Are learning objectives really necessary for a lesson? Don't they just confine learning and remove the opportunity to explore? I answer a definitive 'yes and no'.
People tend to ask this question either out of curiosity or cynicism. Either way it turns out the answer is: A lot, and it's piling up at an exponential rate.
If you ever wanted to know how I got into flipped learning, here it is. This is the preface for my forthcoming book _Flipped Learning in the University: A Users' Guide_