„In a presentation I gave at an eduSource meeting in Toronto last sprint, in a now infamous example, I gingerly picked up a piece of tissue paper and proclaimed, ‚This is a learning object.'“

Stephen Downes plädiert für eine weite Auslegung des Begriffs: jeder Gegenstand hat das Potential, Learning Object zu sein – nicht nur die in einem bestimmten Format vorliegende Online Ressource. „Educational opportunities – and learning ‘objects’ – abound in every community. By tapping into the use of metadata to connect potential students with potential ‘teachable moments’ the range of learning could be greatly extended.“
Stephen Downes, Australian Flexible Learning Community, Februar 2004
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