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Setting Objectives

Set clear objectives for the course.
Decide what you want  to teach the student.
Describe what the student will know or be able to do by the end of the course.

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A statement of objectives that describes what you want to achieve will help you stay on track as you develop the course.

A statement of objectives that describes what students should be able to do after completing the course will help them focus on the essentials as they follow the course. 
 

    
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Use the text-entry fields below to draft objectives for the online course that you want to develop.

I want to teach the students 

At the end of the course, students should be able to 


 

 NOTE: We’ve provided text fields here for your convenience, but we suggest that you work in your favorite word-processing software so that you’ll be able to turn your practice work into the actual foundation for your course.    
Resources

To learn more about setting objectives for a course, consult the following:

Books
 

How to Write and Use Instructional Objectives by Norman E. Gronlund (Prentice Hall, 1994)
Principles of Instructional Design by Walter W. Wager, Robert M. Gagne, and Leslie J. Briggs  (HBJ College & School Division, 1992)
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives by Benjamin S. Bloom and David R. Krathwohl (Addison-Wesley, 1984)

Web Site
 

Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational Objectives maintained by the WestEd Technology in Education program.
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