Identifying personal learning goals
You need to have a conversation with learners at the earliest possible opportunity about what they hope to get out of your course or workshop. Depending on the nature of the course and the learners themselves, you may decide to do this:
- on a one-to-one basis as part of the initial assessment process; or
- collectively, through group discussion.
These discussions should lead to some shared understanding of each learner's personal learning goals.
The link on this page takes you to the Tree of learning, an activity designed to find out why learners have come to learn information technology (IT). You can adapt this activity to any subject area.