Wednesday, May 12, 2004

LORs, DRs, and the Reusable Life of Course Content This article by Phil Long from the May issue of Syllabus examines the challenge of dealing with the variety and abundance of learning objects within the framework of course management systems. "Learning is loosely guided, as much directed by the learner as it is by the intentions of the teacher. Therein lies the problem. Effective course management systems will need to access multiple repositories (which will likely have different policy frameworks) and determine which repositories are available and for what purposes they can be used. The interactions among library repositories, learning object repositories, and course systems are rife for misunderstandings of language, policy, and purpose." JH 12:14:07 PM    COMMENT []