Template Designed by Liz Deering, Impact Haven, LLC
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Are you a subject matter expert in a topic and have a course idea or an existing course or workshop you’ve led but not sure how to format it to be most effective online?
How can I use it?
Use this template to identify the learning objectives of your course and build a course summary. This will also help you begin to identify course formatting.
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Bloom's Taxonomy was developed by Benjamin Bloom and a group of collaborating psychologists in the 1950s. It provides a structured framework to design and assess learning activities.
These days it is widely used by educators of all types including corporate training, continuing education, and self-help. It can be a helpful tool when building or adapting a learning experience as it creates the container in which your course content can live for the specific learner/audience you serve.
| Level | Example | Verbs |
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| Remember | recall dates of important events in U.S. history | describe, identify, label, list, match, name, recall, show, state, tabulate, and tell |
| Understand | compare ritual practices in two different religions | arrange, articulate, categorize, classify, compare, defend, estimate, illustrate, outline, rephrase summarize |
| Apply | examine different art techniques and then use them to create a new piece of art | apply, calculate, carry out, examine, experiment, illustrate, implement, organize, outline, predict, solve |
| Analyze | identify the main claims, supporting evidence, and counterarguments in a legal argument | categorize, classify, compare, differentiate, divide, explain, identify, integrate, inventory, organize |
| Evaluate | critique a political ad, evaluating the ad's persuasive techniques, fairness of its claims, and overall effectiveness | convince, critique, determine, discriminate, evaluate, grade, justify, rank, recommend, review, test, validate |
| Create | develop a new marketing strategy for a product | compose, create, design, develop, invent, make, organize, plan, produce, revise, write |
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Each course can have 3-5 learning objectives. Use the chart below to outline yours. An example has been provided, which you can replace with your own.
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Course Name: North American Native Plants
| Level | Learning Objective |
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| Remember | List the 10 most common types of lilac found in the Pacific Northwest |
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Tip: If the majority of your learning objectives are “remember” you may find the best format for the course lends itself to asynchronous course content, with light quizzing. If you find yourself choosing objectives that are heavier on “apply” and beyond you may need to incorporate live sessions, collaboration opportunities between students and more chances to practice applying the concepts in your course.
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Once you have finished outlining your course objectives, use those to write a course summary below.
Introduction: The ____ course is a (xxx length) course designed to provide training in (xxx topic)
Learning Objectives: The course is designed to deliver the following learning objectives. Course participants will leave the experience with (xxx skill/knowledge/understanding). This knowledge is valuable for the learner (define them) for these reasons.
Format: The course will be delivered online via (describe the method - lectures, video etc) over (x timeline). It is (self-paced/cohort-based) and (describe the cadence).
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Course Name:
The ____ course is a (xxx length) course designed to provide training in (xxx topic). This course is designed to deliver (xxx objectives). Course participants will leave the experience with (xxx skill/knowledge/understanding). This knowledge is valuable for the learner (define them) for these reasons.
The course will be delivered online via (describe the method - lectures, video etc) over (x timeline). It is (self-paced/cohort-based) and (describe the cadence).
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Once you have drafted the learning objectives and course summary, you are ready to start developing your course. Interested in more guidance on this process, or learning about the upcoming mini-courses that help guide you through course development? Reach out to Liz Deering at Impact Haven.
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Template Designed by Liz Deering, Impact Haven, LLC
Source: Anderson, Lorin W., and David R. Krathwohl, eds. 2001. A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.