Subject: LO and collaboration
From: Albert Ip (albert@dls.au.com)
Date: Wed 23 Feb 2000 - 04:44:54 MET
From: "Albert Ip" <albert@dls.au.com> Subject: LO and collaboration Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:44:54 +1100
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I still very interested in the issue whether generic communication tool is
or is not a LO.
I'll argue that it is NOT. Email, conferencing software per se without
specific customisation to enable some educational intervention are tools -
general purpose tool. Like a pencil, such tool can have educational values.
But I would not call these "educational tool".
On the other hand, special features plus the generic tool can be an
"educational tool" if the special features help in "educational way".
When a special instantiation of the tool in a context is packaged, I would
say it is a LO.
An example may serve to illustrate what I am trying to say:
email is a generic tool.
Sim-mail (a sub-system within role play simulation generator) allos
moderator to read all email and intervene when a role is not "in character".
Sim-mail hence is an educational tool.
A simulation (together with scenario, properly configured roles, sim-mail
sub-system etc/) is a LO.
For those reading this list without reading my previous post, I was refering
to the role play simulation generator which is supporting the demos at
http://www.roleplaysim.org/demos/
cheers
Albert
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