{"id":562,"date":"2008-11-15T10:27:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-15T14:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-chuck.com\/wordpress\/?p=562"},"modified":"2011-12-17T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T16:28:07","slug":"learning-objectives-versus-learning-objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-chuck.com\/csev-blog\/2008\/11\/learning-objectives-versus-learning-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Objectives .versus. learning objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff MacKie-Mason<\/a> is our Dean of Academic Affairs at the UM School of Information and my boss. He is a cool dean and I really like his style – he has agenda which he does move forward firmly but take a really easygoing approach to things and always takes input along the way.
\nRecently we adopted a policy about requiring Learning Objectives in all syllabuses starting Winter 2009 – and in Dean 2.0 fashion – Jeff used his blog to host an open discussion about the policy.
\nHere is Jeff’s original blog post on the topic<\/a>.
\nI tried and tried to resist commenting – but a lazy Saturday morning, a free keyboard, a fresh and warm cup of coffee, and the fact that it is really too cold outside to do anything but write blog posts – and I was hooked.
\nI reproduce my comments below (which will likely get me in trouble – but what the heck – Jeff asked…)<\/p>\n


\nMy Comments<\/b>
\nI think that constant awareness of learning objectives is fundamental to being a successful teacher. I very much appreciated the Learning Objectives that I was given when I started teaching SI502 – they were detailed – they captured a wealth of thinking by smart folks on what SI502 needed to accomplish for the students. I also tried to derive some of the learning objectives of SI502 by looking at PowerPoint files, tests, and other materials from previous semesters. Using a combination of the Learning Objectives I was handed and learning objectives that I derived from the course materials – I was able to form a good set of learning objectives for the course and developed a course outline and course materials and approach to achieve those learning objectives.
\nBefore I teach the course next semester, I will do an assessment of how well the students achieved my learning objectives as well as the Learning Objectives given to me. I may have found new Learning Objectives that should be added for the course or found that I felt certain Learning Objectives were not so valuable – so I might want to see them removed from the course. In any event, for the next semester I try make the course better by doing a better job of achieving my learning objectives and\/or doing a better job meeting the Learning Objectives for the course – and then hopefully at the end of that semester – my experience further informs the Learning Objectives and learning objectives for the course.
\nThis is a dynamic and agile process and is focused at all times on giving the students the best possible and most valuable learning experience as its highest priority <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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