Instructional Design

for Dummies A short course that explains the basics of Instructional Design

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Session 6: Writing Objectives

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Write instructionally sound learning objectives

Objectives

After completing this session you will be able to:

Understanding Learning Objectives

Learning objectives are not list of topics covered under a session

A learning objective should describe what a student should be able to do after going through a particular session

Parts of a Learning Objective

Performance: What the learner will be able to do after completing the session. This

part is known as performance or behavior

Condition: Under what constraints the learner

demonstrates the expected performance or behavior,

known as condition

Criterion: At what point the performance is acceptable. What are the standards of

acceptance? This part is known as criterion

A well written learning objective should consist of three parts, performance, condition and criterion

Example

“At the end of this session you will be able to describe at least 10 unique features of the Speedo Bike, without referring to the sales

manual.”

Performance

Criterion Condition

Non Example

A non example will be, “At the end of this session you will understand why Speedo Bike is unique.”

You can clearly see that in the later example it is impossible to measure the effectiveness of the training

Summary

In this session we learned that:

A learning objective should describe what a student should be able to do after going through a particular session

A well written learning objective should consist of three parts, performance, condition and criterion

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