Innovative Learning & Teaching

Using Learning Objects

What Are They?

• Here is a brief and excellent explanation of learning objects from the University of Wisconsin-Online.
• Another description by Bill Knapp, Instructional Technologist.
• An Educause Quarterly perspective on the lack of learning object use.
• Repository research resources from the Academic Co-LAB.

Learning Object Collections

• Whatever name you use – learning objects, reusable learning assets, resource collections – sharable learning resources are available worldwide. Seek collections that have strong peer review standards. These are the peer review standards for the CLOE collection.
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
• Co-operative Learning Object Exchange (Ontario, CA)
• OhioLINK Digital Media Center
• National Science Digital Library
• Connexions
• Maricopa Learning Exchange
• Humbul Humanities Repository
• iLumina Science and Math Repository
• ARIADNE European Resource
• GEM Referatory
• BBC - General Resources
• MIT’s Open Courseware
• Movie and Film Object Repository
• Directory of Open Access Journals
• List of Llearning Object Repositories