An Exploratory Study into the Efficacy of Learning Objects

Autor/in	Farha, Nicholas W.
Titel	An Exploratory Study into the Efficacy of Learning Objects
Quelle	In: Journal of Educators Online, 6 (2009) 2, (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-500X
Schlagwörter	Resource Units; Instructional Effectiveness; Outcomes of Education; Comparative Analysis; Conventional Instruction; Textbooks; Educational Technology; Teaching Methods; Accounting; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtserfolg; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Abrechnung; Buchführung; Buchhaltung
Abstract	Learning objects have quickly become a widely accepted approach to instructional technology, particularly in on-line and computer-based learning environments. While there is a substantial body of literature concerning learning objects, very little of it verifies their efficacy. This research investigated the effectiveness of learning objects by comparing learning outcomes using a learning object with outcomes using a traditional textbook-based method of instruction. Participants were 327 undergraduate college students at a traditional public four-year coed institution, a private four-year women's college, a private four-year engineering institution, and a public two-year community college. Through a series of independent samples t-tests and Analyses of Variance, results revealed mean scores for the learning object group that were nearly three times higher than the mean scores for the textbook-taught group. Gaming experience, age, gender, and learner preference were evaluated for their potential influence on the results; no statistically significant differences were found, implying that the learning object itself was central to the outcomes achieved. The future of learning objects is bright, and more empirical research is called for in the area of learning object effectiveness. (Contains 1 figure, 14 tables, and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10