Toward an instructional design model based on learning objects

Abstract

The present moment in the history of higher education requires setting strategies and specific action plans to guarantee a place in the highly competitive and demanding world scenario. The incorporation of information and communication technologies is one of the feasible paths to be considered, but this requires formulating proposals insuring appropriate use of said technologies seeking improvement of education quality. For this purpose, Universidad de La Sabana has developed an instructional design model based on learning objects.

Use of Learning Objects for Computer Programming-Based Problem Solving

“…A learning object is defined as a digital, self-contained, reusable entity with a clear learning objective that contains at least three internal varying components: content, instructional activities, and context elements. It should also have an external component of information, which helps its description, storage, and retrieval: the metadata (Chiappe, Cifuentes, & Rodríguez, 2007).…”

“…Learning objects offer education continuous improvements. They tend to lead to quality for higher education academic contents (Chiappe, Cifuentes, & Rodríguez, 2007). One of the reasons for the education quality and enhancements is that the learning objects should be stored in electronic online repositories that allow their public use.…”

Reusable content matters: a learning object authoring tool for smart learning environments

“…Even though there is heterodoxy in the definition of a LO, there is a concept that each definition consistently emphasizes: reusability (i.e., Barrit et al 1999;Wiley 2003;Rehak and Mason 2003;Aşkar 2003;ADL 2004;Laverde et al 2007). Duncan (2009) has explicitly stated that reusability is an important and an inseparable component of the conceptualization of LOs.…”

“…Existing research on the implementation of LOs reported pedagogic insufficiencies (Mavrommatis 2008;Di Nitto et al 2006;van Merriënboer and Boot 2005;McCormick et al 2004); software development procedures (Zhang and Liu 2012;Sriram 2011); the role of context (Paquette 2014;Collis and Strijker 2004); platforms (Couto et al 2013;Costa 2013;Koohang et al 2011); copyright issues (Pegler 2011;Wiley 2007;Churchill 2005 (Wasim 2013;Cochrane 2007;Di Iorio et al 2006). Moreover, pedagogic and technical qualities of content developers were emphasized in various research (Watson 2010;Laverde et al 2007;Gunn et al 2005). As Duncan (2009) has stated, the question that guides the discussions in the literature on LO should be changed from "What is a LO?"…”

Contributions to the Development of eLearning ? Possibilities to Convert Teaching Activities and Materials into an Electronic Form

“…Pojam "ponovnog korišćenja" (eng. reusability) se u kontekstu obrazovanja shvata kao ideja da se nastavne komponente mogu višestruko koristiti u različitim obrazovnim okruženjima [Chiappe, 2007]. Samim tim i didaktički objekti su komponente visokog stepena ponovne upotrebljivosti, raspoloživi kroz repozitorijume, baze DO.…”