Open AccessPedagogically Sound Learning Objects: Towards a Useful Classification
Author(s) -
Daniel Churchill
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iasl conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-8372
DOI - 10.29173/iasl8017
Subject(s) - learning object , object (grammar) , presentation (obstetrics) , representation (politics) , computer science , concept learning , learning sciences , experiential learning , educational technology , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , mathematics education , psychology , machine learning , medicine , politics , political science , law , radiology
In spite of the numerous discussions in literature, the learning object remains an illdefined concept. In this paper, rather than attempting to clearly define what a learning object is, I discuss kinds of computer-based creations that might be recognized as a learning object by the community involved in design and use of technology-based educational resources. This discussion is supported by a small-scale inquiry into kinds of learning objects identified from a collection of resources developed by some teachers and instructional designers in Singapore. Six unique categories of potential learning objects were noted and defined through the inquiry: presentation object, practice object, information object, simulation object, conceptual model and contextual representation. These kinds of learning objects are discussed in this paper. The paper opens a possibility for the proposed categories to be challenged or for more categories of learning objects to emerge in further inquiries involving examination of larger repositories of learning objects.