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Learning Objects for Web-Based and Web-Enhanced Instruction. Mike Cipriani. First, Some Background…. What’s the difference between web-based and web-enhanced instruction?.
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Learning Objects for Web-Based and Web-Enhanced Instruction Mike Cipriani
First, Some Background… What’s the difference between web-based and web-enhanced instruction? Web-based instruction involves educational activities that take place exclusively via computerized course delivery, generally through the internet. Web-enhanced instruction is when classroom activities use computers, again generally the internet, to augment the learning process.
Three Important Definitions related to Web-Based & Web-Enhanced Instruction • Information = material communicated through a flow of messages to a learner • Instruction = information that is deliberately sequenced to create a learning opportunity • Learning = the cognitive processing of information by the learner
Web sites use Information and Instruction to stimulate learning Web sites deliver information, instruction and learning by using learning objects
What is a Learning Object? The Learning Technology Standards Committee says: "[A]ny entity, digital or non-digital, that may be used for learning, education or training” For our purposes, this definition is too… B-R-O-A-D We need something more specific….
For This Context, What is a Learning Object? We will use Wiley’s definition: “Any digital resource that can be reused to support learning” Key Words in Wiley’s Definition: Digital = available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer. Reused = use again after processing Thus, we are narrowing our working definition of Learning Objects to those used in web-based & web-enhanced instruction.
Five Types of Learning Objects • Fundamental • Combined-Closed • Combined-Open • Generative-Presentation • Generative-Instructional
Fundamental • An individual digital resource, usually a visual aid that conveys information • Example: A diagram of the internal parts of a computer http://www.discount-computers-now.com/images/build-your-own-computer-pic.jpg
Combined-Closed • A small number of digital resources combined with a single purpose and whose individual elements are not reusable from the object itself • Example: A video explaining how to install an IDE internal hard drive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt7ve7IeAGE
Combined-Open • A large number of digital resources combined for a purpose whose elements are reusable as separate learning objects • Example: An informational web page http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/computer1.html
Generative-Presentation • A combination of learning objects in a specific structure that generates a presentation for instruction or reference • Example: A page of links to tutorials that together teach the Java programming language http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
Generative-Instructional • A combination of learning objects in a specific structure that generates an abstract instructional strategy and means to assess it • Example: A tutorial with interactive practice and quizzes for learning HTML http://www.w3schools.com/html/
References & Additional Info. • http://opencontent.org/wiki/index.php?title=Learning_Object_Metaphors • http://www.eurodl.org/materials/contrib/2005/Santally.htm • http://www.minddrops.com/Talks/innovations2002boston.htm • http://opencontent.org/docs/lo_do.pdf • http://www.reusability.org/read/#1 • http://technologysource.org/article/preparing_teachers_to_use_learning_objects/ • http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_what.html • Grabowski, B. and Small, R. (1997). "Information, Instruction and Learning: A Hypermedia Perspective". Performance Improvement Quarterly, 10(1), pp.156-166