Learning Objects

Good teachers beg, borrow, or steal whatever they can to create authentic learning experiences for their students. For me that about sums up the discussion on learning objects since that's essentially what it is. I do it all the time in the traditional class setting, finding it easier to "borrow and adapt" than "create from scratch." Sure lots of things that I use in the classroom are completely unique but probably more are "borrowed."

In my borrowing forays on the internet I have come across many videos or other multimedia objects that I have used in a mixed-method class period but I have never developed an entire lesson based on these learning objects. Of course in a sense that is what we have been doing all semester, integrating these learning objects into online lessons. I think the complexity of this type of instruction will be dependent, more so than others, on the technological "savvy" of the teacher. I say this because this method more than any other depends largely on the teacher/instructor's ability to find resources and the quality of the lesson will depend on the quality of those resources.