...Rory McGreal Learning object developers need to understand that presently there are powerful organizations of “intellectual property” owners, and vendors of music, videos, books and software that are making a concerted attack on copyright, attempting to convert it from a law to promote knowledge...

... algorithm. This paper adapts the architecture for match‐making between learners and learning objects (LOs). It uses the Canadian Learning Object Metadata (CanLOM) repository of the eduSource e‐Learning project. Through AgentMatcher’s new indexing component, known as Learning Object Metadata Generator...

...Anthony Roberts This paper takes a broad introductory look at the notion of objectivity within the western philosophic tradition of liberal individualism and exposes how this is related to, or sets the stage for, the creation of learning objects as a concept. Objectivity is predicated on ideas...

...Daniel Lemire; Harold Boley; Sean McGrath; Marcel Ball Learning objects strive for reusability in e‐Learning to reduce cost and allow personalization of content. We show why learning objects require adapted Information Retrieval systems. In the spirit of the Semantic Web, we discuss the semantic...

...Norm Friesen The development of learning objects and technical e‐learning standards is often justified in the literature as a necessary response to the challenges of our present “information age” or “knowledge society.” Such understandings of our current historical and social situation tend...

... and our experience in these projects. Keywords: XML, SCORM, Mobile Learning, Authoring, LCMS, Content Portability, Presentation, Tests, Interactivity, Flash, eLearning, Reusable Learning Objects, Learning Method Objects 1. INTRODUCTION In most corporate and academic eLearning productions (other than...

...Tom McEwan; Sandra Cairncross If initial attempts to incorporate reusable multimedia into university teaching were characterised by the efforts of enthusiasts, the growth of the “Learning Object” economy in recent years requires a more strategic and systems‐based approach. While all reusable...