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Learning Objects Resources
Learning Objects Repositories
- Connexions
http://cnx.rice.edu/
Connexions is a Rice University learning objects project. All content is free to use and reuse under the Creative Commons "attribution" license .
- Learning About Learning Objects
http://www.learning-objects.net/modules.php?name=Web_Links
Learning About Learning Objects includes a sizable repository and forum. Learning objects are searchable by newest, most popular, and top-rated.
- LoLa Exchange - Learning Objects, Learning Activities
http://www.lolaexchange.org/
LoLa Exchange is Wesleyan Universities learning objects repository, with the primary focus being information literacy.
- HippoCampus (NEW)
http://www.hippocampus.org/
HippoCampus, a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE), offers high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge. Instructors can create an account to customize the site for their students by creating announcements and hiding unwanted subjects, courses, etc.
- Maricopia Learning Exchange
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/index.php
MLX is an electronic warehouse of ideas, examples, and resources (represented as "packages"). Each learning object has a "packing slip" with an in-depth description and form for feedback. Maricopia contributors can create or update a package at the "loading dock".
- MERLOT
http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are provided along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
- Merlot-CATS: Community of Academic Technology Staff http://cats.merlot.org/Home.po
Merlot-CATS is organized like Merlot, but is focused on learning objects related to instructional technology.
- MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
MIT OCW is a free and open educational resource. OCW makes the course materials that are used in the teaching of almost all MIT's undergraduate and graduate subjects available on the Web, free of charge, to any user anywhere in the world.
- OAIster
http://oaister.umdl.umich.edu/o/oaister/
OAIster, a project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service, is a searchable collection of freely available, previously difficult-to-access, academically-oriented digital resources. OAIster provides a Firefox search engine plugin.
- Wisc-Online - Wisconsin Online Resource Center
http://www.wisc-online.com/
The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library learning objects, developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System. Login is required, but is free.