Title :
Repositories of learning objects as learning environments for teachers
Author :
Busetti, Emanuela ; Forcheri, Paola ; Ierardi, Maria Grazia ; Molfino, Maria Teresa
Author_Institution :
IMATI-CNR, Italy
fDate :
30 Aug.-1 Sept. 2004
Abstract :
A number of proposals exist, aiming to discuss the needs of teachers who use a repository of learning objects in order to improve their activity. Very useful indications can be drawn from them. However, further attention should be paid to the analysis of the experience gained by a community of teachers when dealing with educational material. This experience, in fact, plays a critical role in the individual process of deciding on reuse. This observation leads to the idea of conceiving learning objects so to model the evolving nature of educational materials and the cooperative process that underlies the formation of its pedagogical meaning. To this aim, we discuss the pedagogical knowledge involved in the reuse process. We show how this knowledge can constitute an operative basis to realise repositories that act as learning environments for teachers. Thus, we suggest an approach to the development of communities of practice in the educational field.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational administrative data processing; object-oriented programming; software reusability; teacher training; learning object repositories; object reuse; pedagogical knowledge; Educational robots; Educational technology; History; Large-scale systems; Production systems; Proposals; Software libraries; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2004. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2181-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2004.1357455