Friday, April 25, 2008

Learning Objects

These thoughts are referring to Learning fedeartion objects (Australain and New Zealand intiative)
http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/default.asp
Learning objects can tend to be used without planning and thought in classrooms. Children access and play!!! Things to consider.

A checklist we use when using Learning Federtion objects.

•What is the purpose of the learning object?
•What is the format of the learning activity?
•What skills are required of students?
•What skills are the students developing?
•How does the digital medium (eg: visual, animation, audio) assist the presentation?
•How is feedback given?
•What VELS interdisciplinary dimensions might it support?
•Ideas for the classroom - How would I use this object?

When planning consider

•Why this object? How can using it enhance student learning?
•Where might it fit in the learning sequence?
•What skills will students require?
•What skills will they learn?
•What do I want students to do/learn while using this object?
•What scaffolding is required?

Have more thoughts on my edublog which am trying out.
http://jennyr7.edublogs.org/
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1 comment:

Anne Maree said...

Thanks Jenny
It is refreshing after using the "Learning Federation" for the last few years to see such a succint checklist to make teachers think about the 'why, what and how' they are going to use these Learning Federation objects to design a optimum learning opportunities for their students. I am certainly guilty in it's early days of just finding what I considered to be a 'COOL' site and let the kids play.Lucky for me through their play assisted me on a journey to really choose targeted skills and concepts that needed to be developed whilst maintaining student engagement. Now I am far more selective in regards to the learning objects I choose.I love the questions you pose and I guess in your role can encourage schools and individual teachers to really consider these checklist items before plucking a learning object from the site. It caters for mutiple intellegences and De Bono, Ryan Keys etc. I like how you have linked it to VELS. I will copy and paste thes questions and paste them into my work program as a reminder in my planning to focus on the why!!!
Thanks

April 28, 2008 at 4:46 AM

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