Learning Objects
What is a Learning Object?
The Internet brought sweeping changes in the way people communicate and do business. It is also bringing big changes in the way people learn. Distance education, online discussion, online chatting, online training, etc. are becoming more and more popular. A new wave of "learning objects" is affecting the way of instructional design, development, and delivery for online environment.
This is the fundamental idea behind learning objects: Instructors or instructional designers can build small (relative to the size of an entire course) instructional components that can be reused a number of times in different learning contexts. Additionally, learning objects are generally understood to be digital entities deliverable over the Internet, meaning that any number of people can access and use them simultaneously (as opposed to traditional instructional media, such as an overhead or video tape, which can only exist in one place at a time). Moreover, those who incorporate learning objects can collaborate on and benefit immediately from new versions. These are significant differences between learning objects and other instructional media that have existed previously. (David A. Wiley, 2003)
The Instructional Media Center at Houston Community College is promoting the creation of learning objects by faculty members. This page holds the learning objects created by HCC instructors or faculty fellows.
In order to link to any of the learning objects below, note the web address of the specific object you wish to show, and use that link address in your page.
Project Name: Simple Animations & 3-D Microscopes for Biology
Authors: Dr. Jyoti Wagle & Eric W. Hunt
Software Used: Flash, Photoshop
Project Name: 3-D Skull for Biology
Authors: Dr. Jyoti Wagle & Eric W. Hunt
Software Used: Photoshop, QuickTime VR Authoring Studio
Project Name: Design a Political System
Author: Raymond Lew, Department of Government, Central College
Software Used: Director and Shockwave
Project Name: Basics of Protein Synthesis for Biology Students
Authors: Dr. Jyoti Wagle & Eric W. Hunt
Software Used: Flash, Photoshop, QuickTime VR Authoring Studio
Project Name: Sound Waves
Author: Narayan Joshi, Physics/Department of Science, Northwest College
Software Used: Soundforge and PowerPoint
Project Name: Associate Degree
Author: Douglas Bump, Math Department, Southeast College
Software Used: Flash, Photoshop
Project Name: Linear Equation
Author: Onwe Okwechime, Math Department, Southeast College
Software Used: Flash
Project Name: Protein Synthesis
Author: Vimlarani Chopra, Biology Department, Southeast College
Software Used: Flash, Photoshop
Project Name: Jack's Coats -- Fractions in Disguises
Author: Ann Doiron, Math Department, Central College
Software Used: Flash
If you would like to add your project to this Learning Object List, please email the following information to eric.hunt@hccs.edu
Please include:
- Project name
- Your name(s), department and college
- Software used to create the project
- A brief description of your project
If your project is online, please include the web address of your page.
