Learning outcomes are the first step in designing good learning experiences. They drive the design of activities within your workshop, and describe the competencies that participants will achieve upon successfully completing the workshop.

BASIC ELEMENTS OF A LEARNING OUTCOME

When writing the outcomes, focus on the participant, include an observable “action” verb, and a learning statement.

ACTION VERBS & BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

In order to come up with appropriate “action” verbs, you may like to refer to Bloom's Taxonomy to describe the information and/or cognitive skills all participants will be able to demonstrate. We’ve added a simple table based on Bloom’s Taxonomy below with some samples that will help you pick these out easily.

SAMPLE LEARNING OUTCOMES USING BLOOM’S TAXONOMY

You might like to list the learning outcomes for each of your sessions sequentially, moving up from lower order thinking skills like Remembering to higher order thinking skills like Creating.

THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Write the outcomes in terms of what the participant does, not what the coach does.

2. Describe outcomes, not processes or activities.