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Quality assurance for digital learning object repositories: issues for the metadata creation process [PDF]
Metadata enables users to find the resources they require, therefore it is an important component of any digital learning object repository. Much work has already been done within the learning technology community to assure metadata quality, focused on ...
Currier, Sarah +11 more
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: This paper is a response to Chapter 16 by McNaught (2003) and Chapter 18 by Littlejohn (2003a), from 'Reusing Online Resources: a sustainable approach to e-learning' (Littlejohn, 2003b).
Martin Oliver
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Learning Development and Education for Sustainability: what are the links? [PDF]
Learning Development (LD) is an emerging discipline developing a unique disciplinary identity. In common with many other new fields, it considers its position and relevance to other disciplines and bodies of thought, and in particular, educational ...
Graham Barton +7 more
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: Bill Olivier and Oleg Liber begin this chapter with an succinct summary of the benefits of interoperable media and software for education and training, as well as a concise differentiation of specifications, reference models, and standards. At the time
Ed Walker
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An SOE-Based Learning Framework Using Multisource Big Data for Identifying Urban Functional Zones
Identifying urban functional zones is of great significance for understanding urban structure and urban planning. The rapid growth and open accessibility of multisource big data, including remote sensing imagery and social sensing data, lead to a new way
Ying Feng +6 more
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: The main concern of this chapter is to discuss the sharing and re-use of various types of learning resources. The authors describe the CANDLE project where an academic community from 12 universities and colleges from seven countries collaborated in ...
Ramesh C. Sharma
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Repurposing learning objects: a sustainable alternative? [PDF]
Recent experience shows that reusable learning objects, like the computer assisted learning programmes of the early 1990s, have so far failed to achieve expected levels of integration into educational practice. This is despite technical interoperability,
Cathy Gunn +6 more
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: The first part of this review discusses the issues raised in general terms, focusing on a contradiction in educational practice identified by the author.
Dai Griffiths, Rocío García
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Building communities for the exchange of learning objects: theoretical foundations and requirements [PDF]
In order to reduce overall costs of developing high-quality digital courses (including both the content, and the learning and teaching activities), the exchange of learning objects has been recognized as a promising solution.
Hummel, Hans +11 more
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: This chapter by Duncan is the first in the book after Littlejohn's introduction. It provides a useful overview of the issues surrounding granularisation and lays the ground for the rest of the book. The granular size of learning object is a fundamental
David J. Nicol
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