scholarly journals Accessibility and adaptability of learning objects: responding to metadata, learning patterns and profiles of needs and preferences

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Green ◽  
Ray Jones ◽  
Elaine Pearson ◽  
Stavroula Gkatzidou
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Multimedia Authoring ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Definition Of

The case for learning patterns as a design method for accessible and adaptable learning objects is explored. Patterns and templates for the design of learning objects can be derived from successful existing learning resources. These patterns can then be reused in the design of new learning objects. We argue that by attending to criteria for reuse in the definition of these patterns and in the subsequent design of new learning objects, those new resources can be themselves reusable and also adaptable to different learning contexts. Finally, if the patterns identified can be implemented as templates for standard authoring tools, the design of effective, reusable and adaptable resources can be made available to those with limited skills in multimedia authoring and result in learning resources that are more widely accessible.DOI: 10.1080/09687760500479811

A Semantic Learning Objects Authoring Tool

2006 ◽  
pp. 504-510
Author(s):  
F. J. García ◽  
A. J. Berlanga ◽  
J. García
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Model ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Authoring Tool ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Written Text ◽  
Semantic Learning ◽  
Definition Of

The introduction of computers is recreating a new criterion of differentiation between those who become integrated as a matter of course in the technocratic trend deriving from the daily use of these machines and those who become isolated by not using them. This difference increases when computer science and communications merge to introduce virtual education areas, where the conjunction of teacher and student in the space-time dimension is no longer an essential requirement and where the written text becomes replaced (or rather complemented) by the digital text (García & García, 2005). In order to rescue those educators who have much to offer in an educational system, whether virtual or presential, as authors of teaching resources, suitable authoring tools should be designed, thinking more in the pedagogical process than in the technical aspects. Hypertext Composer, or simply HyCo, is one of these authoring tools, which presents a pedagogical interaction model that makes easier the creation of educational resources for every teacher/author, independently of his or her computer expertise level. At the same time, HyCo is an authoring tool and a retrieval tool, in that it encapsulates all the complexity in handling current tools within the facilities that the author needs and offers, as a result, a hypermedia teaching product that can be distributed in different formats for the user’s access. HyCo has an important semantic basis that nears this tool to the Semantic Web concept (Berners-Lee, Hendler & Lassila, 2001) and allows creating Semantic Learning Objects (SLO) that could be imported for more specialized Learning Management Systems (LMS). In order to achieve the semantic definition of the created educational resources, HyCo uses Learning Technology Standards or Specifications (LTS), looking for obtaining contents that are able to work in other systems (interoperability), follow-up information about learners and contents (manageability), usability in other contexts (reusability), and avoiding obsolescence (durability). This article is devoted to introducing HyCo as an authoring/retrieval tool of SLOs, which presents an interaction model that hides all the technical complexity to the authors but, at same time, offers all the power of semantic definitions in order to publish or use the contents in advanced e-learning environments. The rest of the article is organized as follows: the Background section establishes the background of the presented topic, making a comparison with related works; the HyCo Authoring Tool section presents the HyCo authoring tool; finally, the sections Future Trends and Conclusion provide the future trends and the remarks of the article, respectively.

scholarly journals A Learning Object Approach for Designing Information Literacy Instructional Materials

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Meng
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
End Users ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Learning Object ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Information Literacy Instruction ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
Instructional Content

The use of a Learning Object is a new concept in designing online instructional content. It values the creation of small lego-like instructional components (objects) that can be readily assembled, delivered and reused in multiple instructional and learning contexts. Unlike conventional tutorials, learning objects are designed for building a collection of learning resources that are not bound by a particular context or situation. Information literacy instruction lends itself well to the learning objects approach. With this approach, the tagging of lego-like objects allows matching objects with individual competency levels, hence provides greater flexibility and relevancy for end users. Other advantages of developing material to be reused as learning objects such as ease of update and search, customization, interoperability and increased value of content are discussed in relation to information literacy instruction.

scholarly journals An Ontology to Model e-portfolio and Social Relationship in Web 2.0 Informal Learning Environments

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Taibi ◽  
Manuel Gentile ◽  
Giovanni Fulantelli ◽  
Mario Allegra
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Contexts ◽  
New Learning Environments ◽  
New Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Definition Of

<p>Web 2.0 applications and the increasingly use of social networks have been creating new informal learning opportunities. Students interact and collaborate using new learning environments which are structurally different from traditional e-learning environments. In these informal unstructured learning contexts the boundaries between the learning contexts and social spheres disappear, and the definition of the students competences appears more and more important. In this paper we propose a semantic web approach in order to create the basis for a software platform to model learner profiles. <br />In particular we propose to extend the FOAF ontology, used to describe people and their personal relationships, with an ontology related to the IMS Learning Portfolio used to model students’ competencies. This ontology could be a fundamental layer for a new Web 2.0 learning environment in which students’ informal learning activities carried out in social networks can be managed and evaluated.</p>

scholarly journals Method for designing multi-input system identification signals using a compact time-frequency representation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Stefan Roeser ◽  
Nicolas Fezans
Keyword(s):  
System Identification ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Flight Test ◽  
Compact Representation ◽  
Time Frequency ◽  
Stability And Control ◽  
Frequency Representation ◽  
Aerodynamic Parameters ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Control

AbstractA flight test campaign for system identification is a costly and time-consuming task. Models derived from wind tunnel experiments and CFD calculations must be validated and/or updated with flight data to match the real aircraft stability and control characteristics. Classical maneuvers for system identification are mostly one-surface-at-a-time inputs and need to be performed several times at each flight condition. Various methods for defining very rich multi-axis maneuvers, for instance based on multisine/sum of sines signals, already exist. A new design method based on the wavelet transform allowing the definition of multi-axis inputs in the time-frequency domain has been developed. The compact representation chosen allows the user to define fairly complex maneuvers with very few parameters. This method is demonstrated using simulated flight test data from a high-quality Airbus A320 dynamic model. System identification is then performed with this data, and the results show that aerodynamic parameters can still be accurately estimated from these fairly simple multi-axis maneuvers.

Learning objects management and evaluatio in an e-learning environment

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Rego ◽  
Tiago Moreira ◽  
Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Educational Contents

The main aim of the AHKME e-learning platform is to provide a system with adaptive and knowledge management abilities for students and teachers. This system is based on the IMS specifications representing information through metadata, granting semantics to all contents in the platform, giving them meaning. In this platform, metadata is used to satisfy requirements like reusability, interoperability and multipurpose. The system provides authoring tools to define learning methods with adaptive characteristics, and tools to create courses allowing users with different roles, promoting several types of collaborative and group learning. It is also endowed with tools to retrieve, import and evaluate learning objects based on metadata, where students can use quality educational contents fitting their characteristics, and teachers have the possibility of using quality educational contents to structure their courses. The learning objects management and evaluation play an important role in order to get the best results in the teaching/learning process.

Learning Patterns in the Disadvantaged

1967 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Stodolsky ◽  
Gerald Lesser
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunity ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
Definition Of

The authors review evidence and suggest future directions for research on the learning patterns of disadvantaged children. After a detailed description of a specific case of research, some implications for educational policy are discussed. The authors take issue with James S. Coleman's definition of the concept of "equal educational opportunity"and advance an alternative definition. The problem of achieving a useful definition of the term "disadvantaged"is addressed throughout the paper.

scholarly journals When is a Learning Object not an Object: A first step towards a theory of learning objects

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Sosteric ◽  
Susan Hesemeier
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Object A ◽  
Smart Learning ◽  
Smart Learning Environments ◽  
Adequate Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Conceptual Confusion

<p> For some, “learning objects" are the “next big thing” in distance education promising smart learning environments, fantastic economies of scale, and the power to tap into expanding educational markets. While learning objects may be revolutionary in the long term, in the short term, definitional problems and conceptual confusion undermine our ability to understand and critically evaluate the emerging field. This article is an attempt to provide an adequate definition of learning objects by (a) jettisoning useless theoretical links hitherto invoked to theorize learning objects, and (b) reducing the definition of learning objects to the bare essentials. The article closes with suggestions for further research and further refinement of the definition of learning objects. </P>

scholarly journals NILAI ETIKA BISNIS DALAM PEMBELAJARAN IPS

Jurnal Socius ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gusti Noor Fanani
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Economic Ethics ◽  
Business People ◽  
The People ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Successful Business ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractIn the people of South Kalimantan, there are sub-ethnic groups who are well-known as successful business people / entrepreneurs and can maintain their business in a relatively long time, namely Alabio. historically, Alabio have become traders/businessmen who are undoubtedly their trade characteristics. His success in commerce even began when there was a belief in "mysticism", namely since the days of the state of Daha and Dipa were founded. The results of research on business ethics values used by Alabio for social studies showed that the business ethics values of Alabio for social studies learning were not fully utilized by social studies teachers, to facilitate teachers in compiling learning resources based on the Competency Standards of Business Ethics / Economic Ethics, namely Business ethics values used by Alabio can be used in social studies material in class VII, namely on the material of economic ethics in utilizing the factors of production in the life of business, the definition of business, company and business entity, and considerations that need to be considered in doing business.Key Word:  Business Ethics, Alabio People, Social Studies Learning AbstractMasyarakat Kalimantan Selatan, ada kelompok sub-etnis yang dikenal sebagai pengusaha sukses dan dapat mempertahankan bisnis mereka dalam waktu yang relatif lama, yaitu Alabio. Secara historis, Alabio telah menjadi pedagang/pengusaha yang tidak diragukan lagi adalah karakteristik perdagangan mereka. Keberhasilannya dalam perdagangan bahkan dimulai ketika ada keyakinan dalam "mistisisme", yaitu sejak zaman negara bagian Daha dan Dipa didirikan. Hasil penelitian tentang nilai etika bisnis yang digunakan oleh Alabio untuk studi sosial menunjukkan bahwa nilai etika bisnis Alabio untuk pembelajaran IPS tidak sepenuhnya dimanfaatkan oleh guru IPS, untuk memfasilitasi guru dalam menyusun sumber belajar berdasarkan Standar Kompetensi Etika Bisnis. Etika Ekonomi, yaitu nilai etika bisnis yang digunakan oleh Alabio dapat digunakan dalam bahan studi sosial di kelas VII, yaitu pada materi etika ekonomi dalam memanfaatkan faktor-faktor produksi dalam kehidupan suatu perusahaan dan entitas bisnis, dan pertimbangan yang perlu dipertimbangkan dalam melakukan bisnis.Kata Kunci: Etika Bisnis, Masyarakat Alabio, Pembelajaran IPS

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