Writing some self-learning goals will help you access where you are right now and where you want to go. To do this for this class you need to write 3 to 6 goals, objectives (and I use this term interchangeably with outcomes), and assessments or measurements and post them on your electronic portfolio [your website] during the first session.
Thinking of goals is easy. Those are those lofty things we want to do which may require more than one semester or certainly one course. They are more general--for example, you might write:
Goal: to become a better researcher.
You won't learn all that in one course, so you set your objectives a little lower in a manner that you might be able to measure over the course of the term. For example:
Goal: to learn to use the Interlibrary Loan request On-line.
Now this goal is measurable.
An appropriate assessment for this goal might be:
Now if you never heard of WebLUIS and never Inter-Library loaned a book before, this goal and assessment might not be appropriate for you. Instead you may have to write a leaning goal like this:
Goal: be familair with resources in FGCU libary
Goal: be able to search and find resource materials when needed
Assessment: You find a list of resource books and journal articles needed for the course through FGCU library.
Now, it's your turn. Try some on your own. Just make the goals pertain to something you will be doing in class. Don't use a goal like: "Be a better son or daughter." You can't measure that in this class. Put that one in a journal and do that at home.
Think of what you want to accomplish in taking this course and write them down as your learning goals. Now post them to your website.