Commenti a: OpenEd: week 11 - On Learning Objects http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/ Periodically re-invent yourself!! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:32:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 di Rob Barton http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20857 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:23:35 +0000 http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20857 It all seems to boil down to one sentence: Easy, automatic, complete reuse of content is impossible, so although the standards are important, they are not as important as having the ability to adapt existing content. I agree that the more closed and inflexible a system seems to be the more difficult it is to adapt to a variety of learning situations. It all seems to boil down to one sentence:

Easy, automatic, complete reuse of content is impossible, so although the standards are important, they are not as important as having the ability to adapt existing content.

I agree that the more closed and inflexible a system seems to be the more difficult it is to adapt to a variety of learning situations.

]]> di Catia Harriman http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20829 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:51:29 +0000 http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20829 Hello, there, Antonio! Thanks for visiting my blog. I noticed that you, other colleagues and I have stressed the importance of adaptation (even if we call it by another name). As you say, adaptation is more important than mere reuse. Unfortunately, I imagine that many "educators" out there do not reflect on the act of using a LO without any type of care or customization. Ciao, Catia Hello, there, Antonio!
Thanks for visiting my blog.
I noticed that you, other colleagues and I have stressed the importance of adaptation (even if we call it by another name). As you say, adaptation is more important than mere reuse. Unfortunately, I imagine that many “educators” out there do not reflect on the act of using a LO without any type of care or customization.
Ciao,
Catia

]]> di Smart Marbles » Review of Reviews of Reviews (Week 11) http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20666 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:43:31 +0000 http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20666 [...] Anton echoes this point in his blog post stating that the idea of complete reuse is mistaken. Even some of the most basic content must be changed periodically to deal with changes in the environment. Anton gives an excellent example. If we ask to any experienced teacher, he/she could says us that this “total reuse” is a chimera. Yes, of course, previous year materials could be reused, but near certainly they have to be adapted. [...] […] Anton echoes this point in his blog post stating that the idea of complete reuse is mistaken. Even some of the most basic content must be changed periodically to deal with changes in the environment. Anton gives an excellent example. If we ask to any experienced teacher, he/she could says us that this “total reuse” is a chimera. Yes, of course, previous year materials could be reused, but near certainly they have to be adapted. […]

]]> di Elisa http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20654 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:44:52 +0000 http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20654 Dear Antonio, David Wiley's himself has recognised the crucial importance of the opportunity of adapting LOs to teaching practice. This is what he says in his recent video http://opencontent.org/presentations/bcnet07/ : LOs are "any digital resource that can be freely adapted and reused to mediate learning". Another very good point has been made by Pierfranco about the importance of using open software to edit LOs, otherwise it is impossible to solve the problem of adaptation. It's a great idea, I really like it. :-))) Dear Antonio, David Wiley’s himself has recognised the crucial importance of the opportunity of adapting LOs to teaching practice. This is what he says in his recent video http://opencontent.org/presentations/bcnet07/ : LOs are “any digital resource that can be freely adapted and reused to mediate learning”.
Another very good point has been made by Pierfranco about the importance of using open software to edit LOs, otherwise it is impossible to solve the problem of adaptation. It’s a great idea, I really like it. :-) ))

]]> di antonio.fini http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20389 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:59:47 +0000 http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20389 Thank you, Pierfranco. Maybe your integration to my post will be useful for my OpenEd friends too! Thank you, Pierfranco.
Maybe your integration to my post will be useful for my OpenEd friends too!

]]> di Pierfranco Ravotto http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20388 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:47:02 +0000 http://www.fininformatica.it/wp/opened-week-11-on-learning-objects/#comment-20388 Hi Antonio I heavely agree with you: the relevant question is the possibility of adaptation. In the SLOOP Project we have used the term "free/open LO" to refer to LO adaptable both from the technical point of view and the copyleft one. In an article in the SLOOP final booklet we have written: "The re-usability of our LOs is given by the possibility to use/modify them in a free way so that any teacher could adapt the learning object to her/his own teaching context. ... While creating LOs special care has been devoted to the possibility of modifying them. An object can be modified if: • the file source is available, • the software used to create it is open source or at least widely used in training /educational institutions , ... both MetaLOs and subject LOs [we have produced in the SLOOP project] are accompanied by • a Readme file containing information on the LO structure as well as on the software used to develop it, • a style-sheet, • a folder containing the sources of tests or interactive graphics (avi files, being heavy, are kept in a separate folder so that only people interested in changing the LO can decide to download them), ..." You have been a good teacher, as we started reading your book, and asking you to provide us a course :-) Here the address of the cited article: "Learning environment and learning objects: a successful sinergy" http://bbs.tes.mi.it/pfr/English/pubblications/SloopItsos_EN.pdf Some ideas on free/open LOs are also in "The SLOOP idea: sharing free/open learning object" http://bbs.tes.mi.it/pfr/English/pubblications/SloopPresentation_EN.pdf All the best Pierfranco Hi Antonio
I heavely agree with you: the relevant question is the possibility of adaptation.
In the SLOOP Project we have used the term “free/open LO” to refer to LO adaptable both from the technical point of view and the copyleft one.

In an article in the SLOOP final booklet we have written: “The re-usability of our LOs is given by the possibility to use/modify them in a free way so that any teacher could adapt the learning object to her/his own teaching context.
…
While creating LOs special care has been devoted to the possibility of modifying them. An object can be modified if:
• the file source is available,
• the software used to create it is open source or at least widely used in training /educational institutions ,
… both MetaLOs and subject LOs [we have produced in the SLOOP project] are accompanied by
• a Readme file containing information on the LO structure as well as on the software used to develop it,
• a style-sheet,
• a folder containing the sources of tests or interactive graphics (avi files, being heavy, are kept in a separate folder so that only people interested in changing the LO can decide to download them),
…”

You have been a good teacher, as we started reading your book, and asking you to provide us a course :-)

Here the address of the cited article:
“Learning environment and learning objects: a successful sinergy”
http://bbs.tes.mi.it/pfr/English/pubblications/SloopItsos_EN.pdf

Some ideas on free/open LOs are also in
“The SLOOP idea: sharing free/open learning object”
http://bbs.tes.mi.it/pfr/English/pubblications/SloopPresentation_EN.pdf

All the best

Pierfranco

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