Share Paper: Debunking the Buzz Words OR Can hermeneutic analysis be used to evaluate pedagogically based learning objects designed from constructivist epistemological ontologies defined in XML Metadata?

1. Bronwyn Stuckey, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2. Jim Hensman, Coventry University, United Kingdom
3. Barbara Dewey, University of Tennessee, United States
4. Tobias Hofmann, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
5. Helen Brown, BECTA, United Kingdom
6. Sonja Cameron, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract: Arguably the biggest ‘buzz word’ of the current year has been ‘learning or knowledge object’. To understand the learning object and why it should be such a highly desirable commodity, we need to unpack not only this concept but more importantly revisit some contributing concepts and constructs (more buzz words) that support the building of truly pedagogically informed reusable objects (Boyle & Cook 2001). The words and relationships explored in this paper are: 1. Learning or knowledge objects - the desirable construct in today’s E-learning environment. 2. Ontologies and ways of expressing them through topic maps as they allow us ...