Mediatization and Pedagogical Mediation in a Multimedia Techno-Pedagogical Environment

Abstract

As information and communication technologies (ICT) have evolved, new types of digital learning resources have been developed. The learning object has become a key element in the field of computer-based environments for e-learning. This chapter focuses on the mediatization of learning objects which extends to the science of pedagogy and e-learning. One of the major problems is the lack of coherence in the different definitions, mainly due to the variety of points of view adopted to address the issue of mediatization. In this chapter, the authors give an overview of the learning object and then define the two concepts, mediation and mediatization. Then, they focus on the mediatization of the learning activity for a learning object by identifying the forms, effects, and tools of mediatization as well as their articulation mediatization according to previous studies.