Learning-Objects

Innovate: Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational Games the Wiki Way

January 4, 2008

Collecting, Organizing, and Managing Resources for Teaching Educational Games the Wiki Way, Shelley Henson Johnson, Brett Shelton, and David Wiley, Innovate, Vol. 4, December 2007/January 2008. Synopsis: Recognizing the pedagogical value of gaming, academics along with game designers and educational content developers have begun producing resources to improve educational game design and make instructional games [...]

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Learning Objects Portal

July 19, 2007

The Learning Objects Portal is a gateway to many resources about learning objects and repositories. You are invited to meander through the portal sections below based on your interest. The Learning Objects Portal is a collaborative effort between four adult educators from various parts of Canada who came together through common interest. Motivation was provided [...]

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PEDESTAL: More Than a Teaching and Learning Materials Repository

July 8, 2007

(Put Yourself On…) PEDESTAL. ‘PEDESTAL stands for Platform for Exchange of Documents and Expertise Showcasing Teaching At Loughborough. The name reflects PEDESTAL’s mission of creating a service which provide new opportunities for the sharing of materials and discussion related to teaching. Teaching materials can be easily uploaded to PEDESTAL through a simple upload mechanism and [...]

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Tips and Tricks for Teaching Online

May 25, 2007

Tips and Tricks for Teaching Online. Tips and Tricks for Teaching Online was designed and developed and is maintained by the Dallas Baptist University Online Education Department. This site contains tips and tricks for designing course content, facilitating and teaching online, developing learning objects, assessment ideas and tutorials for Blackboard, just to name a few. [...]

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Interesting e-Learning Tools from Arts ISIT (University of British Columbia)

May 18, 2007

Learning Tools. ‘The Learning Tools project was initiated by the Department of Arts Instructional Support and Information Technology (Arts ISIT) at the University of British Columbia. Arts ISIT strives to create new and improved technology-based learning opportunities for students and educators alike, by experimenting with new media and creating innovative online-based applications to facilitate teaching [...]

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Online Book: The Instructional Use of Learning Objects

April 10, 2007

The Instructional Use of Learning Objects. ‘This is the online version of The Instructional Use of Learning Objects, a book that tries to go beyond the technological hype and connect learning objects to instruction and learning. You can read the full text of the book here for free. The chapters presented here are © their [...]

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The Whats, Whys and Hows of Learning Objects

April 10, 2007

The Objects of Learning – What is a learning object? How do I create a learning object? How do I use a learning object? ‘More and more people within the education community are looking for answers and information, through recognizing that e-learning is rapidly growing in importance as technical developments in object-oriented learning design promises [...]

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