Using Virtual Learning Objects (VLO) in your Curriculum

Jack McGrath President and Creative Director

Digitec Interactive

The Case for Play

¹Dale, Edgar, and American Council on Education, 2010.

Learners only retain 5% of information taught through instructor-led training¹

Compared with 75% knowledge retention rate using the learning by doing approach¹

Step 1

•Align with standards/objectives

•Choose the VLOs

Step 2

•Create design document

•Storyboard the content

Step 3

•Pilot test

•Revise and deploy

VLO Design

FLV Globe Theatre• Aligns with

English and Theatre standards

• Individual Missions align with different objectives

• Simple changes

FLV Frog Dissection• Aligns with

Biology standards

• Chromadepth 3-D to provide sense of layers

• Game-based approach to create challenge

NCCCS BioNet• Supports

biomedical technical training

• Free-play simulations

• Embedded tutorials and self-checks

Step 1

•Align with standards/objectives

•Choose the VLOs

Step 2

•Create design document

•Storyboard the content

Step 3

•Pilot test

•Revise and deploy

VLO Design

Best Practices:

• Survey end-users on system requirements: audio, Flash playback, need for ADA compliance, types of hardware/operating systems, etc.

• If integrating into a courses, ensure interoperability with your learning management system, and that it will track the information you need.

• If the VLO content is prone to frequent change, require editing features be designed into the VLO.

• Maintain VLO cohesion and modularize on specific learning goals, keeping the objectives clear to enable reuse.

• Capture evaluation.

Questions?

Jack McGrathDigitec Interactive

http://www.digitecinteractive.comhttp://www.play2teach.com

jmcgrath@digitecinteractive.com