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Learning objectives

What are learning objectives?

Learning objectives, also called learning goals or learning outcomes, are statements that describe what a learner should be able to do as a result of the learning process. Learning objectives are often associated with an aim.

There are several types of learning objectives:

• Learner objectives state what the learner should know or be able to do at the end of a learning activity. This type of objective emphasizes learning outcomes.
• Instructional (teaching) objectives state what the teacher intends to accomplish during a learning activity. This type of objective describes a process, not an outcome.
• Behavioural objectives state what the learner might be able to do differently (behavioural change) as a result of what has been learned.

Example of a learning objective

(from the National Curriculum for England, English, key stage 4, En1 Speaking and listening:

Learning objectives in itslearning

itslearning allows you to import available learning objectives or define your own - either via the local learning objective repository or manually creating them through the itslearning interface. The above example is taken from the National Curriculum for England. The learning objectives in the English National Curriculum can be imported into courses in itslearning. If you import a set of learning objectives, you can still edit and adapt them to your own learning. Learning objectives are not enabled by default in courses and you have to enable them in the course settings (see How-tos below).

When a learning objective is added to an element in itslearning it is visible at the top of the element in this format:

The learner can then look up the learning objective and see what is expected from the particular assignment, test, discussion or similar.

Where do the learning objectives appear?

In itslearning the learning objectives appear:

• in the working folder under the learning objectives tab.
• when you add a new learning tool you are allowed to connect learning objectives to the tool.
• in an active learning tool.
• in the lesson planner.

How-tos

Enabling learning objectives in a course

1. Enter a course.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Course properties and features.
4. Under Functions, check the box in front of Learning objectives.
5. Click Save.

Import learning objectives from the curriculum

1. Enter a course.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Learning objectives.
4. Click Find learning objectives.
5. Browse for the learning objectives you want to add and click Insert.

Adding new learning objectives

This option allows you to manually create learning objectives.

1. Enter a course.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Learning objectives.
4. Click Create.
5. Enter a title.
6. Enter a description. This is the actual learning objective.
7. Click Save.

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