How to Write Great Learning Objectives

How to Write Great Learning Objectives

How to Write Great Learning Objectives
by Kevin Kruse

Robert Mager is the third titan of instructional design, and his 1962 book, Preparing Objectives for Programmed Instruction, influenced school systems for decades and continues to shape the vast majority of corporate training programs developed today. Mager argued for the use of specific, measurable objectives that both guide designers during courseware development and aid students in the learning process. These instructional objectives, also known as "behavioral" and "performance" objectives, can be applied directly in Gagne's second event of instruction, which is to inform learners of objectives.