TechTrends

, Volume 49, Issue 4, pp 61–66 | Cite as

Use and delivery of learning objects in k-12: The public television experience

  • Gwen C. Nugent
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Summary

Driven by economic efficiencies and the object-oriented paradigm of computer programming, learning objects are the current buzz-word in mediated instruction. Considerable work with learning objects has been undertaken by the Department of Defense and universities with Department of Defense contracts, but the concept of learning objects extends to the K-12 school environment. Public television, with its long history of providing video resources, has embraced the concept of learning objects and has been actively repurposing its vast video libraries to conform to the learning object model. These efforts do not focus on technical standards, data interchange protocols and scalable architectures, but they do offer concrete evidence of the instructional considerations and uses of learning objects in K-12 classrooms

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Digital Content Teacher Professional Development TechTrends Volume Edge Server Public Television 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Gwen C. Nugent
    • 1
  1. 1.Youth, Families and SchoolsUniversity of NebraskaLincoln

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