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.