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i do agree on the importance of the traditional use of books as a resource, it cannot be discounted. but taking into consideration the nature of learning objects, the book serves as a way to expound on the LO subject matter because information is presented in simple terms only.
Divinia Joy Tuzon wrote:Overcoming the Limitations of Learning Objects
My apology for making a quite lengthy discussion of what I've just learned. I hope it won’t cause boredom to anyone. I have to understand first what learning objects really mean. The positive aspect of reading educational articles is that it makes you want to read and research more. The study used the definition given by Wiley and Edwards, learning object is any digital resource which can be reused to mediate learning. But let me briefly share what I just learned which our moderators apparently also have found out. The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (2002) defines learning object as “(A)ny entity, digital or non-digital, that may be used for learning, education or training.”
From my own understanding, the main idea of utilizing learning objects is to break educational content down into small chunks that can be reused in various learning environments. I find the idea of learning objects to be beneficial as an educational tool. However, it has limitations too which was addressed in the study as explained by the moderators. Its main disadvantage knowing that it is a digital resource is that it may possibly lead to an isolation-approach. Although its utilization can lead to a collection of quantity and even quality contents, it is still not enough to facilitate learning. Allow me to stress what made an impact to me from the study, “If good content were enough to support learning and human interaction were unnecessary, libraries would never have evolved into universities.” As an avid user of libraries since I was in grade school, I really find books to be very helpful whenever I study or research on any topic. I took advantage of it most especially when I entered the nursing world. And until now, some of my classmates might agree that I never ran out of books to borrow in our UERM library. Josephy Brodsky says, “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” Reading and going to libraries would not only give the facts we need to learn but more importantly, it also teaches us the value of patience and resourcefulness. This is also applicable for those who have limited or no means at all to use the internet. However, it is sad to admit that nowadays, students rely more on the digital resources we have. It only brings us back to the importance of the role of the educators in motivating and molding their students.
The O2 model tried to address the limitations of learning objects. Learning objects were selected and made available to the students by course designers in order to support the accomplishment of project tasks and goals. Also because the learning objects used in the O2 model are highly decontextualized, it is not only easily reusable to support different projects in different courses moreover, it provides the learners motivation for studying. In relation to our MSN/MAN course, although at first I had difficulty coping up with our online classes (I even thought it was impossible to carry out), I now appreciate its purpose and surprisingly, I realize that YES it really teaches us certain values. Not only are we motivated to learn and participate in the forums we have, it also teaches us the importance of collaboration and cooperative learning. With the previous subjects we have already taken, I can say that the Executive program in particular provides its students immediate opportunities to practice the knowledge and skills they’ve learned from the formal classes and apply it to their online classes after.
IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC). (2002). Draft Standard for Learning Object Metadata. Retrieved August 14, 2008 from http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12/files/LOM_1484_12_1_v1_Final_Draft.pdf
