Learning Objects and Educational Repositories
When asked to give my own personal definition of a learning object, the first thing I did to assist me was to reflect on what a learning objective is. The truth of the matter is that no agreeable definition has been concluded for a learning object. Even though there is exists opposition the one core definition to maintain some sort of focus I think one must stay in tune with the goal of objects which is to provide useful educational resources available. From what I have read, there was a lot of hype and promise over what learning objects would be able to do within the realm of education. It was soon discovered that the simple reuse feature of learning objects was not that simple because in some cases the learning situation may call for some contextual tweaking. Learning objects are not built for contextual tweaking. The debate rages on.
References
McCord, A. (2003). Institutional repositories: Enhancing teaching, learning, and research. Educause Committee Report. Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0303.pdf
Harvey, B. (2005) Learning objects and instructional design. IRRODL (July 2005). (Online Journal). Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/227/310
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