Creating Learning Objects
Why create learning objects…
- Modularity = increased versatility and functionality
- Community benefits - wider content availability through greater community support
- Institutional benefits (combine efforts, share results)
- Share and reuse…more return for development investment
- Use your materials in more contexts, reuse (streamline development)
If you have a general understanding of what learning objects are, a logical next question is to ask how learning objects are created. In many ways the most difficult aspect of creating learning objects is to determine an appropriate level of content breakdown while maintaining instructional integrity. The learning objects below provide information about using content development tools for creating learning objects, and about designing content for object-oriented delivery.
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| Authoring Learning Objects | Variety of instructions around the creation of learning objects from a technical perspective |
Article
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| Achieving Interoperability Through e-Learning | Singh, Harvi, (2001).
Achieving Interoperability in e-Learning. Retrieved 6/22/2001 from the World Wide Web. |
Article
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| Guidelines for Producing Granules | Guidelines used for creating objects according to the Scottish Electronic Staff Development Library (SeSDL). Retreived 12/6/2001 from the World Wide Web. |
Web Page
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| *1 = Beginner; 2 = Intermediate; 3 = Expert | |||
