Symposium Proceedings

Symposium Description:

In recent years, there has been an explosion of interest in reusable multimedia components for learning, referred to as "learning objects." The use of learning objects promises to increase the effectiveness of learning by making content more readily available, by reducing the cost and effort of producing quality content, and by allowing content to be more easily shared. However, the development and deployment of learning objects also presents new challenges to designers of instruction and technology alike. This symposium will explore the benefits and challenges of learning objects.

Symposium topics related to learning objects included:

• Learning object repositories

• instructional design using learning objects

• Automatic generation of metadata

• Flexible access to learning objects

• Interoperable learning objects

• Empirical analysis of learning object development and deployment

• Aggregation and disaggregation of learning objects

• Designing learning objects for reuse

• Theoretical frameworks for learning objects

• Cross-cultural learning objects

• Critiques of the learning object approach