Reusing online resources : a sustainable approach to e-learning / edited by Allison Littlejohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Littlejohn, Allison, 1962-

Series:

Open & flexible learning series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Electronic information resources.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Computer-assisted instruction.

Universities and colleges--Computer networking.

Universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Kogan Page, 2003.

Summary:

To improve the cost effectiveness and sustainability of e-learning, many national and international initiatives are pioneering new ways in which educators can share their curricula with teachers and learners around the world. To enable this global sharing, educators must learn to design, manage and implement reusable electronic educational resources. This unique book outlines approaches to sharing and reusing resources for e-learning. Drawing upon research by 30 prominent scholars from seven countries, the authors offer multiple perspectives from schools, continuing and higher education institutions as well as industry. It is essential reading for those implementing e-learning in education and corporate training, including teachers, trainers, academics, educational developers and support staff as well as senior managers.

Contents:

Issues in reusing online resources / Allison Littlejohn

Granularization / Charles Duncan

Keeping the learning in learning objects / Daniel R. Rehak and Robin Mason

Engaging with the learning object economy / Lorna M. Campbell

Combining reusable learning resources and services with pedagogical purposeful units of learning / Rob Koper

Models for open learning / Katie Livingston Vale and Philip D. Long

Reusable educational software : a basis for generic learning activities / Diana Laurillard and Patrick McAndrew

Pedagogical designs for scalable and sustainable online learning / Ron Oliver and Catherine McLoughlin

Designing for reuse and versioning / Mary Thorpe, Chris Kubiak, and Keir Thorpe

Developing and reusing accessible content and applications / Jutta Treviranus and Judy Brewer

Digital libraries and repositories / Charles Duncan and Cuna Ekmekcioglu

Learning content interoperability standards / Bill Olivier and Oleg Liber

Use and reuse of digital images in teaching and learning / Grainne Conole, Jill Evans, and Ellen Sims

Assessing question banks / Joanna Bull and James Dalziel

Sharing and reuse of learning resources across a transnational network / Joachim Wetterling and Betty Collis

Identifying the complexity of factors in the sharing and reuse of resources / Carmel McNaught

A comparison of issues in reuse of resources in schools and colleges / Allison Littlejohn, Insung Jung, and Liz Broumley

An incremental approach to staff development in the reuse of learning resources / Allison Littlejohn

Reuse of resources within communities of practice / Rachel A. Harris and Carol A Higgison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0749439505

0749439491

OCLC:

51031411