Reflective Journal 2: the ABCD learning objectives framework and effective web searching

 In this module, I learned the ABCD learning objectives framework to write my lesson objectives and effective web searching to support for my teaching.

Regarding effective web searching, after reading the article "Say goodbye to Google: 14 alternative search engines" and my classmates' suggestion, I was impressed by various search engines that are unfamiliar to me such as Researchgate (a reputable website uploading articles from scholars around the world in many different fields that we can use for our sophomore research paper),  DuckDuckGo (providing a wide range of results when searching for academic content), Edpuzzle (providing a variety of videos with a wide range of topics for students from all levels). I am interested in Ms. Thu Trang' suggestion about Edutopia. From her description, I believe that I will collect a lot of original articles for my designed handouts to teach reading and writing skills.

In terms of the ABCD learning objective framework, I knew it first through the provided article and examples of module objectives. I quickly took some key notes on ABCD below:

A stands for Audience who the learner is

B stands for Behaviour which is the action, skill, competency, or learning that the audience (the learner) will accomplish as a result of your teaching/activity

C stands for Condition which are required resources or materials the student would need to access when completing the task

D stands for Degree which is the level of mastery the student must demonstrate.

Before knowing this framework, I wrote the lesson objectives freely, using action verbs in Bloom's Taxonomy. Then, I knew how to combine them to write a clear lesson objective. 

From a deep understanding of the ABCD mode, I wrote a learning objective following it; however, it was as not easy as I thought. We shared our lesson objective in the ABCD style and analyzed each element. Most of us were confused about Degree and how to define it appropriately, including myself. Someone didn't write it in a statement. At first, I wrote the objectives of the course, but it was too general, which made my objectives unclear. Thanks to the instructor's note, I had lessons for myself like one objective being written in a statement using the ABCD style. 

After learning about the ABCD learning objective framework, I have used it quite regularly in all my lessons.