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May 20, 2004
Guidelines for Authors of Learning Objects
The New Media Consortium has published a 32 page publication, amde freely available under Creative Commons licensing, "Guidelines for Authors of Learning Objects".
This practitioner-focused monograph, authored by Rachel Smith and produced with sponsorship from McGraw-Hill, provides straightforward suggestions and tips for authors of learning objects.Included topics are the range and types of learning objects, pedagogical and design considerations, as well as discussions of standards, metadata, interoperability, and reusability.
this is an excellent starting point that covers not only the defintions and technical pieces, but also the sort of perspective a faculty member can appreciate (about the intended use of objects, copyright issues, etc).
Posted by alan at May 20, 2004 01:47 PM in category
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sounds interesting
Posted by: Adam Smith (Estonia Hotels Association) at August 13, 2004 11:41 AM
Wow, guidelines, cool! I would have loved those last summer when I was making, what I now know as, learning objects. I will have to come back to these when I revise and/or construct new ones.
I think it is interesting that about half, maybe more, of the guidelines are design specific. I appreciate that the first major point is "keep focuses on the learning objective;" however, I'm always fascinating how guidelines like this (for DL courses, etc.) always spend so much time focusing on design. This makes me think of how some scholars have defined the X and Mil generations with their visual emphasis.
Just thougths,
Shelley
Posted by: Shelley Rodrigo at August 23, 2004 02:41 PM
