Learning objects: Resources For distance education worldwide
Downes, Stephen

Published2001
JournalThe International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning
Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 1-35
PublisherAthabasca University Press
CountryCanada

ABSTRACT
This article discusses the topic of learning objects in three parts. First,
it identi es a need for learning objects and describes their essential com-
ponents based on this need. Second, drawing on concepts from recent
developments in computer science, it describes learning objects from a
theoretical perspective. Finally, it describes learning objects in practice,
rst as they are created or generated by content authors, and second, as
they are displayed or used by students and other client groups.


Published atAthabasca
Languageeng
ISSN1492-3831
RefereedYes
Rightsby/3.0
URLhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/32/81
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