The first learning objective for the week 2 was “After reading about the ABCD model, participants will share a behavioral objective for a class they teach, using the ABCD model, in at least one post on Nicenet” and I asked to myself “Did I read the ABCD model, write a behavioral objective and share it with my colleagues on Nicenet?”. The answer was YES. The interesting thing I noticed was “objectives of the task were the statements of what I did at the end of the task as a result of having completed the task, NOT what I will do while doing the task. So, the main confusing point is here, I guess because I came into realization that while writing the objectives for my class, I always used to think about what students will do while doing the task. As a result, I alwyas used the wrong verbs such as read, understand and know etc.Therefore, in order to write a successful objective we need to distinguish between these two,I think.
In addition, ABCD model was very helpful to me to understand the logic of writing objectives. Developing a set of learning objectives helps teachers identify their goals and directions for the course, thereby reducing the chance of wasting their own time, as well as wasting students’ time on irrelevant subject matter.
What’s more, to be honest, I’ve always heard of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the context of critical thinking skills. Up to this week, I haven't heard this taxonomy could be applied to writing objectives. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for writing objectives is great!!!
This week’s another objective was analyzing the search engines in terms of use in their own classes and sharing their advantages and disadvantages. Discovering new search engines were very useful for me but I feel guilty that I couldn’t have time to read all of my colleagues’ search engine suggestions…So, for today I set up my OBJECTIVE.
“By the end of the day, I will be able to identify and list the search engines that my colleagues put forward.
Before ending my sentences, one thing I want to confess is that I cannot give up GOOGLING. I’m so accustomed to using Google for my searches that whenever I want to look for something, I always Google. I wonder if the same thing happens to you or not? Can you think of any advice to give me so that I try other search engines?
In addition, ABCD model was very helpful to me to understand the logic of writing objectives. Developing a set of learning objectives helps teachers identify their goals and directions for the course, thereby reducing the chance of wasting their own time, as well as wasting students’ time on irrelevant subject matter.
What’s more, to be honest, I’ve always heard of Bloom’s Taxonomy in the context of critical thinking skills. Up to this week, I haven't heard this taxonomy could be applied to writing objectives. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy for writing objectives is great!!!
This week’s another objective was analyzing the search engines in terms of use in their own classes and sharing their advantages and disadvantages. Discovering new search engines were very useful for me but I feel guilty that I couldn’t have time to read all of my colleagues’ search engine suggestions…So, for today I set up my OBJECTIVE.
“By the end of the day, I will be able to identify and list the search engines that my colleagues put forward.
Before ending my sentences, one thing I want to confess is that I cannot give up GOOGLING. I’m so accustomed to using Google for my searches that whenever I want to look for something, I always Google. I wonder if the same thing happens to you or not? Can you think of any advice to give me so that I try other search engines?
