Learning ResourcesLearning Resources

StructureStructure

• Definition of Learning ObjectsDefinition of Learning Objects• ExamplesExamples• Granularity of LosGranularity of Los• Reusable LOsReusable LOs• Online SourcesOnline Sources

Learning ObjectLearning Object

• ““EEducational resources that can be ducational resources that can be employed in technologyemployed in technology supportedsupported learninglearning””11

• ““Any entity, digital or non-digital, which Any entity, digital or non-digital, which can be used, re-used and referenced can be used, re-used and referenced during technology-supported learning”during technology-supported learning”22

1 Learning Objects: A Practical Definition, Rory McGreal

2 http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12/s_p.html

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• With appropriate metadata descriptions, they With appropriate metadata descriptions, they can be modular units that can becan be modular units that can be assembled assembled together to form lessons and coursestogether to form lessons and courses

Learning Objects: A Practical Definition, Rory McGreal

Lesson that is compiled from audio, video, text, images, etc

Learning ObjectLearning Object

• A LO can be based onA LO can be based on::– EElectronic textlectronic text,,– Web siteWeb site,,– IImage, mage, – MMovieovie,,– Java appletsJava applets

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VideoVideo

• Video of a Video of a presentationpresentationon economicson economics

Screenshot from Youtube

TextText

• To be used To be used when talking when talking about learningabout learningobjectsobjects

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ImageImage

• To be used in To be used in teaching of foodteaching of foodchains in naturechains in nature

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Granularity LevelsGranularity Levels

• CContent, information or knowledge objectontent, information or knowledge object• LessonLesson

– Contains many objectsContains many objects

• ModuleModule– Contains many lessonsContains many lessons

• CourseCourse– Contains many modulesContains many modules

Granularity LevelsGranularity Levels

CourseCourse

Module 1 Module 2

Lesson 1 Lesson 2

Objects

LO SourcesLO Sources

• MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and Teaching (for Online Learning and Teaching (www.merlot.org) )

• Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction ( (http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/) )

• Careo - Campus Alberta Repository of Careo - Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects (Educational Objects (http://www.careo.org/) )

LO SourcesLO Sources

• Education Network Australia Education Network Australia -- http://edna.edu.au

• WISC Online Resource Center - WISC Online Resource Center - www.wisc-online.com/www.wisc-online.com/

• EcoLearnIT - EcoLearnIT - http://ecolearnit.ifas.ufl.edu/http://ecolearnit.ifas.ufl.edu/ • LeMill - LeMill - http://lemill.net/http://lemill.net/ • Connexions - Connexions - http://cnx.org/ http://cnx.org/

LO SourcesLO Sources

• MIT Opencourseware - MIT Opencourseware - http://ocw.mit.edu/http://ocw.mit.edu/ • Open Learning Initiative - Open Learning Initiative -

http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/ • Gateway to Educational MaterialsGateway to Educational Materials (GEM) - (GEM) -

http://www.thegateway.org/http://www.thegateway.org/

LO ReuseLO Reuse

• Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange (OAI-ORE) defines and Exchange (OAI-ORE) defines standards for the description and standards for the description and exchange of aggregations of Web exchange of aggregations of Web resourcesresources

• In this way, the reuse of LOs is In this way, the reuse of LOs is facilitatedfacilitated

LO ReuseLO Reuse

• LearningLearning objects, may combine resources objects, may combine resources with media types with media types such assuch as text, images and text, images and videovideo

• OAI-OREOAI-ORE standards expose the standards expose these se combinationscombinations to applications that support to applications that support authoring, deposit, exchange, visualization,authoring, deposit, exchange, visualization, reuse, and preservationreuse, and preservation of learning objects of learning objects

Learning ObjectsLearning Objects