Powerpoint from a brown bag I gave at work.

1. Pam Morgan Gorgas Library

3. A learning objective answers the question:What is it that the students should be able to do at the end of the class session that they could not do before?

4. A learning objective makes clear the intended learning outcome rather than what form the instruction will take.

6. Helps students understand expectations

8. Objectives are very specific, short term measurable and observable.

10. Objective: Using the library homepage, students will be able to find the link to Academic Search Premier.

11. Objective: Using preselected keywords, students will construct a database search in Academic Search Premier.

14. Procedural

16. Example: Describe the difference between scholarly and popular journals

17. Example: Describe the role of an abstract

19. Example: Demonstrate how to set up a database search

21. Learners must take previously learned information and use it to solve problems.

24. Performance indicates the task to be accomplished, what the learner should be able to do.

25. Conditions describe the situation and the tools that can be used.

27. Condition: Using the library homepage

28. Performance: students will be able to find the link to Academic Search Premier

30. Condition: Using preselected keywords

31. Performance students will construct a database search in Academic Search Premier

33. Condition: From a database record with no full-text

34. Performance: students will be able to use the article linker to determine whether full text of the article exists elsewhere