don't object to objectives
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Why are objectives important for education developers, and how to write them properlyTRANSCRIPT
- 1. Dont Object to Objectives [email protected] 2013 IBM Corp.
2. Objectives When you complete this unit, you can perform the following tasks: Fill this section of the presentation template Feel you are doing something useful while doing it2IBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp. 3. What are objectives? Document of understanding (DoU) between the course developer or instructor and the student. If you listen, read, and do the labs You will gain x (typically being able to do something)3IBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp. 4. Why bother with objectives? Guide the course developer Motivate the audience WII FM Whats In It For Me? Provide mental scaffolding Standard ways to communicate the subtasks Help understand the different steps4IBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp. 5. Objective form TraditionalGiven x, do y to z standard Given two three digit numbers, add them accurately 90% of the time. Invented for settings that have tests5Our style:Do y Add two three digit numbers. Given whatever you need to do this and correctly are implied Not a good base for tests, but who caresIBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp. 6. Where do the objectives come from? Curriculum design: We need students to be able to x Management asks for it You identify a skill gap Technical knowledge: To do x, you need to do a, b, and c. You cant do a, unless you know a1 and a2. Student analysis: Most of our people already know b and a2. We dont need to teach these topics or call them objectives, although we probably will need to go through them at the lab. 6x abca1 a2 IBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp. 7. The lazy way to do objectives Write labs to achieve the top level objective See what is required for the labs Write those as your objectives7IBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp. 8. Summary Now that you have completed this unit, you can perform the following tasks: Fill this section of the presentation template Feel you are doing something useful while doing it8IBM Software Group | Security Division 2013 IBM Corp.