Can anyone advise on creating learning objects

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Permalink Reply by Michael Staton on June 4, 2008 at 3:09pm

What do you mean by learning object?

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Permalink Reply by Leo Havemann on June 5, 2008 at 10:21am

A learning object is a piece of content
- usually considered to be smaller than a course or lesson
- usually delivered online via some sort of CMS/VLE
- normally for Blackboard, Moodle or similar, it complies with 'SCORM' standards, so you can embed it in your course
- it's not simply a chunk of content to be viewed but has an interactive element
- in our dreams, by complying with standards and with the application of appropriate metadata these objects are easy to share, reuse, and recycle, so you can search repositories such as Merlot http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm NLN http://www.nln.ac.uk or LORN http://lorn.flexiblelearning.net.au to find an appropriate piece of ready-made content that you can use
- but I want to create my own, so am seeking tutorials, templates, useful software?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Staton on June 5, 2008 at 6:27pm

ah! use omnisio or empressr.

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Permalink Reply by Leo Havemann on June 6, 2008 at 4:28am

OK thanks Michael

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl Capozzoli on June 6, 2008 at 7:44am

Hi Leo,
I have been working on a resource for teachers to assist with just that. http://web20guru.wikispaces.com is my new wiki with tons of free resources and strategies for seamless integration. I hope this helps. I know as a teacher, there was never enough minutes in a day to search for resources that work with specific goals and objectives. I will continue to support my teachers with this site and hope that you find it useful!!
C

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Permalink Reply by Leo Havemann on June 6, 2008 at 9:06am

Thanks Cheryl - looks like a great resource!

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Permalink Reply by Lynn Marentette on June 7, 2008 at 6:47am

Cheryl,

Thanks for the link.

Lynn

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