I found from the web the following definition of Learning Object as "A self-contained piece of learning material with an associated learning objective, which could be of any size and in a range of media. Learning objects are capable of re-use by being combined together with other objects for different learning purposes." This definition is very clear and concise. It also supports the definition from our reading "Learning objects need instructional design theory". From that article, I have learnt about using learning objects in a principled way to support learning which includes combination & granularity in instructional design terms. Combination means taking individual learning objects and combining them in such a way that made instructional sense or the need to "sequence" the learning objects. Another factor is considering "granularity" or "how big should a learning object be?" For instructional designers, it is important to consider not only combination & granularity but also the scope & sequence. I have found the following website to be extremely helpful in giving examples of learning objects. Please feel free to explore :
Ministry of Education, Singapore - edu.MALL
Are there any other interesting websites that illustrate good instructional use & design of Learning Objects? Care to share?
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I seem to be overloading my brain trying to wade through all of these definitions of terms I am only now becoming familiar with, but that was a good clear one, thank you! :)
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