OER Knowledge CloudJournal Article2001Downes, StephenCanadaengThe International Review Of Research In Open And Distance LearningAthabasca University Press211-351492-3831This 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.yeshttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/32/81http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/32/8132-178-2-PB.pdfAthabasca, Canada