It's interesting to watch David Wiley reach out - as he has been the last few weeks - to the learning object community. This article is a summary of points covered in a conference call he had with a number of learning object developers today. Even more interesting is the fact that he seems to be saying the right things, mostly, from my perspective. D'Arcy Norma writes, "Online learning is different than traditional, conventional classroom-based learning. Not necessarily better or worse, but different, and we need to recognize that in order to do it properly. 'You can't just put a course online.' - Exactly. You can move teaching or instruction online, but it's a different thing than just save-as-online-course." Oh, and more. "Caller: BUT standardized testing goes completely against this strategy - students are trained to be rote memorization learners, and rebel against anything else. DW: They DO know how to do this - they just refuse to do that in the context - they freely go online to research tips for Grand Theft Auto or other games, but that doesn't carry over into the classroom." Yes, exactly. Now of course I argued about this with David Merrill last year. This - the point Wiley makes - is the hardest one for people to get. But now, watch for a lot of interesting stuff to be coming from Utah... and Calgary.
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