learning object
There is a bit of work happening out there with IMS content packages and ebooks. The Moodle books feature allows books to be exported in this format so it too has the built in capacity for creating durable learning resources and publishing them widely on the web via conversion to ebooks. See more of this at Canberra's Moodleposium11 in late October this year.
Toolbox learning objects could become even more widely portable as e-books. The mind boggles!
Tom Worthington, ACt is doing some work too - check out the blog at
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 12 October 2011 - 6:31am. 
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An updated guide to help teachers and developers describe learning resources so they can easily be searched in an online repository has been released.
Submitted by Brand Management on 14 April 2011 - 10:06am. Apple Mac internet browsers such as Safari are often set to automatically unzip (or decompress) zipped files as they are downloaded. This applies when you are downloading a learning object from LORN or the Toolbox Learning Object Repository (TLOR) - since these are .zip files - and can cause problems for those of us who then want to upload them to our LMS. The problem is that the Apple Mac unzipping process seems to make the learning object currupt in some way affecting the manifest.xml file - which tells the LMS how to display the learning object.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 7 March 2011 - 12:18pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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There are a few points to consider when discussing the who, what, when, how and why of learning objects. Impressions are that teachers need the following in order to confidently use LO...
1. Technical skills in ICT...this might mean being familiar with web pages and their institutions OLE/VLE for example.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 25 August 2010 - 9:32am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Sue McShane the ACT E-Learning Co-ordinator has created a neat ARED learning object using the decision tree design to help teachers and trainers discover the many resources on the Framework site addressing getting started in elearning.
Check it out at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/file.php/75/Webventure/default.htm
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 22 April 2010 - 9:53am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Incorporating web 2 into web based learning objects is extremely easy using a combination of embeding, iframing, linking or rssing (Yes, one knows that iframing is EVIL!@!!). Ipadio is an interesting web2 tool to whack in your LO. It is podcasting to the web via phone.... what fun...Here is what Crunchbase has to say about it..."
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 15 March 2010 - 1:49pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Submitted by Helen Lynch on 30 November 2009 - 10:01am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Peter Shanks' post about a course on ARED that he has built in Moodle reminds me that ARED can be used to create neat little learning objects that work very well in online learning environments (LMS, OLE, SMS...whatever). Please check out Peter's ARED course on: http://moodle.trainingo2.net/course/view.php?id=16 log in as a guest.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 7 October 2009 - 7:27am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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There is a lot of interest in interprofessional education and e-learning around the place at the moment OS. Toolbox Learning objects especially in the health field of study (taken from the Infection Control Toolbox, for example) model an approach to building learning object resources in order to facilitate shared learning experiences across professions in the health area.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 1 September 2009 - 11:49am. - Helen Lynch's blog
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Definitions of learning objects have generally focused on specifying their attributes. Polsani (2003) suggests that there is general agreement that learning objects should have technical qualities that make them accessible, interoperable and reusable.
Submitted by Helen Lynch on 6 August 2009 - 12:52pm. - Helen Lynch's blog
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