Friday, October 28, 2005

Writing Objectives


Those in the CC class who are practicing objective-writing this week might want to check out some of the following resources:
  • This workbook is an interesting resource from the University of South Alabama that gives a good overview of ISD issues and would work nicely as a supplement to a more comprehensive text. It also contains some useful interactive exercises for the user to work through. (The program is in Authorware, so you may have to download a plugin to access it).
  • PSU has some great information on writing objectives and other course design topics
  • This site from NY State Office of Higher Ed has a nice focus on specifying criteria/accuracy needed for "degree"
  • This site from the University of Tennessee has some good, straightforward information, as well as some interactive online exercises (a bit simplistic, but fun).
  • For definitions and some background information about behavioral objectives, check out this site from Florida State University College of Medicine.
  • From the Information Designer's toolkit, this page cites some good examples of good and bad behavioral objectives.
  • This page includes a basic overview of the purpose of objective writing, examples of condition, behavior, and degree, and links to other resources.
  • Don Clark's "Big dog" site has lots of useful resources, including a quick guide to objective writing, taxonomies of the domains with examples of verbs for behavior, and more.