Learning Objects

WHAT IS A LEARNING OBJECT? An educational resource usually digital and web-based content which is reusable. Includes instructional content, multimedia content, learning objectives, instructional software and tools.

Learning Objects
WHAT IS A LEARNING OBJECT? Must be instructional content, practice, and assessment. A key issue is the use of metadata. Audience is online education communities across the world everyone who has a computer and the internet.

Open Sources
WHAT ARE OPEN SOURCES? Another name is Freeware yes, free! Criterions: Free distribution, source code available, and no license required are a few. Open to and for the world to take, to modify and to reuse. Example my Power Points.

The Comparison
Innovations must be presented in terms that meaningful for teaching practices. (Spector, Ch. 29, Sect. 4) Both can be protected but on different levels. The open source by intellectual property rights. (Spector, Ch. 30, Sect. 3)