Online textbook with contributions from a variety of educators including editor David Wiley, PhD Associate Director of the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling at Brigham Young University.
The textbook is available as a series of downloadable MSWord files. It begins with a discussion of instructional design theory. It strives to link the learning objects approach with existing instructional design theory.
Table of Contents
- 1.0. Learning objects explained
- 1.1. Connecting learning objects to instructional design theory: A definition, a metaphor, and a taxonomy
- 1.2. The nature and origin of instructional objects
- 2.0. Learning objects and constructivist thought
- 2.1. Learning object systems as constructivist learning environments: Related assumptions, theories and applications
- 2.2. Designing resource-based learning and performance support systems
- 2.3. Learning objects to support inquiry-based online learning
- 3.0. Learning objects and people
- 3.1. Designing learning objects to mass customize and personalize learning
- 3.2. Evaluation of learning objects and instruction using learning objects
- 4.0. Learning objects implementation war stories
- 4.1. Battle stories from the field: Wisconsin online resource center learning objects project
- 4.2. A university-wide system for creating, capturing and delivering learning objects
- 5.0. Learning objects and the future
- 5.1. Collaboratively filtering learning objects
- 5.2. Knowledge objects and mental models
- 5.3. The future of learning objects
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The Instructional Use of Learning Objects