An objective view of learning objects - E-Learning

T+D, May, 2002 by Kevin Oakes

But because of the issues of reusability from disparate courses and vendors, the jury is still out on the ultimate success of learning objects in the e-learning industry. It will be a challenge to improve the uniformity and consistency of the learning experience delivered by a course containing a diverse set of learning objects. More innovations are needed to make learning objects a ubiquitous success.

Overall, learning objects represent an incredibly useful concept for busy professionals who want just-in-time and adaptive learning, and for authors who want reusability within their course curriculums. Although the kinks still need to be worked out, the practice of using learning objects will soon overtake the promise.

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Kevin Oakes is CEO of Click2learn. Raghavan Rengarajan is vice president of product strategy at Click2learn.