1. Course Management Systems, Learning Object Repositories, and the Changing Role of Libraries Michael Roy Director of Academic Computing Services & Digital Library Projects Wesleyan University mroy@wesleyan.edu Slides at http://mroy.web.wesleyan.edu/talks/nelinet05/http://mroy.web.wesleyan.edu/talks/nelinet05/

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3. What is a learning object? Chick embryo Virtual Instrument Museum Literature Review Searching on-line databases

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8. What is a learning object repository? LoLa video LoLa demo LoLa editorial process LoLa architecture

10. Catalog of LO Repositories

11. LoLa Editorial Process Paid Cataloger Interested Unpaid User General editor Music Editors InfoLit Editors Music.lolaexchange.org Infolit.lolaexchange.org General Editors

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