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Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs)
Team
PI:
Sabine Grunwald, Soil and Water Science
Department, University of Florida, University of Florida
Programmer / Web-Design:
Brandon Hoover, Soil and Water Science
Department, University of Florida, University of Florida
Amit Sharma, Computer Science and
Engineering, University of Florida
Time
Start: Spring 2006
Funding Source
Minigrant -
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), UF (to develop a
prototype RLO)
What are RLOs?
Digital libraries of Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) offer new avenues
to support education efforts that benefit multiple instructors, courses
and graduate programs. Because RLOs are shared educational resources they
are cost-effective and can be used to support distance education and on-campus
instruction. Reusable Learning Objects are a new type of online instruction
that provide a digital educational resource that can be reused, scaled
and shared from a central online repository in the support of instruction
and learning. Each RLO supports a single learning objective, which are
streamlined into a Digital Library of RLOs. These include, but are not
limited to text entries, web sites, bibliographies, charts, figures, maps,
models, photographs, illustrations, mini-case studies, assessments, tutorials,
simulations, animations, audio and video clips, movies, and interactive
tools. They vary in size, scope and level of granularity ranging from
small chunks of instruction to a series of combined resources to provide
a more complex learning experience.
Objectives
(1) Develop a RLO repository for soil,
water and environmental sciences
(2) Develop a suite of prototype RLOs
Results
Grunwald S., K.R. Reddy, and V. Balaji. 2007.
Reusable Learning Materials for Water Management: Indo-U.S. Partnership
under the Agricultural Knowledge Initiative. Sloan-C International Meeting
on Online Learning, Orlando, FL, Nov. 8-9, 2007. (pdf)
Grunwald S. and B. Hoover.
2006. A digital repository of Reusable Learning Objects - EcoLearnIT.
Soil and Water Science Research Forum, Gainesville, FL Sept. 15,
2006. (pdf - poster).
Grunwald S. 2007. Reusable Learning Objects. Indo-U.S.
Workshop on Innovative E-technologies for Distance Education and
Extension/Outreach for Efficient Water Mangagement. March 5-9, 2007, ICRISAT
Patancheru/Hyderabad, India. (pdf)
Access the digital repository of RLOs - EcoLearnIT:
http://ecolearnit.ifas.ufl.edu
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