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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. But I find them painfully boring to read and to write. 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.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Writing Less Objectionable Learning Objectives

Learning Visions

Cammy Beans Learning Visions Musings on eLearning, instructional design and other training stuff. 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. (

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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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Instructional Design Basics: 3 Types of Cognitive Load & How They Affect Learning and Learning Design

Convergence Training

Download our FREE Guide to Writing Learning Objectives. A Brief Overview of How We Process New Information, Learn, and Develop Skills . Germane cognitive load is the beneficial work people do during training that actually helps them learn the topic/knowledge/skill. How to Write Learning Objectives.

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5 eLearning Trends Leading to the End of the Learning Management System

easygenerator

With so many changes underway, it is time to re-examine the direction of learning and more specifically of eLearning. Outlined below are the major shifts I identify in eLearning and the greater landscape of learning and technology. Over the next several months I will post blogs on each of these trends in greater detail.

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From output management and e-Learning to output learning

Challenge to Learn

Recently I have reviewed a lot of e-Learning courses to get ideas for our further product development of easygenerator. One of the things I noticed was that learning objectives often play a secondary role or no role at all. In easygenerator learning objectives are present, but they don’t have a prominent place.

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5 Lessons from Writing 101 You Thought You’d Never Need for e-Learning

Trivantis

You probably never thought the concepts from Writing 101 would later help you in your e-Learning development. But we’re not talking about the writing or the text in your course! The basic lessons from Writing 101 can actually be applied to your e-Learning course planning, techniques and overall organization.

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