalainen, https://pixabay.com/en/target-goal-success-dart-board-1955257/

9. 2
HowtoWriteLearningObjectives
thatfosterstudentlearning

10. LEARNER-CENTERED

11. Bytheendofthislesson,learnerswillbeableto….
Bytheendofthislaboratoryactivity,studentswillbe
ableto….
LEARNER-CENTERED
(Webb, Naeger, Fulton & Straus, 2013).

12. SPECIFIC
(Alonso, Manrique & Viñes, 2008)

13. Bytheendofthislesson,learnerswillbeabletocreate
asocialmediaplanforanon-profitorganization.
SPECIFIC

14. Bytheendofthislaboratoryassignment,students
willapplyXYZchemicalconceptstodraw
conclusionsaboutchemicalreactions.
SPECIFIC

15. DOMAINSOF
LEARNING

16. DOMAINSOFLEARNING
(Hoque, 2016)
Image credits: Flaticon

17. Cognitive Affective Psychomoto
r
DOMAINSOFLEARNING

18. Bytheendofthismodule,learnerswillvaluetheethical
issuesinvolvedin...
Bytheendofthislessons,studentswillcommittoa
personalprogramoflifelonglearning...
EXAMPLES:Affective

19. Bytheendofthismodule,learnerswillbeableto
performabackwarddive.
Bytheendofthislessons,studentswillbeableto
positionthescaletozerobeforemeasurementwith
anammeter.
EXAMPLES:Psychomotor

20. 3
Practice&Sharing

21. Bytheendofthislesson,
studentswillbeableto...

22. Bytheendofthis50-minutelesson,
studentswillbeableto…(domain)

23. Selectatopicthatispartofyourteaching.
Thinkabout1ofyourclasses(orpotentialclasses)and
anaspectofthattopicthatyouwantyourstudentsto
learnabout.
Yourteaching

24. Imagineyouareplanningforalessontofosterstudent
learning.Withthatspecificaspectofyourtopicin
mind,whatdoyouwantyourstudentstobeableto
know/do/valuebytheendofthelesson?
Take3minutestowritealearningobjective.
Yourteaching

25. 4
Taxonomies

26. Cognitive Affective Psychomoto
r
DOMAINSOFLEARNING

27. LEVELSOFLEARNING
Cognitive domain

28. Bytheendofthelessonyouwillbeableto
understandtheeventssurroundingthewar
of1812.
Example1:Historycourse

29. Bytheendofthelessonyouwillknowhowtouse
aneedleandpunctureaveinwithoutcausing
bruising.
Example2:Medicinecourse

30. Bytheendofthelessonyouwilllearnthatyour
peersareavaluablesourceofinformationfor
yourprojects.
Example3:Educationcourse

31. 5
Revise&Sharing

32. RevisityourearlierLearningObjective
● Identifythedomainoflearning.
● Identifytheleveloflearningwithinthatdomain.
● Chooseanactionverbthatspecifiesyourintended
learning.
● Reviseasneeded.Updatethegooglesheet.
Take5mins.
Yourteaching

33. Anopportunitytoreceivefeedbackonyourlearning
objective!(3mins)
● Reviewyourpartner’slearningobjective
● Usethedirect“chat”featuretodiscusstheLO
(specificity,domainandleveloflearning,etc.)
● Reviseasneeded
Chat-Share-Revise

34. Yourpair
Namesofpairsonthisslide

35. 6
Questions

36. ● Useclear,simpleandunambiguouslanguage
● Bespecific
● Createachievableandchallengingobjectives
● UseactionverbsfromBloom’staxonomytocreate
measurableobjectives
● Learner-centred
Do’s
(Writing effective learning outcomes, 2020)

37. ● Donotuseambiguous,non-measurabletermssuchas
“understand,know”
● Avoidjargon
Don’t
(Writing effective learning outcomes, 2020)

38. Bloom’sTaxonomy(video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k10Xwo1lkc
Fink’sTaxonomy:(video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjD9CnPkBps&feature=youtu.be
Resources

39. Anderson,L.W.,Krathwohl,D.R., &Bloom,B.S.(2001).ATaxonomyforLearning,Teaching,andAssessing :a
RevisionofBloom’sTaxonomyofEducationalObjectives.(Eds.)L.W.Anderson,D.Krathwohl ;P.W.Airasian,etal.
NewYork:Longman.
Alonso,F.,López,G.,Manrique,D.,&Viñes,J.M.(2008).Learningobjects,learningobjectivesandlearning
design.Innovationsineducationandteachinginternational,45(4),389-400.
Hoque,M.E.(2016).Threedomainsoflearning:cognitive,affectiveandpsychomotor. TheJournalofEFL
EducationandResearch,2(2),45-52.
Otter,S.(1992).LearningOutcomesinHigherEducation.ADevelopmentProjectReportfortheDevelopment
ofAdultContinuingEducation.London,UK.
Webb,E.M.,Naeger,D.M.,Fulton,T.B.,&Straus,C.M.(2013).Learningobjectivesinradiologyeducation:why
youneedthemandhowtowritethem.Academicradiology,20(3),358-363.
Writingeffectivelearningoutcomes(2020).WestVirginiaUniversityTeachingandLearningCommons.Retrieved
from:https://tlcommons.wvu.edu/course-curriculum-design/writing-effective-learning-outcomes
References

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