USING LEARNING OBJECTS TO REACH STUDENTS AT

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

Standard IEEE definition of ‘Learning Object’:

A Learning Object is any entity, digital or non-digital, which can be used, re-used or referenced during technology supported learning.

Goals for our project

Complement, reinforce, and supplement the current classroom instruction

Design objects for learning

Actively engage users

Portable

Goals for our learning objects

Objective Based – One or more learning objectives

Context Free – Stand Alone

Interactive – Engaging the learner

Measurement – Quizzes and Feedback

Self Descriptive – Have Metadata

Self Contained – Used alone or with other objects

Sustained – Creating objects with the future in mind

Life Cycle of an Object

Create• Subject Matter

Expert (SME)• Design• Scripts• Overview of Project

Review• Edit• Standards

Metadata• Approved

Schema Followed

Publish• Content DM• Users can

Access

Content DM Selected

Once in the Repository then What?

From Content DM – The real usability of the object

Ready….Set….Collaborate!!

Use introduction form

Standard form is available to send to Ali

Brainstorm and get your object concept in place

Write a script

Click by click – taking the end user on the Journey

Do you want voice? What will that say?

Thank you – see you in the fall!