Learning objects repositories

Draft

Defininition

See the learning object repository article.

This entry indexes some well know repositories.

Most of these don't provide learning objects in standardized formats (such as IMS Content Packaging).

General learning objects repositories

• MERLOT] (specialized in microworlds)

• Connexion, Connexions is a collection of free scholarly materials. Interdisciplinary and grassroots of over 3000 modules and 165 courses.

• La main à la pate, Activity-based science teaching for primary and secondary schools.

• Ariadne

• 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.

• Commonwealth of learning Learning Object Repository, An online database of learning content that provides software to Commonweath countries.

• VCILT Learning objects repository, a multi-purpose repository from our friends at VCILT, University of Mauritius.

• Educational Object Economy Lots of Java applets

• Edclicks

• MIT Open Courseware (OCW). A free and open educational resource for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.

• 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.

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

• 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)

• University of WisconsinMilwaukee LO Collections

• UNESCO Repositories list

• ICTlogy Learning objects repositories

Various links

need sorting out ...

• 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