1 the learning impact of a learning object by ernest n. biktimirov, ph.d., cfa merlot 2006
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The Learning Impact of a Learning Object
by
Ernest N. Biktimirov, Ph.D., CFA
MERLOT 2006
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Organization of the Presentation
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Introduction: Financial Education Research
Challenges of Teaching Finance Courses:Krishnan, Bathala, Bhattacharya, Ritchey (1999)
Innovative Ways of Teaching Finance:Becker (1993) – top ten lists
Limited Uses of Technology in Teaching Finance:Detzler (2000) – materials from printed sourcesSaunders (2001) – only 51% of faculty have course
homepages
Ardalan (1998) – entertaining metaphorsKane (1999) – popular musicBiktimirov (2003) – proverbsBiktimirov (2003) – graphical course outline
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What is a Learning Object?
• Digital Resource
• Reusable
• Instructional
• Self-Contained
• Amenable to Integration
• Small Unit of Learning
• Self-Describing (Metadata)
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Educational Benefits of Learning Objects
• Visual representation of the material
• An interactive, learner-controlled experience
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Profile of the Students in the Traditional-Lecture and Learning-Object Sections
Student
Characteristic
Traditional-Lecture
Section (n = 33)
Learning-Object Section (n = 27)
p-value using t-test for means
p-value using
Wilcoxon rank sum
test for medians
Mean Median Mean Median
Gender (Male-1, Female-0)AgeAdmission AverageGPA
0.6121.1278.8674.99
1.0020.0079.0074.70
0.5220.3080.3775.09
1.0020.0079.0075.30
0.5060.2730.2760.907
0.5620.2200.4120.911
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Examination Scores
Panel A. Learning Format Examination Scores
Traditional Lecture(n = 33)
Learning Object Lecture (n = 27)
p-value using t-test for means
p-value using
Wilcoxon rank sum
test for medians
Mean Median Mean Median
Examination Score 53.64%
50.00%
61.11%
66.67%
0.315 0.262
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Panel B. Examination Scores by Learning Format and GPA
Traditional Lecture(n = 33)
Learning Object Lecture (n = 27)
p-value using t-test for means
p-value using
Wilcoxon rank sum
test for medians
Mean Median Mean Median
GPA ( 75%) 42.78%
50.00%
58.97%
66.67%
0.085* 0.089*
(n = 18)
(n = 13)
GPA (> 75%) 66.67%
66.67%
63.09%
83.33%
0.749 0.948
(n = 15)
(n = 14)
*Significant at the 0.10 level.
Examination Scores
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Portfolio, Expected Return, Risk & Diversification Learning Object:http://www.brocku.ca/learningobjects/flash_content/LO/Portfolio.html.
Multidisciplinary Repositories
Learning Objects of Brock University:http://www.BrockU.CA/learningobjects/
Co-operative Learnware Object Exchange:http://CLOE.on.ca
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT): http://www.merlot.org/
Other Repositories:http://elearning.utsa.edu/guides/LO-repositories.htm
Learning Objects Repositories