Writing TRaining objectives

If you have successfully identified the learning needs, and analysed your findings, the gaps you have identified will enable you to set objectives. You may decide that you cannot meet all of the needs due to lack of time and / or resources or other constraints. Prioritise and make sure you try to set objectives for the abilities the learners MUST have. Some considerations when you are setting learning objectives:6. Capabilities of the group to be trained ( Trainee Analysis, see Session 6)7. Time factors: what standards must be reached in allotted time?8. Cost factors: what will be the budget?9. Benefits: anticipated gains for the learner. AimAn aim is an overall statement about the intention of the training course / session. It relates to what the trainer intends to achieve. Learning ObjectivesLearning objectives are a statement of what the learner is expected to have achieved by the end of the training course / session. The questions you are asking are:Ø What should this training achieve? (aim)Ø How will learners be different after the training? ( learning objectives ) Learning objectives can be set for each session of your training activity or for the full training activity as a whole. The learning objectives serve as a basic for evaluation of training results. Therefore, you have to think now, when you set the objectives, about how you are going to measure whether you have achieved them at the end of the training activity or not. Therefore, they should be SMSRT: Specific: try to be as concrete and precise as possibleMeasurable: list criteria for measurement and judgementAttainable: essential conditions under which results can be achievedRealistic: suiting the needs or traineesTime-bound: by when or in how much time? It is useful and easy to write the learning objectives in the following format:“By the end of the training (session), the participants will / will be able to…. Ø ……..Ø ……”Check your learning objectives and make sure they are SMART. If the trainer isn’t clear about the learning objectives, learning are likely to be confused too. Learners need to be clear about what they are trying to learn. Therefore, at beginning of your training(session) it is good to mention the learning objectives you set for them