Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia articles from December 2004

Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia archives from December 2004

Learning objects symposium special issue guest editorial.(Editorial)
December 22, 2004... We are very proud to introduce this special issue of the Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. The papers included are the best papers we received for a Symposium on Learning Objects that we organized in 2003, as a pre-conference...

Learning theory and instructional design using learning objects.
December 22, 2004... Instructional System Development (ISD) is a set of procedures for systematically designing and developing instruction. A solid foundation in learning theory is an essential element in the application of ISD. One question that one might ask is...

The design, development, and use of multimedia learning objects.
December 22, 2004... This paper concerns the development and use of learning objects to address a real and urgent educational problem--the teaching and learning of introductory programming. The paper outlines the design principles and development process involved...

Opportunities for new "smart" learning environments enabled by next-generation web capabilities.
December 22, 2004... Empirical evaluations suggest that use of interactive technologies can reduce the costs of instruction by about one-third. In addition, they can either increase achievement by about one-third while holding time constant or reduce time needed to...

Indexing learning objects: vocabularies and empirical investigation of consistency.
December 22, 2004... In addition to the LOM standard and instructional design specifications, as well as domain specific indexing vocabularies, a structured indexing vocabulary for the more elementary learning objects is advisable in order to support retrieval...

Learning Designer[TM]: a theory-based SCORM-compliant content development tool.
December 22, 2004... This paper introduces a recently developed e-learning design and development tool called Learning Designer[TM] (version 1.0). Learning Designer assists learning designers and developers to build e-learning courses with Sharable Content Object...

Institutional use of learning objects: lessons learned and future directions.
December 22, 2004... A learning resource catalogue (currently LRC3) that comprises records of learning objects has been used by members of the Universitas 21 Consortium for three years. Five conceptually useful classes of learning objects are employed. While almost...

A framework for the flexible content packaging of learning objects and learning designs.
December 22, 2004... This paper presents a platform-independent method for packaging learning objects and learning designs. The method, entitled a Smart Learning Design Framework, is based on the MPEG-21 standard, and uses IEEE Learning Object Metadata (LOM) to...

Integrating concept mapping into designing a course management system.
December 22, 2004... In higher education, different instructors who teach the same course may vary the instructional paths, pace, and depth of the content. These variations may result in different performances among learners. The intent of this research is to...

Overcoming the limitations of learning objects.
December 22, 2004... 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...