Learning Objects
Learning Object Repositories
MERLOT This
is a rich repository of links to a variety of online learning materials.
LOLA Exchange
http://www.lolaexchange.org/
the gateway.org The Gateway to Educational materials (GEM) is a consortium effort to improve access to un-cataloged collections of educational materials on non-profit, commercial and government Internet sites. It provides metadata for education resources, extends and qualifies Dublin Core metadata with GEM elements and qualifiers, and provides on-target, efficient searching and browsing. As a tool for end-users, catalogers, and educators, its use of natural language processing and machine learning reveals the potential of electronic libraries. GEM is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
EdNA
Information from EdNA:
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/pid/2901
Lydia Global Repository- "Lydia's suite of products centers on the Lydia Global Repository, an internet-delivered, standards-based open exchange for learning resources for authors, developers and distributors. Corporations, universities and governments are using Lydia's Global Repository, along with our private repository solutions, to manage their content development and to drive down the cost of their content acquisition."
LO collections list from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_collections.html
List of repositories from Patricia McGee at The University of Texas at
San Antonio
http://elearning.utsa.edu/guides/LO-repositories.htm
List of LO repositories from EduSource:
http://www.edusource.ca/english/objects_eng.html
http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FindLearningObjects
List from Academic ADL Co-Lab in Madison, Wisconsin:
http://projects.aadlcolab.org/repository-directory/repository_listing.asp
Other learning objects sites:
MIT's OpenCourseWare is a
free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners
around the world.
Learning Object Metadata
IEEE Standard for Learning Object Metadata
CanCore,
short for Canadian Core Learning Resource Metadata Specification, is another
group like Merlot worth keeping an eye on. This is an attempt to create
a protocol to describe all multimedia educational objects. Related to
this is "CAREO - Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects
- CAREO is in the process on creating an online repository of online educational
objects and has been central in creating the CanCore protocol." Unfortunately
the Cancore link says its forbidden right now, so I cant tell you more.
For more related info: http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Workshop.html
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Educational Metadata FAQ launched
SCORM:
Scorm courses:
http://www.academiccolab.org/initiatives/scormschool.html
http://www.jcasolutions.com/indexScorm.php
Resources:
From Pink Flamingo:
http://www.ibritt.com/resources/dc_objects.htm
IEEE 1484 LOM mappings to Dublin Core
"The 1484.12.1 - 2002 Learning Object Metadata (LOM) was approved by the IEEE-Standards Association on June 12, 2002. The purpose of IEEE-LOM is to provide structured descriptions of re-usable digital learning resources, sometimes known as "Learning Objects." This standard was authored by the Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) Learning Object Metadata Working Group and was based on previous work by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. Applications of the IEEE-LOM (as it is typically called) include the Sharable Content Object Reference Model and CanCore, among others..." from http://www.downes.ca/xml/rss_lom.htm
Learning Objects: A Practical Definition, by Rory McGreal
June 21, 2005 10:47