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Makale Özeti:
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The purpose of the study is to investigate how pre-service teachers benefit from learning
objects repositories while preparing course content. Qualitative and quantitative data
collection methods were used in a mixed methods approach. This study was carried out
with 74 teachers from the Faculty of Education. In the first phase of the study, pre-service
teachers’ prior knowledge about learning objects was defined. During the second phase of
the study, a two-hour seminar was given to pre-service teachers to introduce the learning
objects and the object repositories. Then, they were requested to prepare a course content
and instructional plan using the object repositories. During the last phase of the study,
their opinions about the object approach were determined. According to findings; before
the seminar, it was observed that pre-services teachers didn’t know learning objects and
object repositories. Also, they didn’t use learning object repositories as a reference for
their courses. Pre-service teachers’ preferences about learning object repositories were
change according to some different factors: especially language, interaction level and
resource type.
Furthermore, it was seen that most of them exhibited positive attitude toward learning
objects. As a conclusion, it would be worthwhile to increase the number of object
repositories allowing preparation of course contents by combining objects to form a whole,
in order to promote and spread use of learning object approach among teachers and preservice
teachers through in-service training and pre-service training programs. Also,
considering the factors affecting selection of learning objects, it would be an important
step to provide support to creation of object repositories particularly in the native
language, with high explanatory quality and exercise opportunities, for development and
spread of use of learning objects and repositories.
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