Reflection

In reviewing literature, most research on learning materials mainly focus on storage them in learning repositories and delivery them through standards format. The popular standards format is learning object which is used to describe learning contents in order to exchange, share and reuse (G.Sampson & Karampiperis, 2004; IEEE, 2002; Rehak & Mason, 2003; Wetterling & Collis, 2003; Wiley, 2002).

In this course, I get another thought about learning objects--- interactive representations in learning objects. And visual information could be presented in a small screen space (Churchill & Hedberg, 2006).

Generally, teachers would like to design learning objects with text format through Power Point rather than Flash with interactive feathers. In some situations, interactive representations are worthy of being done, although it is time-consuming. “An education in decoding and creating imagery - to move from simply receptive to active - will not only be beneficial, but necessary"(Adrian).

In this course module, I learn some methods to design and produce more interactive learning materials / contents (learning objects). As a teacher, it is very important not only to use instructional design (ID) but also produce learning objects by ourselves.

By the way, when browsing our classmates’blogs, I get many interesting learning objects in different areas. It will be better if there is a place to save all classmates projects in a screen. Sometimes, some classmates’blogs are not available because of the Blog service interrupt temporarily.

More detail descriptions of our group final project, please access:
http://huqingchun.blogspot.com/2007/05/publishing-final-project.html

Reference
Adrian. Introduction of The Polemics of Visual Thinking. Retrieved May 15, 2007, from http://pages.slc.edu/~ebj/minds/student_pages/adrian/index.html

Churchill, D., & Hedberg, J. (2006). Learning object design considerations for small-screen handheld devices. Computers & Education, In Press, Corrected Proof.

G.Sampson, D., & Karampiperis, P. (2004). Reusable learning objects: Design metadata management systems supporting interoperable learning object repositories. In R. McGreal (Ed.), Online education using learning objects (pp. 207-221). London ; New York: RoutledgeFalmer.

IEEE. (2002). Learning Technology Standards Committee.IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata. IEEE Standard 1484.12.1. Retrieved May 20, 2007, from http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12/files/LOM_1484_12_1_v1_Final_Draft.pdf

Rehak, D. R., & Mason, R. (2003). keeping the learning in learning object. In A. Littlejohn (Ed.), Reusing online resources : a sustainable approach to e-learning (pp. 20-34). London ; Sterling, Va.: Kogan Page.

Wetterling, J., & Collis, B. (2003). Sharing and reuse of learning resources across a transnational network. In A. Littlejohn (Ed.), Reusing online resources : a sustainable approach to e-learning (pp. 182-194). London ; Sterling, Va.: Kogan Page.

Wiley, D. A. (2002). Connecting learning objects to instructional design theory: A definition, a metaphor, and a taxonomy. In D. A. Wiley (Ed.), The Instructional Use of Learning Objects (pp. 6). Bloomington, Indina: Agency for Instructional Technology and Association for Educational Communications & Technology