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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: My Objection to Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Learning objectives clarify exactly what it is youre trying to teach. Ray Sims has written a great summary on Writing Learning Objectives , with citations to some good resources, including Vicki Heaths post Learning Objectives: Writing Learning Outcomes So They Matter. I see the value. How about you?

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Consider 4 Cs in Scenario-Based Learning

Experiencing eLearning

The main character of your scenario who drives the action should generally be someone similar to your learners. the role of that character should be familiar to your learners. Give your main character a goal that aligns to the learning objectives and that your learners share. Your thoughts?

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Friday, January 25, 2008 Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives My recent post on alternatives to listing out learning objectives generated a lot of interest and a good conversation. ( See My Objection to Learning Objectives.) Pete Blair always includes the objectives.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Wills New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Wills New Taxonomy for Learning Objectives Will Thalheimer , along with many other illustrious eLearning professionals, made some great points in the comments of Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objections. Learning objectives are used to tell the learner whats in the course.

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Show The Learner Visible Signs of Their Learning

Kapp Notes

Too often in an instructional setting, the learner doesn’t know whether or not he or she really understands or can apply the knowledge they are learning. The act of moving through content on the way to a clear end point such as mastery of a particular terminal objective is one of the elements of gamification.

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A How to Guide on the Principles of the #elearningmanifesto: 3. Tie Learning to Performance Goals

Challenge to Learn

It puts the learning experience before the knowledge transfer. The third principle also talks about connecting learning to learners’ performance goals. I think this can be accomplished with learning objectives. Create learning objectives based on identified business goals (in terms of what people need to do).

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Writing Learning Objectives—Part 1

The eLearning Coach

There are really TWO categories of learning objectives based on their purpose. One type of learning objective is for internal use—the design team, client and subject matter expert. If designers would write different learning objectives for each category, the world would be a better place.