Re: [school-discuss] Learning Objects

[glogan@telusplanet.net]

I'll jump in here and agree with Les, the tool is not the important thing.  
Currently Flash is being used a lot as is Java, but some experts suggest using 
Quicktime.

One of the topics being talked more about more than creation tool is 
interoperability, metadata and tagging for use in a standards based system like 
IMS SCORM.

Quoting David Bucknell <david@members.iteachnet.org>:

> Hey Les,
> 
> What authoring tools can be used?
> 
> David
> 
> Quoting Les Richardson <les@celery.richtech.ca>:
> 
> > Please have a look at the learning object work being done in Alberta,
> > Canada with CAREO and ALOHA projects. Mostly open source based
> > stuff. Aloha has other possible uses as well. Looks like a lot of OS10
> > stuff, as well.
> > 
> > More work is also being done in New Brunswick, but the name of the
> project
> > escapes me currently. They just did a learning object metadata
> > presentation for educators here in Saskatchewan.
> > 
> > Les Richardson
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Anna Johnson wrote:
> > 
> > > Yes, Macromedia technology is closed and most of the
> > > technology used to create learning objects is
> > > too....However, the content repositories to store,
> > > search, and reuse the learning objects, could be
> > > developed using open-source technologies.  In fact,
> > > there's a good opportunity to develop an open-source
> > > learning object repository.  To my knowledge, I don't
> > > know of any that exisist proprietary or otherwise. But
> > > as more learning objects are developed....there will
> > > be a huge need to store and sort all of them so they
> > > can be reused.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Massimiliano Mirra <mmirra@libero.it> wrote:
> > > > Anna Johnson <anna_m_johnson@yahoo.com> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > Learning Objects are basically chunks of reusable
> > > > > digital content that can be used to create a
> > > > lesson or
> > > > > course, including assessment. 
> > > > >
> > > > > For more info about learning objects, visit 
> > > > > Macromedia.  The site includes sample assets so
> > > > that
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks, Anna.
> > > > 
> > > > I gather the Macromedia technology is closed,
> > > > proprietary, and aimed
> > > > at Windows and MacIntosh platforms, but the concepts
> > > > themselves have
> > > > nothing to do with platforms.  As for
> > > > implementation, it looks like
> > > > slides in pills and on steroids.  I've found this
> > > > page useful to get
> > > > an understanding about the `what' rather than the
> > > > `how':
> > > > 
> > > >     http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_what.html
> > > > 
> > > > (I didn't get an overall nice impression.  But I
> > > > barely more than
> > > > glanced at the thing.)
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > -- 
> > Doug Loss <drloss@suscom.net>
> > 
> > 
> 
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