Learning Obejctives

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES Adam Reid

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INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVESAdam Reid

WEBINAR OUTCOME

• By the end of this webinar, viewers will be able to roughly summarize the concept of instructional objectives.

ROBER MAGER

• Preparing Instructional Objectives (1962)

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WHAT TO CALL IT

Prefix

• Instructional

• Performance

• Educational

• Learning

Suffix

• Objective

• Goal

• Aim

• Outcome

WHAT IS IT?

“An instructional objective is a collection of words and/or pictures and diagrams intended to let others know what you intend for your students to achieve.

WHAT IS IT?

“An instructional objective is a collection of words and/or pictures and diagrams intended to let others know what you intend for your students to achieve.

• It is related to intended outcomes, rather than the process for achieving those outcomes.

WHAT IS IT?

“An instructional objective is a collection of words and/or pictures and diagrams intended to let others know what you intend for your students to achieve.

• It is related to intended outcomes, rather than the process for achieving those outcomes.

• It is specific and measurable, rather than broad and intangible.

WHAT IS IT?

“An instructional objective is a collection of words and/or pictures and diagrams intended to let others know what you intend for your students to achieve.

• It is related to intended outcomes, rather than the process for achieving those outcomes.

• It is specific and measurable, rather than broad and intangible.

• It is concerned with students, not teachers.”

(Mager, 1997, p. 3)

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Instructional objectives should be:

• Specific

• Measurable

• Observable

• Short term

Behavior to be acquired

Conditions under which behavior is

demonstrated

Criteria for how well behavior is to

be performed

Instructional objective

Behavior to be acquired

Conditions under which behavior is

demonstrated

Criteria for how well behavior is to

be performed

Instructional objective

Without a calculator, the student will be able to correctly add two numbers together

Behavior to be acquired

Conditions under which behavior is

demonstrated

Criteria for how well behavior is to

be performed

Instructional objective

Without a calculator, the student will be able to correctly add two numbers together

GAGNÉ’S OUTCOME TAXONOMY

Verbal information

• Recalling facts, concepts, procedues

Intellectual Skills

• Distinguishing objects

• Classifying objects

• Applying rules to solve a problem

Cognitive Strategies

• Monitoring own learning, acting, feeling

Attitudes

• Choosing actions based on feelings

Motor Skills

• Performing behaviors that involve using the body

(Driscoll, 2005)

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AT FRANKLIN

UNIVERSITY

Program Outcomes

Course Outcomes

Learning Outcomes (Assignment Objectives)

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

Strengths

• Help ground instruction

• Demonstrative, measurable

• Provide structure

• Help align assessments and activities to outcomes

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES

Strengths

• Help ground instruction

• Demonstrative, measurable

• Provide structure

• Help align assessments and activities to outcomes

Weaknesses

• Focus on proof of learning

• Does not support the cognitive process of learning

SUMMARY

• Mager wrote “Preparing Instructional Objectives” (1962)

• Instructional objectives “let others know what you intend for your students to achieve.” (Mager, 1997)

• Mager’s 3-component structure of objectives:• Behavior to be demonstrated• Conditions under which the behavior is to be

demonstrated• Criteria for how well behavior is to be performed.

• Provide structure to instructional design process but are focused on behaviors not learning

REFERENCES

• Driscoll, M. P. (2005). Psychology of learning for instruction. Boston: Pearson Allyn and Bacon.

• Mager, R. F. (1997). Preparing instructional objectives: a critical tool in the development of effective instruction (3rd ed.). Atlanta, GA: Center for Effective Performance.

• Salkind, N. (Ed.). (2008). Instructional Objectives. In Encyclopedia of educational psychology. Retrieved from http://0-rave.ohiolink.edu.olinkserver.franklin.edu/ebooks/ebc/psychology