INST 7150
"How is reusing and connecting learning objects with learners any different from reusing and connecting textbooks, research articles, and transparencies with learners?"
Coming from a K-12 background, I don't see that there should be a difference, other than the obvious technical issues that might arise. I would direct a student to a particular learning object in the same manner that I would direct them to a passage in their textbook or other reading material - only the interface would differ. Eventually, a textbook becomes outdated and is replaced by a newer version. Likewise, a learning object becomes obsolete, or no longer useable due to its format or content, and is (hopefully) replaced by a newer version.
(Unless it is is created through a project funded by grant funds through the U.S. gov't (DOE) or NSF, in which case they either let it fall by the wayside or switch to a pay site and you no longer have access to everything you had before.... can you sense I am still somewhat bitter about this? Like they pay me well enough that I can afford to buy a subscription. My district can't even handle the funds it has - $1.4 million shortfall again this year. Oops.)
posted by K at 1:44 PM
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Still thinking about it - guess that's why - especially as I've been working on my final project.
District shortfall - a good portion is due to the Plato contract, but another portion is due to the lease the stupidintendent signed with Apple to provide laptops for 4th - 6th graders in several schools. It was purely for show - no educational value/objectives other than appeasing a certain principal who wants her school to be known as a "technology center". Unfortunately, just as with learning objects, if there is no context or mortar, in this case good teaching/instruction, the use is limited, which is exactly what is happening at these schools. They word process, they search the internet and they create powerpoint(less) presentations. Woo-hoo. This is one of the reasons I wanted to go into instructional technology and why I have such an interest in learning theory and how it could/should be applied in K-12settings and in pre-service/inservice teacher training.
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