Learning Objects References

Learning Objects Discussion

The instructional use of learning objects, David Wiley
http://www.reusability.org/read/

Bob Beck’s learning object bibliography
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/LO_bib.html#Connecting

Selected Digital Libraries

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
http://www.merlot.org/
MERLOT is a free and open resource designed for faculty in higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.

BioQuest
http://www.bioQuest.org/
BioQUEST is a consortium of over 100 college biology educators and computer software developers who have developed and are continuing to produce quality biology curricular materials, simulations and tools.

CIE Occasional Page: Learning Objects
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIE/AOP/learningobjects.html

Citidel
Computing and Information Technology Interactive Digital Educational Library
http://www.citidel.org/
A digital library of materials on computing and computer science education at all levels.

Computer Science Teaching Center (CSTC)
http://www.cstc.org/
A repository of peer-reviewed teaching resources for computer science educators.

Digital Library for Earth Systems Education
http://www.dlese.org
A community-based resource for those involved in the earth sciences. Includes a digital library and communities of interest.

History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/wwwhistory.php
Best of the World Wide Web resources in history from the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.

iLumina
http://turing.csc.uncwil.edu/ilumina/homePage.xml
iLumina is a shareable library of shareable undergraduate teaching materials for science mathematics, technology and engineering.

Math Forum
http://www.mathforum.org/
The Math Forum is an online knowledge building community for the teaching and learning of mathematics. Math Forum contains mentoring projects, public forums, an online mathematics library, ask-an-expert services and online educational materials.

Mathematical Sciences Digital Library
http://www.mathdl.org/
An online resource run by the Mathematical Association of America and hosted by the Math Forum. MathDL. Provides a catalog of mathematics and commercial products and digital classroom resources.

National Engineering Education Delivery System
http://www.needs.org
NEEDS is an digital library of courseware and other instructional software for engineering education.

Health Education Assets Library HEAL
http://www.healcentral.org/index.htm

SPIDER
http://eee.uci.edu/programs/SPIDER/index.html
Online database of materials for use in writing and composition at UC Irvine

The SMETE initiative
National Science, Mathamatics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/ehr/due/programs/nsdl/