At the end of this learning unit, you will be able to:
Now that I know about the tasks /skills that I want to teach to my learners and also about their knowledge level and attributes, what’s next?
Now comes a crucial part of creating the design or structure of your learning portal. For this, creating sound learning objectives is the first step. Let us see what instructional objectives are and how do they help to create effective documentation.
An objective describes the intended result of the instruction. It describes what the learner will be able to do after the instruction.
Objectives are required to help learners organise their learning efforts. For instructional designers and authors, objectives not only help provide a plan for developing the instructional material, but they also provide a sound basis for selecting the instructional material or content. They even serve the purpose of checking whether the learning goals have been achieved.
Mostly, objectives are classified according to the level of the skills, behaviours or tasks identified during the Analysis phase. There are two types of objectives:
Terminal objective:
An objective that corresponds to an instructional goal is termed as the Terminal Objective. This objective describes what a learner will be able to do at the completion of the instruction.Enabling objective:
The intermediate skills required to accomplish the terminal objective are often referred to as enabling skills. The objectives corresponding to these skills are called Enabling Objectives.An objective is about the end rather than the means. It describes the product rather than the process of instruction. Robert Mager described objectives as having three components: performance, condition and criteria.
The performance component is a statement of what the learner will be able to do. The action verb selected should be observable and measurable when you describe what the learner will be able to do. For example, in the objective “Write instructionally sound objectives without using your training notes”, - the performance that the learner will be able to demonstrate is Write instructionally sound objectives.
When performance is unclear, non-demonstrable, non-measurable or focuses on the process of learning, the objectives are vague or fuzzy. Some fuzzy verbs and objectives are shown in the table. Avoid using these verbs or these types of objectives:
| Fuzzy Verb | Examples of Incorrect Objectives |
|
Appreciate |
Appreciate the importance of Internet in our daily lives. |
|
Understand |
Understand the features of ClickLearn. |
|
Learn |
Learn the rules of the game. |
|
Know |
Know how to do a recording using ClickLearn Studio. |
|
Use |
Use ClickLearn Studio. |
|
Work |
Work with the given set of tools. |
The second component of an objective is the condition. A condition describes the environment in which the task is performed. The environment could be defined by tools, equipment, or circumstances under which the learner will perform the behaviour or performance. For example, in the objective “Write instructionally sound objectives without using the training notes”, the condition under which the learner will demonstrate performance is without using the training notes.
The third component of an objective is the standard or the criteria. It describes how well a learner must perform to be considered competent in a particular skill. Criteria are usually defined in terms of speed or quality. For example, in the objective “Using the assistance of a graphic artist, the learner will be able to design a newsletter free of grammatical errors”, the criteria is free of grammatical errors.
Examples
| Objective | Performance | Condition | Criteria | |
| 1 |
Describe the components of ADDIE model without referring to your notes |
Describe the components of ADDIE model |
without referring to your notes |
Not stated: Implied: Correctly |
| 2. |
Create a new project in ClickLearn Studio by using the specified settings. |
Create a new project in ClickLearn Studio |
by using the specified settings |
Not stated: Implied: Correctly |
| 3. |
Design training modules that incorporate the ARCS model |
Design training modules |
that incorporate the ARCS model |
Not stated: Implied: Correctly |
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A statement of what the learner will be able to do. The action verb selected should be observable and measurable.
The environment in which the task is performed, which could be defined by tools, equipment or performance circumstances under which the learner will perform.
It describes how well a learner must perform to be considered competent in a particular skill. Criteria are usually defined in terms of speed or quality.
A statement of what the learner will be able to do. The action verb selected should be observable and measurable.
The environment in which the task is performed, which could be defined by tools, equipment or performance circumstances under which the learner will perform.
It describes how well a learner must perform to be considered competent in a particular skill. Criteria are usually defined in terms of speed or quality.
Adding objectives at the beginning of the work instructions that you create with ClickLearn will help the user to know clearly what they are going to learn. This has proven to be very effective in terms of being prepared to – being tuned in on the correct “channel” so to speak.
Moreover, this will be a tool for keeping the work instructions updated correctly. You can easily see exactly what the work instruction should cover and therefore also what might need to be changed as per the new processes.
In this learning unit, you learned to:
Now that we have learned about writing good instructional objectives, let us move to how to create suitable assessments mapping to these objectives.
Yes, that would enable the learners to be sure that they have achieved the learning goals.
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