Learning Objects: Resources For Distance Education Worldwide. Stephen Downes Abstract This article discusses the topic of learning objects in three parts.
First, it identifies a need for learning objects and describes their essential components based on this need. Second, drawing on concepts from recent developments in computer science, it describes learning objects from a theoretical perspective. Finally, it describes learning objects in practice, first as they are created or generated by content authors, and second, as they are displayed or used by students and other client groups. The Need for and Nature of Learning Objects Some Assumptions and a Premise Before launching directly into a discussion of learning objects, it is important to examine some assumptions and a premise. Now for the premise: the world does not need thousands of similar descriptions of sine wave functions available online. Suppose that just one description of the sine wave function is produced. The economics are relentless.
Sep04_02. Editor’s Note: Learning objects make it unnecessary to have thousands of iterations of the same teaching point.
Metadata makes it possible to select and integrate relevant learning experiences from a relatively small library of learning objects. Reusable learning objects permit lessons to be generated and customized for specific groups or even for individuals. Extensive research and development has led to a vocabulary of specialized terms to define learning objects. Rory McGreal provides a rationale to relate variations in terminology into a single practical definition of Learning Objects. Rory McGreal Learning objects (LOs) enable and facilitate the use of educational content online. Learning Object Repositories (LORs) that are being created house the LOs providing seamless access to a vast store of learning resources such as animations, videos, simulations, educational games, and multimedia texts in the same way that Napster and IPod users have access to music files.
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