Wayne, your comments interests me very much. Would a brief descriptions of several different teaching activities for a given concept with options for others to enter their activities, be something you and WE members would be more inclined to use? I have several examples (for RATIO and PROTRACTOR) in my sandbox and am continuing to add to. Is this the direction WE is going toward? http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Jkelly952
Jim Kelly On Aug 14, 1:49 am, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Valerie, > > mmmm ... What do you mean by learning object? > > While I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, those of us who were chasing > the the "ideals" of digital learning objects back in the late 1990's started > recognising the challenges associated with the "reusability paradox" > (http://cnx.org/content/m11898/latest/) . Namely the more pedagogy you embed > in a resource the less reusable it becomes in a different learning contexts. > > So I'm not sure how relevant your questions relating to "point me to a > learning object in Wikieducator" are? WE don't see OER as static "learning > objects" in our community. If you're looking for static learning objects it > would perhaps be better to look at repositories like Merlot > (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm) or the Learning Fedaration > (http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/default.asp) . > > Our philosophy and approach at WikiEducator is fundamentally different from > the learning object "bandwagon". We are first and foremost a global > community of educators who work together on the collaborative development of > educational materials. Resources which are published under a permissive > copyright license that permits radical remix and reuse of our materials for > different contexts. We subscribe to the free cultural works definition which > requires that our resources are available in open formats which are editable > by all educators (even if they can't afford the costs of purchasing non-free > software.) > > Candidly -- as a teacher, I've yet to find someone else's lesson plans or > "lecture notes" that I feel comfortable with using. Teaching is a personal > art closely linked with the personality of the individual teacher and unique > needs of the learners in the classroom -- and we know that each student > group is differs from year to year. Personally - I don't buy into the > learning object paradigm nor does the WikiEducator community. We're into > maximising remix and reuse through open content licensing and use of open > standards and open file formats. > > If you're looking for the classicial learning object paradigm -- perhaps > you're not in the right place. Our focus is on community and sharing of > experience as professional educators rather than static learning objects. > However, if you're prepared to release learning objects under an open > content licence -- our community will receive these gladly so we can remix > and use these for our own educational purposes :-) > > Cheers > Wayne > > 2009/8/14 valerie <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > I need to get some examples of "ready to use" learning objects in WE. > > If you have some that you would like to suggest, please provide the > > following > > > * link to starting page in WE, > > * intended audience, > > * type of learning object (complete course, unit with a series of > > related topics, indivudual topics/ modules/lessons), > > * some backgroud about the development and how you think these can be > > adopted and/or adapted for use by others. > > > I'm writing an article about learning objects and I would like to > > showcase some of each type of learning object that WikiEducators have > > developed. > > > I'd also like your thoughts about the term "learning object" and the > > "types" that I have suggested. This is an issue because there are lots > > of different definitions floating about. I don't expect to resolve > > this but some discussion would be helpful in connection with the > > article on Learning Objects. > > > Thanks > > ..Valerie > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director, > International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator,www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
