The Attack of the Learning Clones
Stylianos
Mystakidis

Learning Objects &
Instructional Design
Lessons and Trends

1. What is a LO?

“any digital
resource that
can be
reused to
mediate
learning”
(Wiley 2007)

digital chunks of content or curriculum
that can be highly interactive, flexible,
manipulated, reusable, and soon,
accessible from any digital device

2. Properties of LOs

Self-contained
Reusable
Flexible
Customizable
Accessible
Interoperable

analogy

LEGO

Atoms

Words to form
Sentences

3. Trends

optimism

“the emerging use of learning objects
will have a profound and positive
impact on teaching and learning.
Learning objects can serve as agents
of change, making learning
more fun, interesting, and
provocative for teachers
and students alike”
(2005)

development of technical standards to
share content on portable devices

easy internationalization
of content

Intelligent, adaptive courseware
producing unique learning paths
combining LOs for each learner

4. LOs unplugged

Once LOs, now OER, OCW

Instructional Linearity
LOs as pearls

MOOC Learning Environment

Ontologies vs.
Folksonomy

crowdsourcing

Content vs.
Context

PLE

Reuse vs.
Copyright

write once, use everywhere
reuse = adapt, remix, share

Big Question

Open or Closed ?

Stylianos Mystakidis
University of Patras
blog.edu.gr
twitter: stylianosm2

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