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A learning object is "a collection of content items, practice items, and assessment items that are combined based on a single learning objective". The term is credited to Wayne Hogins when he created a working group in 1994 bearing the name though the concept was first described by Gerard in 1967. Learning objects go by many names, including content objects, chunks, educational objects, information objects, intelligent objects, knowledge bits, knowledge objects, learning components, media objects, reusable curriculum components, nuggets, reusable information objects, reusable learning objects, testable reusable units of cognition, training components, and units of learning. Learning objects offer a new conceptualization of the learning process: rather than the traditional "several hour chunk", they provide smaller, self-contained, re-usable units of learning. They will typically have a number of different components, which range from descriptive data to information about rights and educational level. At their core, however, will be instructional content, practice, and assessment. A key issue is the use of metadata. Learning object design raises issues of portability, and of the object's relation to a broader learning management system. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Learning Objects)
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Open Educational Resources Hack Day |
Kirsty Pitkin reports on a two-day practical hack event focusing on Open Educational Resources (OER), held by DevCSI and JISC CETIS in Manchester on 31 March - 1 April 2011. |
July 2011, issue67, event report |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 66: Sanity Check |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 66. |
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Locating Image Presentation Technology Within Pedagogic Practice |
Marie-Therese Gramstadt contextualises image presentation technology and methods within a pedagogic framework for the visual arts. |
October 2010, issue65, feature article |
Repository Fringe 2010 |
Martin Donnelly (and friends) report on the Repository Fringe "unconference" held at the National e-Science Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, over 2-3 September 2010. |
October 2010, issue65, event report |
CIG Conference 2010: Changes in Cataloguing in 'Interesting Times' |
Rhiannon McLoughlin reports on a three-day conference on cataloguing in a time of financial stringency, held by the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group at Exeter University, from 13-15 September 2010. |
October 2010, issue65, event report |
Abstract Modelling of Digital Identifiers |
Nick Nicholas, Nigel Ward and Kerry Blinco present an information model of digital identifiers, to help bring clarity to the vocabulary debates from which this field has suffered. |
January 2010, issue62, feature article |
The Second International M-Libraries Conference |
Keren Mills reports on a two-day conference exploring and sharing delivery of services and resources to users 'on the move,' via mobile and hand-held devices. |
July 2009, issue60, event report |
Spinning a Semantic Web for Metadata: Developments in the IEMSR |
Emma Tonkin and Alexey Strelnikov reflect on the experience of developing components for the Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry. |
April 2009, issue59, feature article |
The Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) 2009 |
Rosie Jones reports on a three-day conference about Information Literacy held by CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group at Cardiff University over 30 March - 1 April 2009. |
April 2009, issue59, event report |
The MrCute Repository: The Next Phase |
Helen Brady describes the MrCute repository project and its potential impact on the digital learning object-sharing community. |
January 2009, issue58, feature article |
Sun Preservation and Archive Special Interest Group: May 2008 Meeting |
Vicky Mays and Ian Dolphin review the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting held in San Francisco in May 2008. |
July 2008, issue56, event report |
Metadata for Learning Resources: An Update on Standards Activity for 2008 |
Sarah Currier gives an overview of current initiatives in standards for educational metadata. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
Towards an Application Profile for Images |
Mick Eadie describes the development of the Dublin Core Images Application Profile project recently funded through the JISC. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
Developing the Capability and Skills to Support EResearch |
Margaret Henty provides an Australian perspective on improving the environment in which eResearch is conducted through developing institutional capability and providing appropriate skills training. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
SWORD: Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit |
Julie Allinson, Sebastien Francois and Stuart Lewis describe the JISC-funded SWORD Project which has produced a lightweight protocol for repository deposit. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Version Identification: A Growing Problem |
Dave Puplett outlines the issues associated with versions in institutional repositories, and discusses the solutions being developed by the Version Identification Framework (VIF) Project. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2008, issue54, news and events |
Book Reviews: Digital Information and Knowledge Management, and Print Vs. Digital |
Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users. |
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The Video Active Consortium: Europe's Television History Online |
Johan Oomen and Vassilis Tzouvaras provide an insight into the background and development of the Video Active Portal which offers access to television heritage material from leading archives across Europe. |
October 2007, issue53, feature article |
The DARE Chronicle: Open Access to Research Results and Teaching Material in the Netherlands |
Leo Waaijers reflects on four years of progress and also looks ahead. |
October 2007, issue53, feature article |
Googlepository and the University Library |
Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim discuss the concept of Google as a repository within the wider context of resource management and provision in Further and Higher Education. |
October 2007, issue53, feature article |
Newsline |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2007, issue53, news and events |
Capacity Building: Spoken Word at Glasgow Caledonian University |
Iain Wallace, Graeme West and David Donald give an account of the origins, nature and establishment of Spoken Word Services at Glasgow Caledonian University. |
July 2007, issue52, feature article |
Repositories Support Project Summer School |
Jackie Knowles reports on the RSP Summer School, a 48-hour intensive learning programme for new institutional repository administrators, organised by the Repositories Support Project Team. |
July 2007, issue52, event report |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 49: Technology Is Only Part of the Story |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 49. |
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e-Books for the Future: Here but Hiding? |
Brian Whalley outlines some developments in e-book technologies and links them to existing ways of presenting textbook information. |
October 2006, issue49, feature article |
GROW: Building a High-quality Civil Engineering Learning Object Repository and Portal |
Yan Han provides a general overview of the Geotechnical, Rock and Water Digital Library (GROW), a learning object repository and peer-reviewed civil engineering Web portal. |
October 2006, issue49, feature article |
DC 2006: Metadata for Knowledge and Learning |
Julie Allinson, Rachel Heery, Pete Johnston and Rosemary Russell report on DC 2006, the sixth international conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 3 - 6 October 2006. |
October 2006, issue49, event report |
The Rustle of Digital Curation: The JISC Annual Conference |
Julie Allinson, Marieke Guy and Maureen Pennock find themselves contemplating e-frameworks, digital curation and repositories at the JISC Annual Conference. |
April 2006, issue47, event report |
The Second Digital Repositories Programme Meeting |
Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey report on a 2-day JISC Digital Repositories Meeting focusing on project clusters working together and other related issues held by JISC in Warwick, UK over 27-28 March 2006. |
April 2006, issue47, event report |
Book Review: The Institutional Repository |
Sally Rumsey recommends a new book about institutional repositories. |
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Online Repositories for Learning Materials: The User Perspective |
Amber Thomas and Andrew Rothery explore how online repositories are being used to store and share e-learning content, and show how taking the user perspective might challenge the emerging approaches to repository development. |
October 2005, issue45, feature article |
Book Review: Cataloging and Organizing Digital Resources |
Sarah Higgins learns how to incorporate online resources into a library catalogue using AACR2 and MARC, but wonders why the wider issue of organising and describing a full range of digital resources is not addressed. |
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DCC Workshop on Persistent Identifiers |
Philip Hunter gives a personal view of this workshop held in Glasgow, 30 June - 1 July, supported by NISO, CETIS, ERPANET, UKOLN and the DCC. |
July 2005, issue44, event report |
Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions |
Leona Carpenter describes a JISC development programme tackling the organisational and technical challenges facing Higher and Further Education in the UK. |
April 2005, issue43, feature article |
What Are Your Terms? |
Pete Johnston introduces the JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project and examines some of the challenges it is facing. |
April 2005, issue43, feature article |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2005, issue43, news and events |
Book Review: Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval |
Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 41: Forces in Train |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 41. |
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ISBN-13: New Number on the Block |
Ann Chapman outlines the planned changes to the ISBN standard and its impact on the information community and the book trade. |
October 2004, issue41, feature article |
