Subject: Re: Learning asset and learning object
From: Alan Cooper (acooper@langara.bc.ca)
Date: Thu 24 Feb 2000 - 09:43:20 MET
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 00:43:20 -0800 From: Alan Cooper <acooper@langara.bc.ca> Subject: Re: Learning asset and learning object
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Albert Ip wrote:
> ... I was trying to terse out the "qualities" or necessary "sub-components"
> of any learning object.
>
> The current list is "content, functionality, learning objectives and 'look
> and feel' " Please add to this list and debate!
If, by ' "qualities" or necessary "sub-components" ' you mean those properties
that need to be tagged or indexed in a resource collection that is to be useful
for educators and students, and assuming that we are in a context in which issues
such as IP and usage rights are covered off in generic metadata of some sort,
then everything I can think of right now probably fits into one of your
categories (and in fact I would probably lump "look and feel" in with
"functionality"). But I would want to be sure to include a number of particular
sub-categories of "content". In particular, in addition to
subject:topic:sub-topic (possibly identified differently for different
educational levels), I would also want to be able to select on several other
content related characteristics.
One is 'level of dificulty or sophistication' - which would have at least two
dimensions - one for the concept involved and one for the context (so as to
distinguish for example between a simplified 'bare bones' example of a tricky
concept and a realistically complex application of a simple concept).
Another is 'degree of instructional support' (so as to distinguish between the
picture or data table with little surrounding explanation and the fully formed
lesson that might be based on that basic information object)
And a third of course is 'scope' or 'granularity' both in the sense of quantity
of material and range of coverage (from lesson to module to course to program)
Alan
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