L1 2 1

=Course documentation templates require the clear statement of learning objectives. =

Evidence
Mager (1997) notes that without instructional objectives the following three problems arise: teachers can’t decide which content and procedures will help them to achieve their objectives, it is difficult to create assessments to tell whether students are competent or not, and students won’t know when to stop practicing.

However, it is not enough to merely require the clear statement of objectives in documentation templates because, ‘to order people to write objectives without ensuring they know how or why, is to invite dissension and frustration’ (Mager 1997, pg 151).

Hence see L1.3.2 and L1.3.3

Resources
The Course Proposal Template used by Monash University has a thorough section requiring learning objectives to be explicitly stated and consideration of how teaching approaches and activities will be linked to the learning objectives:

http://www.opq.monash.edu.au/epp/course/new-course-proposal-template-ec-approved-20090819.doc