Transform Your Teaching: Back to the Basics – Objectives

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In this episode, Dr. Rob McDole and Jared Pyles start a new series titled “Back to the Basics,” beginning the conversation with a discussion on objectives. Check out the episode for an acronym to help instructors identify areas for improvement.

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Show notes

Objectives are the targets for every course. Jared and Rob provide an easy-to-remember acronym (DRIVE) to help instructors create or refine their course objectives.  

Objectives must be:  

• Defined. The objectives of a course should provide students with a clear destination.  
• Results-oriented. Objectives must be focused on the results, not the process that students go through to get there.  
• Inspiring. Objectives paint a picture for students of the goals for the course which gives them a clear vision of what the course aims to achieve.  
• Valid. Objectives and course content must be aligned, and objectives must be assessable.  
• Evidence-supported. At the end of the course, all objectives have been achieved.  

Designing courses with these steps helps instructors identify areas that need refinement and provide students with resources to ensure success in reaching their end goal. 

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Resources 

• Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy 
• How to Write Learning Objectives 
• EasyGenerator (objective generator) 
• Start with the End in Mind – building SMART objectives 

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