Learning Objects: Resources For Distance Education Worldwide
By Stephen Downes. 2001
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This article discusses the topic of learning objects in three parts. First, it identifies a need for learning objects and describes their essential components based on this need. Second, drawing on concepts from recent developments in computer science, it describes learning objects from a theoretical perspective. Finally, it describes learning objects in practice, first as they are created or generated by content authors, and second, as they are displayed or used by students and other client groups.
Subfields: Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Science Applications
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- Learning objects (2003, background): “surface of the piece, while the metadata is the shape of the piece itself which allows it to fit snugly with the other pieces [4].”