Begin with the End
A Fresh Approach to Learning Outcomes
If they didn’t learn it, you haven’t taught it.
Benna Kallik
Let’s start with a quick connection exercise. You’ve begun reading this chapter. What is it you want to take away from the reading? More specifically, what do you hope to be able to either explain or do once you have read this? Think about this for a moment, then write a sentence or two in the box below.
As the author (you could call me the instructional designer of this chapter), I hope that you will be able to explain what effective learning outcomes are, should someone ask you. I also hope that you will be able to write