Writing Effective Learning Objectives
As we prepare for the start of classes, we are busy working on our courses and creating content. One of the most important pieces of creating a good lesson is the learning outcome or learning objective. Begin with the end in mind. What is it that you want them to learn? How will you know that they have mastered it?
There is a course on VCU’s Lynda.com entitled “Teaching Techniques: Writing Effective Learning Objectives.” The goal of the course is “to help you produce curriculum that is clearer, more focused, more engaging and most importantly, more educationally effective.”
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Below is a diagram of Bloom’s taxonomy that may be of assistance when creating learning objectives for your course or a particular activity in your course.
By K. Aainsqatsi (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons