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February 01, 2006
Repository of the Month: February
February's Repository of the Month is Exploratories.
The Exploratories website, a project of Brown University, describes:
"The immediate mission of the Exploratories project is to create a set of exemplary Web-based learning objects that teach concepts in introductory computer graphics and to document our experiences of creating useful learning objects in a Design Strategy handbook. Our learning objects are characterized by their flexibility (fine-grained units), rich interaction, hypertextual curriculum frameworks, and use of explorable 2D and 3D worlds. One size does not fit all when it comes to pedagogical approaches and our learning environments respect multiple learning styles; teaching techniques include laboratories, visualizations, simulations, lectures and demonstrations, creative project, and games."
This repository is unique in that it provides tools, the applets to create your own specific RLOs as well as providing a number of granular RLOs that can be used as they are. They had a number of RLOs that can be used in math, science, computer science, and electronics classes, to name a few.
Additionally, they "have written prototype sections of the Design Strategy Handbook that document hypertext structures for next-generation Web-based curricula, methods for integrating learning objects into traditional curricula, and pedagogical approaches and teaching techniques that can be used for interactive learning environments."
Their list of publications can be found at:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/exploratories/publications/home.html
This repositpry is quite unique and I encourage you to check it out.
Posted by lyoung at February 1, 2006 07:12 AM in category
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