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| WHAT ARE THE AIA/CES
LEARNING OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS? |
AIA/CES strives to maintain the highest
standards of education, and as such, utilize all tools available to
consistently improve and train our providers. Learning objectives
are proven to be an extremely effective tool for assessing whether
student outcomes are accomplished and whether a presenter has
successfully taught the material.
AIA/CES requires that all providers submit learning objectives for
each program they register. There is a minimum requirement of 3
learning objectives per hour for continuing education courses.
Please note that if your course is Health-Safety-Welfare (HSW) or
Sustainable Design, 75% of your learning objectives must be to that
effect. Thus, we recommend at least 4 learning objectives to
ensure that 75% relates to HSW or Sustainable Design.
| WHAT IS A LEARNING
OBJECTIVE? |
A learning objective is a clear concrete
statement of exactly what participants WILL BE ABLE TO DO at the
conclusion of a course. Properly constructed learning objectives
are about the evidence of learning; they are more than specifing
what behavior a student must demonstrate or perform in order for a
teacher to infer that learning took place. It is used for both
Synchronous and Asynchronous delivery styles.
A Learning
Objective is Made Up of 3 Parts:
1. BEHAVIOR: Describes
what the student will be able to do.
2. CONDITION: Conditions
under which the student will perform the behavior.
3. CRITERIA: Criteria you
will use to evaluate student performance.
| STEPS TO WRITING A
LEARNING OBJECTIVE? |
STEP 1.
What BEHAVIOR will be Accomplished?
Describe what new
information, skills, or behaviors participants will be able to
do at the conclusion of your course. Behavior must be
observable and/or measurable.
(See behavioral
verb usage below)
Example: Define 3 high-end
performance goals in terms of site, water, materials, energy,
indoor environmental quality, mobility, or
community.
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STEP 2. Under
What CONDITION?
How
will the behavior be performed? Think of circumstances, commands,
materials, and directions that the student will be given to perform
the behavior.
Example: Using an existing
project...
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STEP
3. Against What CRITERIA?
How will you
evaluate the behavior? How often, how well, how many, how
much, etc.
Example: Evaluate
if the project is still viable as measured against the performance
goals.
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STEP 4. Now Put It All Together!
Combine the three steps into one or two
complete sentences and you're done!
Define 3
high-end performance goals in terms of site, water, materials,
energy, indoor environmental quality, mobility, or
community. Using an existing
project, evaluate if
the project is still viable as measured against the performance
goals.
(See additional learning objective
examples below)
| BEHAVIORAL VERBS TO
USE AND AVOID |
USE THE FOLLOWING BEHAVIORAL
VERBS WHEN WRITING LEARNING OBJECTIVES SINCE THEY ARE
MEASUREABLE:
abstract, acquire, adjust, agree, analyze, apply, appraise,
argue, assess, avoid, breakdown, build, calculate, carry out,
catalog, clarify, classify, combine, compare, compute, conclude,
construct, contrast, convert, cooperate, create, criticize, defend,
define, demonstrate, derive, describe, design, detect, determine,
differentiate, discover, discriminate, discuss, dissect,
distinguish, employ, estimate, evaluate, examine, explain, explore,
formulate, generalize, help, identify, illustrate, implement,
indicate, inspect, instruct, integrate, interpret, investigate,
join, judge, justify, label, list, master, measure, move, name,
observe, offer, operate, order, organize, particpate, perform,
plan, praise, predict, prepare, produce, propose, rank, recall,
recognize, relate, repair, represent, reproduce, research, restate,
resolve, select, sequence, solve, specify, state, summarize,
support, systematize, taste, test, theorize, transform, translate,
use, utilize, verify, weigh, write
AVOID THE FOLLOWING BEHAVIORAL VERBS SINCE
THEY ARE VAGUE AND DIFFICULT TO MEASURE:
appreciate, cover, realize, be aware of, familiarize, study, become
acquainted with, gain knowledge of, understand, comprehend, know,
learn
| SAMPLE LEARNING
OBJECTIVES |
BEHAVIOR -
CONDITION
- CRITERIA
Describe how to bridge the gap between these
high-end goals and project realities and limitations of budget,
resources, schedule, and technology. Using the budget of an existing project
create a new budget using high end performance
goals. Compare it
against the non-high-end performance budget with emphasis on cost
over the life of the building.
- Not considered HSW
since it deals with cost rather than Health, safety, or welfare
issues.
List 5 ways green product
ratings may need to evolve in order to truly address a sustaining
future. Using an existing
project,
what would be the difference in
high-end building performance of the project in
2025?
List at least 3 ways to create houses
that address the new informality, affecting how homeowners think
about home, where they want to live, and how they live at
home. Compare at least 2 benefits to residential
projects when evaluated using the new informality.
List at least 3 of each: products,
materials, architectural elements, and design characteristics that
contribute informality, openness, and “barefoot” texture
to indoor/outdoor houses that are durable, low maintenance, and
sustainable. Apply these products to an existing
residential project.
TOOLS:
Verbs to Use and Avoid When Writing Learning
Objectives
RESOURCES:
Most of the content found on this
page was taken from the following sources:
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning
Domains
http://www.businessballs.com/bloomstaxonomyoflearningdomains.htm
How to Write Learning Objectives that Meet
Demanding Behavioral Criteria, Dr.
Bob Kizlik
Writing Learning Objectives, A Teaching
Resource Document from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Planning and Academic Support,
Prepared by Raoul A. Arreola,
Ph.D.
A Clear Guide to Writing Learning
Objectives, Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.
NEXT: Learn to Write
Complex Learning Objectives Using the Renowned System
of Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains
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