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The TeleEducation NB Programme Development Fund: Using distance education to promote economic development
(Canadian Association of Distance Education, 2000)
The initial TeleEducation New Brunswick Programme Development Fund (PDF) was a provincial economic development initiative that supported proposals for the design of online distance education courses and programs. It provided ...
Learning object repository technologies for telelearning: The evolution of POOL and CanCore
(Proceedings of the IS2002, Informing Science + IT Education Conference, 2002-07)
Repositories provide mechanisms to encourage the discovery, exchange and re-use of learning objects.
This paper describes Portals for On-line Objects in Learning (POOL), a consortium project of the
TeleLearning NCE to ...
A Typology of Learning Object Repositories
(2007-09-06)
In this paper, the investigator attempts to create a comprehensive listing of learning object repositories (LORs) and address the following research questions.
1. What types of LOR are available on the Internet?
2. What ...
A primer on metadata for learning objects: Fostering an interoperable environment
(Elearning Magazine, 2001)
As course developers gain experience and as the number of online courses grows, the importance and necessity of metadata standards becomes more apparent. The cost of developing interactive multimedia lessons is prohibitive. ...
Téléapprentissage et mondialisation de l'enseignement [English translation]
(Éducation, 2002-12)
As the new advanced training technology sector of the economy grows as a global enterprise, distance from markets is no longer a factor, particularly in the design and delivery of online courses. Small remote areas can ...
Implementing learning object metadata for mobile devices using CanCore
(Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications, 2006-02-19)
Pedagogical and other types of metadata are important in the implementation of learning systems for use by mobile devices. Metadata is key to the use of learning objects. Learning objects represent a means of rendering ...
Mobile technologies and the future of global education
(Indira Gandhi Open University, 2005-11-15)
Optimism for the future lies on the diminishing “cost” of the production and dissemination of
knowledge. This must be differentiated from the “price”. The cost reductions are based on the
increased power of technology ...
E-learning in Canada
(Idea Group Publishing, 2007-01)
Any view of elearning in Canada must be informed by the uniquely Canadian feature of provincial jurisdiction over education. Canada is the only country that does not have a national department/ministry of education. Therefore ...
Stealing the goose: Copyright and learning
(International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004-11)
The internet is the world’s largest knowledge common and the information source of first resort. Much of this information is open and freely available. However there are organizations and companies today that are trying ...
Copyright wars and learning objects
(International Journal of Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2005-08)
Learning object developers need to understand that presently there are powerful organizations of “intellectual property” owners, and vendors of music, videos, books and software that are making a concerted attack on ...