[Oz-teachers] [S] Re: Games to enhance teaching

[Barbara Braxton]

Dear Tom

Just to clarify " So I understand you saying the Learning Federation makes
up [fictional] sources when they could be using the real thing?" from my
perspective. (I am declaring that I have a contract with The Learning
Federation to write and edit units of work prepared by other teachers so
they meet a  publication standard.  This contract means I have a good
knowledge of The Learning Federation content which grows each day.)

 

The Learning Federation resources are in two key categories - Learning
Objects which are interactive models and scenarios of real-life situations
that would be difficult to replicate in the classroom  and digital resources
which comprise a whole host of formats of actual things like paintings,
photos, cartoons, video clips and so on.  They are sourced from a wide
variety of institutions which The Learning Federation have forged
partnerships with and negotiated copyright licensing agreements.

 

When a creator develops a Learning Object, it is often much more useful to
create a brief report or item that hones in on the specific learning
requirement of the activity. Each Learning Object is completely self
contained within a certain number of screens and doesn't incorporate
external links to primary sources. Apart from anything else, online links
have a habit of disappearing. But each item that is created for a Learning
Object is accurate.

 

The Learning Federation is expanding its repertoire to include full units of
work which do draw on primary sources and use external links to 'real
things' but these are quite different to the sort of thing that you are
proposing. 

Barbara

 

Barbara Braxton

Teacher Librarian

COOMA NSW 2630

E.barbara.288 at bigpond.com

Together, we learn from each other

 

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