Reconfigurability: creating new courses from existing learning objects will always be difficult! Export

@article{Tompsett2005, abstract = {The suggestion that new courses can be constructed from existing learning objects appears technically self-evident but remains unproven. Despite increasing evidence that learning objects can provide a suitable structure for constructing courses most evidence is based on creating learning objects, either through restructuring existing materials or as a set of newly created learning objects. There is little evidence for building a new course from existing learning objects where any significant number of these have been developed for a different course elsewhere. Authors who adopt a constructivist model of knowledge might view this lack of evidence as confirmation of the inherent difficulty of integrating resources created within different communities. Those following a scientific model of knowledge would view this as a temporary problem that will be resolved when a sufficient volume of materials exists in repositories. This paper argues that reconfiguration of learning objects to create new courses is significantly more complex than is currently recognized, even within a scientific framework of knowledge. By implication, far more research is needed to understand reconfiguration and re-integration than initial 'creation'.}, author = {Tompsett, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {397656}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00154.x}, journal = {J Comp Assist Learn}, keywords = {2005, activity\_theory, learning\_objects}, number = {6}, pages = {440--448}, posted-at = {2006-08-15 09:24:10}, priority = {2}, title = {Reconfigurability: creating new courses from existing learning objects will always be difficult!}, url = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00154.x}, volume = {21}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - Tompsett2005 L3 - citeulike-article-id:397656 N2 - The suggestion that new courses can be constructed from existing learning objects appears technically self-evident but remains unproven. Despite increasing evidence that learning objects can provide a suitable structure for constructing courses most evidence is based on creating learning objects, either through restructuring existing materials or as a set of newly created learning objects. There is little evidence for building a new course from existing learning objects where any significant number of these have been developed for a different course elsewhere. Authors who adopt a constructivist model of knowledge might view this lack of evidence as confirmation of the inherent difficulty of integrating resources created within different communities. Those following a scientific model of knowledge would view this as a temporary problem that will be resolved when a sufficient volume of materials exists in repositories. This paper argues that reconfiguration of learning objects to create new courses is significantly more complex than is currently recognized, even within a scientific framework of knowledge. By implication, far more research is needed to understand reconfiguration and re-integration than initial 'creation'. IS - 6 JF - J Comp Assist Learn EP - 448 TI - Reconfigurability: creating new courses from existing learning objects will always be difficult! VL - 21 SP - 440 KW - 2005 KW - activity_theory KW - learning_objects AU - Tompsett, C PY - 2005/// UR - http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00154.x ER -