LEARNING OBJECTS and the CONTEXTS: How to integrate?
Çetin Balanuye (PhD), 061006
PLAN
Purpose
Key terms and concepts
Scope of the problem
Learning objects versus narrative context
Towards creativitiy in solution
PURPOSE
Two different voices:
Learning takes place if and only if there is a meaningful context.
Learning can be enhanced by means of separately designed and
developed learning objects.
Key terms and concepts
Narrative context
Necessary holism of the learning process (Dewey, Polanyi)
Narrativity of the holistic perception
Problems as holistic real-life situations
Learning objects
Context independence
Re-usability
Language games (Wittgenstein)
Integration
collage or solution?
Adult training versus early training
SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
New Turkish K-12 Curriculum, constructivist OR activity based?
Problem behind: New technologies attract, but new models of learning
resist!
Importance of the narrative context
The concept of habit
Baby practising walking/habit formation
Pianist performing on the keyboard/Tacit skill formation
Habits and tacit skills help us acting smootly in the narrative context.
BUT!
Against this background learning objects show up!
Defining caharacteristics of LOs are
"The main idea of 'learning objects' is to break educational content down
into small chunks that can be reused in various learning environments, in
the spirit of object-oriented programming"
David A. Wiley (2000)
For Polsani:
The more context independent a LO is, the more effective and reusable it
is.
A CONFLICT
“If learning objects narrowly defined, they cannot be re-used
But if learning objects broadly defined, they cannot be string together.”
(Downes, 2003)
ANY CREATIVE SOLUTION?
Invitatation to brainstorming and discussion
How to design and put into practice learning objects without sacrificing our
narrative learning contexts?
How to make re-usable learning objects best fit into the story-based
contexts?
How to overcome certain obstacles
such as Internet bandwith if we are to consider LOs within contextual and
story-based learning experience?