Learning objects repositories
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This entry lists various well known learning objects repositories. See the learning object repository article for a definition.
Most repositories don't provide [learning object]s in standardized formats (such as IMS Content Packaging).
General learning objects repositories
(some entries below need to be moved, since they are not real repositories)
- Connexion, Connexions is a collection of free scholarly materials. Interdisciplinary and grassroots of over 3000 modules and 165 courses.
- CLOE Co-operative Learning Object exchange (Login required)
- La main à la pate, Activity-based science teaching for primary and secondary schools.
- MIT Open Courseware (OCW). A free and open educational resource for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
- VCILT Learning objects repository, a multi-purpose repository from our friends at VCILT, University of Mauritius.
- Ariadne A European Association open to the World, for Knowledge Sharing and Reuse.
- CAREO, a project supported by Alberta Learning and CANARIE that has as its primary goal the creation of a searchable, Web-based collection of multidisciplinary teaching materials for educators across the province and beyond.
- Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative (OLI), A collection of "cognitively informed," openly available and free online courses and course materials that enact instruction for an entire course in an online format.
- Commonwealth of learning Learning Object Repository, An online database of learning content that provides software to Commonweath countries.
- Encore (Community for Open Resource Exchange based on tribes, resources and collaborations, ie. small private wikis). This is new (Jan 2007).
- Educational Object Economy Lots of Java applets
- GEM Gateway to Education Materials (in particular lesson plans)
- LOLA Learning Objects and Learning Activities (all kinds, but focus on information literacy)
- MERLOT (specialized in microworlds)
- The Orange Grove, Florida's repository project.
Specialized learning objects repositories
- Problem-based learning clearninghouse, University of Delaware (free, registration required)
- Problem-based Learning, Examples from McMaster University courses by P.K. Rangachari
- Berklee Shares Free music lessons
Meta repositories
A list of sites that index repositories and/or contents
- Ariadne Knowledge Pool. Provides a search engine for better know repositories.
- ibiblio, Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.
- DLORN, Distributed LEarning Object Respository Network, one-stop source for learning object syndication. They retrieve learning object metadata from across the web and store it.
- World Lecture Hall, Probably the Web's oldest collection, still active.
- EduResources Portal--a Gateway to Higher Education Instructional Resources (A Wiki including a variety of useful pointers)
Repositories associated with an on-line environment
- Latest state-of-the-art tools like CeLS integrate scenario building, scenario execution and exchange of these (or bricks) within a single environment. The [DialogPlus Toolkit]] integrates scenario building and sharing, but contents have to be executed in an other environment.
- Other modern tools (like LAMS) provide specialized repositories where people can share LAMS modules
Various links
- need sorting out ...
- eduCourse (Canadian Network Learning Object Repositories)
- CanCore documents and prestations
- UNESCO Open Educational Resources
- LO Repositories
- LO Initiative
- LO information, Tools, Standards and Repositories
- LO Keyword Search Page
- LO Portal
- LO Introduction
- Finding LO
- LO
- Examples of Learning Objects and Learning Object Repositories
- elearnspace