Lesson

Objectives
• Determine Goals
• Identify the Problem
• Set the Destination
• Communicating Learning Objectives
• Determine the Gap
 Share with me:

Your goals module

Determine Goals

• Whenever you are designing a learning experience,

it’s critical to have clear goals defined.

WHY?
Determine Goals

• don’t know where you are and where your

learners need to be

• You can’t figure out how to get them there

In determining the path for your learner, you want to
do these things:

Identify what problem you are trying to solve Set a destination

Determine the gaps between the starting point and the destination Decide how far you are going to be able to go.
Identify the Problem
CLIENT: The salespeople just need to understand the basics of
insurance underwriting/cellular service/cloud computing.
That’s the learning objective.
LEARNING DESIGNER: OK, sure, and why is it important they know that?
CLIENT: Well, they just need to be grounded in the basics.
LEARNING DESIGNER: Uh huh. And what will they actually do with that information?
CLIENT: They just need to know it.
LEARNING DESIGNER: And what bad thing could happen if they don’t know it?
CLIENT: Well, they’d look stupid in front of clients.
LEARNING DESIGNER: Ah! Great. So maybe the learning objective is something
more like “Salespeople should be able to answer customer
questions accurately.”
CLIENT: Yeah, I guess that makes sense
Identify the Problem

Goal Solution

Problem Goal Solution

Identify the Problem
Goal Solution
Problem Goal Solution
Break It Down

Sometimes a topic is just too big to be precise:

Students need to learn to be better managers.

Students need to schedule restaurant employees, so all
shifts are adequately covered.
Students need to provide appropriate feedback to an
employee who is chronically late for work.
Set the Destination
• After you’ve defined the problem define your goal(s).
• For example, let’s say someone is teaching a Java programming class
and the objective is:
• Students will understand how to program in Java.

How do you measure?

Set the Destination
How do you measure?
Set the Destination
How do you measure?

Students will be able to explain the value of computation for

modeling and simulation.

Students will be able to define and describe the use of core data
structures such as arrays, linked lists, trees, and stacks.
Set the Destination
So, when you are creating learning objectives, ask yourself:
• Is this something the learner would actually do in the real
world?
• Can I tell when they’ve done it?
Communicating Learning Objectives
Communicating
Learning
Objectives
One of the “rules” of
training is that you tell the
learners what the
objectives are.
Communicating Learning
Objectives
There are a few different reasons you might want to tell your learners what the objectives or
goals are:
To focus the learner’s attention on the key points in the objectives To let learners know what to expect To let them know what level of performance they should be working toward
Communicating Learning
Objectives
Determine the Gap

• Once you’ve set your

learning objectives, you What are the gaps between their current
want to revisit the question situations and where you want them to
of why learners aren’t
currently meeting those be:
objectives. • Knowledge gaps
• Skills gaps
• Motivation or attitude gaps
• Habit gaps
• Environment gaps
• Communication gaps
Any Questions?