Learning Object Evaluation

Abstract

Key Terms in this Chapter

E-Learning: The use of Internet technologies for learning activities to promote a wide display of solutions for improving knowledge and performance.

Knowledge Management System: Knowledge that must be used to improve learning into a teaching and learning process supported by a set of applications that is used to deliver courses to students.

Learning Objects Normalization: Adjust aggregation level of learning object to a specific structure for instructional design.

Quality Learning Objects: A property or group of properties inherent in a learning object, which aim to value them as equal, better or worst than other ones.

Learning Objects: A unit with a learning objective, together with digital and independent capabilities containing one or a few related ideas and accessible through metadata to be reused in different contexts and platforms.

Learning Objects Repository (LOR): Collections of learning objects that are accessible via Internet. They function like portals with a Web-based user interface, a search service and a catalogue for the resources contained.

Metadata: Coded information about a learning object that aims to describe and manage them in the learning object repository.