1. LOR LEARNNING OBJECT REPOSATORY Virtual Labs
As an instructor teaching Aid
A walk through creating LOR
Dr. Yaser Abdalla
Dept. of computer science & Inf.

2. Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember;
involve me and I’ll understand. Chinese proverb

3. What activities should the environment support ?
Learner
Understand the structure of information
Access various resources: information, tools, others
Follow assignments, produce, create
Have fun
Socialize and collaborate
Trainer
Support the construction of knowledge
Organize access to resources
Ensure learning
Ensure motivation
Ensure coordination

4. Why use an LOR?

5. Interconnected Goals
TELL/SHOW: To provide theoretical content on a specific topic typically by reading text, watching an animation, or listening to narration. May also include references to examples.
PRACTICE: To provide an opportunity for students to apply the theoretical content. Learners do something with what they are learning—practice a procedure, play a game, answer questions.
EVALUATE: To provide an opportunity to reinforce and/or assess learning.

6. How does an LOR work? Searchable, shareable Learning Metadata resource
Object
Metadata

7. How does an LOR work? point
So – there is a haystack and there is a needle.
needle
sharp
Before putting the needle into the haystack, where it will be lost forever, we need to add TAGS (or KEYWORDS) – in this case, ‘needle’, ‘pointy’ and ‘sharp’.

8. Learning Object Repository (LOR)
How does an LOR work?
Learning Object:
Document (Word etc.)
Image
Audio
Video
NOW learning room unit(s) or topic(s)
Learning Object Repository (LOR)
Attach metadata + publish to… 

9. A Little About the Development Process
Subject Matter Expert
Storyboarder
Modelers and Programmers

10. Virtual Learning Environments
E-Learning is de facto web-based learning
VLEs enable learner centered models
Contents
Services
Users
Learning
Process

11. Data
Mining
VLE
Learning
Object
Repository LO
User
Interaction LO LO

12. Learning Objects LOs are diverse: Courses SCORM, LD, HTML, …
Exercises PDF, QTI, …
Examples PDF, PPT, ODP, …
Multimedia elements JPEG, MP3, MOV, …
Simulations Applets, Flash
Source code C, Java, …
Data XLS, SPSS, …
Equations LaTeX, MathML, …
Other CML, XML, …

13. Software Options Proprietary Open Source
PowerPoint (readily available on most computers)
SoftChalk (can be costly for a site license but is really good)
Java applet
Macromedia flash
Macromedia story board
Open Source
GLO Maker (generative learning object maker)
11/12/2018

14. For Biochemistry
The Formation of Ester Bonds in the Synthesis of Lipids
StarBiochem is a biochemistry simulation program that show the protein and cell structures

15. For Biology Animal cell
StarGenetics_local is a simulation program for genetic mutation and analysis
Construction of Cell membrane

16. For Mathematics
Venn Diagram
Newton’s low

17. For Physics Heat Transfer Optical refraction
Radiation in magnetic field

18. For Computer
CD ROM Simulation
Computer CPU
Logic gates