Do You Know How to Write Learning Objectives? -- An Action Research

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Liu, P.L. & Lohr, L. (2004). Do You Know How to Write Learning Objectives? -- An Action Research. In R. Ferdig et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (pp. 979-981). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2004
Atlanta, GA, USA
2004
ISBN 1-880094-52-5
  Richard Ferdig, Caroline Crawford, Roger Carlsen, Niki Davis, Jerry Price, Roberta Weber & Dee Anna Willis
AACE

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Authors

Pei-Lin Liu, Linda Lohr, University of Northern Colorado, USA

Abstract

A learning objective is a statement that tells what learners should be able to do when they have completed a segment of instruction. If a learning objective is well written, it is easy to measure whether or not the objective has been met. Most instructors agree that learning objectives are important and many of these instructors include such objectives on the syllabi that they hand out to students. Unfortunately it is easier to write bad objectives than it is to write good ones. The Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to use Technology (PT3) project at the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) began asking students to write learning objectives using Heinich's (2002) ABCD design model and Bloom's Taxonomy (1956) in the fall of 2003 as part of their redesign efforts of the undergraduate educational technology courses. This paper will present data concerning the way preservice teachers were taught to write learning objectives from an educational technology course. This study will also offer suggestions and guidelines for future writing learning objective classes.

Keywords

• Teachers
• Educational Technology
• Learning Objects
• Preservice Teacher Education

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