Report & Resource Guide – Integrating Essential Skills into Training Materials

What are personal learning objectives

the specific things you want to be able to do after you finish this course or program (I will be able to...)
hoped for results (one result per objective)
results that can be seen and measured
results that use action words (Do NOT use words such as “learn, know, understand, comprehend, think, feel, appreciate,” etc. – these behaviours cannot be seen or measured.)
results that can be assessed (can you actually do the skill or write the information you have learned or explain a process or solve a problem)

How do you write personal learning objectives?

Describe what you want to learn or what you hope you will be able to do after completing this course or program. Remember, each result must be something you and others can see and measure.
Start with “When I finish this course or program, I will be able to...”
Use an action word and ask yourself – can this action be measured or assessed?
Do not use descriptions like “effectively, properly, correctly, good, excellent, well, etc.” We assume that you will be taught to do things properly or to do them well. For example, “I will be able to organize my work tasks effectively.”

An example of a personal learning objective:

When I finish this course or program, I will be able to:

1. Read and fill out many kinds of workplace forms.
What should I be able to do:	read and fill out many kinds of workplace forms
Action words:	read, fill out (my instructor and I can assess these actions)

With your class and the instructor, look through the objectives for the course or program.

Will all of the worries and fears you wrote at the top of the page be addressed by the objectives?
Are any objectives missing
Should any objectives be changed?
Are there any objectives about how to survive at the workplace or are all the objectives about technical skills?