I agree with Julia. I use 'realia' in language lessons - to put my students in touch with the language, to help them grasp the physical reality of an object. As you said, anything could be a learning object, books, CD's, online articles, e-books, you tube stuff and many others. I think the most striking point of all these objects is that there is a steady move from physical objects to the ephemeral objects, on the web, portable, accessible and available anywhere and any time.
Learning Objects
I agree with Julia. I use 'realia' in language lessons - to put my students in touch with the language, to help them grasp the physical reality of an object. As you said, anything could be a learning object, books, CD's, online articles, e-books, you tube stuff and many others. I think the most striking point of all these objects is that there is a steady move from physical objects to the ephemeral objects, on the web, portable, accessible and available anywhere and any time.