Category Archives: Objects

David Wiley @ UBC

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

<img src=”http://www.learningobjects.ubc.ca/wiley.jpg” David Wiley was here on Monday — not only giving a great presentation, but also leading a couple of small-group sessions for those of us at UBC struggling to get a grip on what’s involved with storing, reusing … Continue reading →

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Towards Structured Blogging

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

Another novel idea from S

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CJLT: Special Issue on Learning Objects

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

Last fall the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology published a special issue on Learning Objects, edited by Griff Richards. The contents: Forward Jamie Rossiter, Canarie Inc. Editorial: The challenges of the learning object paradigm Griff Richards Organic Aggregation of … Continue reading →

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Weblog as developer’s tool and feedback mechanism…

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

I came across CAREO programmer D’Arcy Norman’s weblog a couple weeks ago. UBC is in the process of installing an instance of the repository, and it’s fascinating to watch how features that get mentioned in conference calls (such as the … Continue reading →

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The Reusability Paradox

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

Scott points at an interesting online document from Utah State’s Reusability, Collaboration, and Learning Troupe, on an issue troubling lots of folks trying to implement LOs here at UBC, and hones in on the key insight… (emphases mine) The purpose … Continue reading →

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Wow! RSS and Learning Objects dressed casual

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

I’ve been pe y mode when we stumble upon a tool that solves some of our problems and can too easily waste our energies championing a tool at the expense of an ideal, be it Blogging, SharePoint, WebCT, or whatever. … Continue reading →

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The IMS Open Technical Forum — A post-mortem…

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

We hosted the IMS Technical Forum here at UBC last week — I personally attended the spin-off Eduspecs meetings and the subsequent Open Technical Forum. I’m still processing what went on, but it’s safe to say that the Canadian contingent … Continue reading →

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CORES Registry: A Forum on Shared Metadata Vocabularies

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

The description: The SCHEMAS Registry contains several metadata element sets as well as a large number of activity reports which describe and comment on various metadata related activities and initiatives. Work on the SCHEMAS Registry is now being taken forward … Continue reading →

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NEWS FLASH: Learning Object Gets REUSED!!!

Posted on March 21, 2003 by Brian

If you find yourself trapped listening to some wanker go on and on about the boundless potential of learning objects, and the gains for efficiency by using them, ask the wanker to cite examples of LOs actually being reused in … Continue reading →

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