objectives provide a plan for the instructional materials you must develop
So, you just stumbled onto this page. Writing objectives may not be real important to you unless you decide to design some type of instructional applicaton. If you do so, you should understand the importance of objectives.
Writing objectives is important because:
objectives provide a plan for the instructional materials you must develop
objectives provide a focus for developing the instructional strategy
objectives provide the foundation for assessing the learner's knowledge, skills, or performance
objectives provide criteria for measuring the effectiveness of the entire instructional application
objectives help direct the learner's attention to what will be expected of him/her
