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Overcoming the Limitations of Learning Objects
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Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Volume 13, Number 4, ISSN 1055-8896 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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There are a number of issues that face individuals who would use learning objects for instructional purposes. These issues include problems with decontextualization, enabling meaningful reusability, and overcoming biases toward didactic approaches in the use of learning objects. We discuss these problems in some detail, and present a project-based model for designing and employing learning objects in instruction, which overcomes the issues outlined in the fi rst section of the paper.

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Wiley, D., Waters, S., Dawson, D., Lambert, B., Barclay, M., Wade, D. & Nelson, L. (2004). Overcoming the Limitations of Learning Objects. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 13(4), 507-521. Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 31, 2024 from .

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