Ruiz Jorge G, Mintzer Michael J, Issenberg S Barry
GRECC (11GRC), Miami VAMC, 1201 NW 16th Street, Miami, FL 33125, USA.
Med Teach. 2006 Nov;28(7):599-605. doi: 10.1080/01421590601039893.
A learning object (LO) is a grouping of instructional materials structured to meet a specified educational objective. Digital LOs, which can be stored electronically, allow a new approach to instructional activity, making medical education more efficient, and potentially more cost-effective. They are reusable and can incorporate text, graphics, animations, audio, and video to support and enhance learning. A learning object can stand alone or be aggregated with additional objects to create larger forms of educational content meeting multiple educational objectives. Digital learning objects located in online repositories can be accessed by many computers and are easily handled by an array of learning management systems for delivery to learners at any time. Integrating digital learning objects with traditional educational methods in a blended learning approach assists medical educators in meeting the challenges of competing priorities. Multimedia LOs enable learners to tailor their experience to their preferred learning style. Through the use of learning objects, learners' reactions, their acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes, and their behavioral changes become readily measurable. Learning objects provide multiple research opportunities, such as their use in adaptive learning, their added value in preclinical versus clinical education, and their impact as part of a blended learning strategy.
学习对象（LO）是为实现特定教育目标而构建的教学材料组合。数字学习对象可以电子方式存储，它为教学活动提供了一种新方法，使医学教育更高效，并且可能更具成本效益。它们可重复使用，并且可以包含文本、图形、动画、音频和视频以支持和增强学习。一个学习对象可以单独存在，也可以与其他对象聚合以创建满足多个教育目标的更大形式的教育内容。位于在线存储库中的数字学习对象可以被许多计算机访问，并且可以由一系列学习管理系统轻松处理，以便随时传送给学习者。在混合学习方法中将数字学习对象与传统教育方法相结合，有助于医学教育工作者应对相互竞争的优先事项带来的挑战。多媒体学习对象使学习者能够根据自己喜欢的学习方式调整学习体验。通过使用学习对象，学习者的反应、他们对知识、技能和态度的获取以及他们的行为变化变得易于衡量。学习对象提供了多个研究机会，例如它们在自适应学习中的应用、它们在临床前教育与临床教育中的附加值以及它们作为混合学习策略一部分的影响。
