Pedagogically Sound Learning Objects: Towards a Useful Classification

Daniel Churchill
2021 IASL Annual Conference Proceedings  
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
more » ... 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.
doi:10.29173/iasl8017 fatcat:yglgfwgnabg4ffoviqzfqoikr4