Discussion: Searching for Learning Objects

Part 1: Individual Work

Use a search engine to search for learning objects. Two are provided below for your reference. The learning objects you search for can be related to your discipline or other personal interests. To help make your search more effective, you may also incorporate some of the search strategies from the "Search Engine Math" article.

The links will open new browser windows. Close the new windows to return to this page.

As you perform your search, track how many hits you found for each search term or set of terms and how much time elapsed before you found something instructionally useful for your topic.

Part 2: Compare and Share

Reflect on your experence from Part 1. Share a summary of your experience with the group.

Part 3: Respond

Respond to at least two other participants with observations or comments about their posted findings.

What themes or trends do you see in the findings?

 

Part 4: Final Comment

After participating in the discussion, select a posting by another participant that moved you, triggered an idea, or caused you to think about search engines in a different way. Answer the following prompt in a final post to this discussion:

I appreciated ___________'s comment on ___________ because it made me...