Category Archives: Learning Objects

Technical Guidelines for Digital Learning Content

I’ve madly getting ready for a panel at tomorrow’s (Oct 14) ISOTL conference in Vancouver… but ran across an excellent presentation and publication related to digital learning content: From the Merlot Conference: 2005. Johnson, Liz. Technical Guidelines for Digital Learning … Continue reading

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Library of Congress Exhibitions

Funny things can happen on the way through our own weblogs (Earth as Art, November 13, 2003)… we sometimes find some interesting things! The Library of Congress on the US has a variety of online exhibitions that could prove quite … Continue reading

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Cycles: African Life through Art (CS Monitor)

From CS Monitor comes a good website review, and a link to a stunning online exhibit from Indianapolis Museum of Art titled, “Cycles: African Life Through Art”.. One interesting aspect of this online exhibit is outlined by CS Monitor author … Continue reading

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Reusability Considerations

The Storyboarding editorial linked earlier reminded me of a site that Brian pointed me a while back – Reusability.org. The Reusable Learning- Reusable Design Guidelines section outlines five considerations for design (context, pedagogy, structure, content, presentation) . I’m increasingly convinced … Continue reading

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Storyboarding for Reusable Content

From ADL, a nice succinct article/editorial (authored by Megan Beyer) containing a set of considerations when designing content for re-use: Storyboarding For Reusable Content.

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New LO Journal

Via EduResources Weblog, come a link to a new journal, Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects . The list of possible topics that they propose is quite interesting. Looks like this may be a good venue for publisshing the … Continue reading

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A Guide to Institutional Repository Software v 2.0

The Budapest Open Access Initiative, with its Guide to Institutional Repository Software, had been mentioned on several weblogs now, including the EduResources Weblog and OLDaily, but I wanted to bookmark it here for the OLT team… Lots to digest but … Continue reading

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e-Strategy Newsletter Article: How Can We Avoid the Pitfalls of Learning Objects and use them Effectively Instead?

My colleague Brian Lamb delivers another excellent summary of some of the issues related to learning object development in the latest e-Strategy newsletter… How Can We Avoid the Pitfalls of Learning Objects and use them Effectively Instead? This month Brian … Continue reading

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Re-usable Learning objects competition — from Singapore

Via Ray Schroeder’s Online Learning Update comes this link to an article describing some of the community engagement efforts of the E-Learning Competency Centrein Singapore. Computerworld Singapore – Vol. 10 Issue No. 8, 26 November – 2 December 2003 – … Continue reading

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Another IMS Content Packaging Editor

Something I first noticed back on August 3…. the IMS Package Editor, developed by Boon Kee Low of the University of Edinburgh. It says at the site that this software will be renamed “Educational Content Packager or EC-Pac” for the … Continue reading

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