Norman Lamont is frustrated again. This time, in Re-use Revisted, he wonders whether the idea that learning objects can ... there ever finds they can re-use their learning objects. Good question. The idea behind the concept of learning objects ... student groups. Learning objects could be aggregated to form complete courses of study, whether intelligently, by learning content management systems, by teachers or by learners themselves. To make this possible, learning objects had to be ... audiences. But, looking back over my own use of learning objects in the past ten years, I can see many more pluses ...

... matter), has bought into the Reusable Learning Object (RLO) concept with reckless abandon, implementing a Learning Content Management System (LCMS) (shudder) which shall remain nameless (but rhymes with Neato HorsePen). This system is not only ... learner, faced with a course that was developed in our LCMS, I do my best to avoid letting out an audible groan while ... this: if the goal is learning content that’s so generic it can easily be grafted seamlessly from one course into ... facilitates creativity or innovation. You know, the things that actually make learning intriguing and enjoyable. Read ...

A reader from another country has asked me about Learning Object Tools. I asked him to clarify what they meant and the response was:Learning Object Tools are those that allow you to create, edit and manage learning objects.There is also a bit of language barrier. I pointed them at the Wikipedia article - Learning Object. It cites quite a few repositories and briefly mentions "Burrokeet is an Open Source Software tool that assists in the creation of Learning Objects from ... at SCORM / SCOs.But it got me to thinking that I've really not looked at Learning Objects in quite a while - and I've ...