[school-discuss] FW: BOUNCE schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net: Non-member submission from [Gerald Logan <glogan@mail.telusplanet.net>]

["Doug Loss" <drloss@suscom.net>]

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From: Gerald Logan <glogan@mail.telusplanet.net>
Subject: RE: [school-discuss] Learning Objects
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  Alberta is seen as the leader in this area in Canada.  I just finished my
term with the www.learnalberta.ca project.  The goal of this project is to
develop "learning objects" for the students and teachers in Alberta. You may
want to keep an eye on the project web site which will evolve into a portal
over the next year.  This is the second year of the project and some
projects will be completed and post this coming year.  The down side of this
not being open source is that not all projects will be visible to those
outside the province.  For example the National Geographic project is
restricted to Alberta only.

The first "digital resource" released was the Grade 6 Math project.  It has
received rave reviews from teachers, students and parents. 
http://www.learnalberta.ca/Math/math6web/math6shell.asp

>The way learning resources are tagged and the way Learning 
>Management Systems handle metadata (and therefore learning objects) 
>is rapidly emerging as one of the biggest (if not the biggest)issues 
>in learning technology.  For many organisations the alighnment of 
>learning applications with the standards will be crucial to whether 
>that application is accepted or not.
>
>If open source learning applications are going to be accepted 
>outside the "cottage industry" market it is an issue that needs to 
>be addressed.
>
>I don't think learning objects (and metadata standards)as they are 
>currently being conceptualised will be the only future direction for 
>content design and learning applications but they will be important. 
>
>The cataloging function of the metadata standards will be vital.  It 
>could probabaly be described as the international "Dewey Decimal 
>system" of digital resources.
>
>Its a debate we need to be aware of and engaged in.
>
>cheers
>Cameron Nichol
>Online Content Project Manager
>Learning Technologies Branch
>Office of Training & Tertiary Education
><http://www.tafevc.com.au>http://www.tafevc.com.au
><http://www.ette.vic.gov.au/learningtechnologies/>http://www.ette.vic.gov.a
u/learnin
gtechnologies/
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