How Do Distance Learners Perceive the Role of Objectives in Self-Learning Materials?

Printed learning materials are still the mainstay of many distance learning systems. The printed learning materials are designed for self- learning with the use of many instructional strategies. The use of learning objectives is one of these instructional strategies. Course writers at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) use the Bloom s Taxonomy to write objectives in behavioural terms. This article presents the results of a survey of learners perception about the role of objectives in Self-Learning Materials (SLM). Respondents of indicated their strong preference for the use of objectives in the study materials that corroborates the views of instructional designers and course writers