Is the Academy Ready for Learning Objects?
Steven W. Rissing,
Syllabus,
Jul 03, 2003
The authors of this article answer "yes, but not at a level that suggests massive institutional transformation—yet." Academics must consider whether the contents of learning are incommernsurable across disciplines. Publishers, also, fear the "starlings" - massive numbers of small objects that would overwhelm their ecosystem: "Today's learning content environment—organized as 1,000-page, $120 textbooks—sustains the publisher, supports the faculty member, and engorges the student. Although the faculty selects the text, students are required to purchase the equivalent of discipline-specific hard copies of The Encyclopedia Britannica, and then only consume a small part of the resource." Good article, and I appreciate the desire to look beyond technology for useful metaphors.
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