With that said I wanted to blog about a related topic that we learned about in my other class this weekend. This is something that I want to incorporate when I work toward revamping my online classes to make them more interactive and user friendly. Our professor last Saturday led us through a serious of activities in regard to writing sound objectives. She help us with the basics of what an objective needs, but also how to tell if it is good or not. She said to keep asking you why.
An example: I want students to search the internet for Business Examples of Economic Recessions. Why: Because I want them to be able to explain a recession. Why: They need to know what a recssion is and why it relates to the economy. Why: Because their future careers may be effected by recession economic times.
It just made me think so I wanted to share this thought process with you.
Glad you are all moved in! I like your post on writing objectives. I recently took a similar class on objectives and overall instructional design. It is very important to write clear objectives. I love the WHY x 5 process. It really does drill down into what you are truly trying to accomplish.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! I like it.. very simple, yet it does make you think and get to the heart of why you are asking them to do something and what you want them to learn from it. Good tip!
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