Why should I consider fixing duplicate LOs?

Also answers:

• Should there be duplicated learning objectives on a course?

Sometimes classes get bloated with repeated learning objectives or almost-the-same learning objectives spread throughout the course units. Now, why are duplicated LOs a problem? You might argue that the goal is to teach the concept multiple times in the course. True. However, you rarely reteach the concept at the same level or within the same context.

For example, consider this repeated LO, spread through 5 units of a course. In the old design, it would have been difficult to target learning resources or assessments at the general concept “Understand the digestive system” but in the new design, it is much clearer what the students should actually learn in each unit.

Watch a video: Helping users write, place, and balance solid learning objectives

 If we bring the old design into Coursetune, the repeated LOs would not be obvious until you see them all collected together on a CLO like “Digestive System” where there may be other LOs as well.  

	Old design (many repeats of the same LO)	New design (gradual increase in difficulty and targeted context)
Unit 1: Meet the Human Body	Understand the digestive system.	List the organs of the digestive system. Locate the organs of the digestive system on the human body.
Unit 2: Functionality of Organs	Understand the digestive system.	Describe the purpose of each organ in the digestive system.
Unit 3: Processing Nutrients	Understand the digestive system.	Explain how nutrients make their way through the digestive system.
Unit 4: Nutrition and the body	Understand the digestive system.	Analyze how a change in nutrition might affect the digestive system.
Unit 5: Diseases of the Body	Understand the digestive system.	List diseases that target the digestive system. Describe symptoms of disease that are related to the digestive system.

 You can do two things to streamline the finding and revising of LOs.

1) You can turn on “forced alphabetization” for the LOs in the C-layer.

Refer to this article: How do I turn on “forced alphabetization” for the LOs in the C-layer?

2) You can choose to show all the duplicate LOs in the C-layer elements with red text.

Refer to this article: How can I choose to show all duplicate LOs in red text?  

Watch a video: Coursetune Tutorial on Learning Objective Scales