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Guidelines for Authors of Learning Objects

This practitioner-focused monograph, authored by Rachel Smith and produced with sponsorship from McGraw-Hill, provides straightforward suggestions and tips for authors of learning objects.

Included topics are the range and types of learning objects, pedagogical and design considerations, as well as discussions of standards, metadata, interoperability, and reusability.

Guidelines Monograph

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(32 pages; 1.6 Mb) this is a pdf file

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Permission is granted to replicate and distribute this monograph freely provided that it is distributed only in its entirety.

Companion Materials

Guidelines Companion Website
The Companion Website provides access to a variety of useful tools and other resources for learning object development. A special page contains materials used in Guidelines Workshops. The Companion Website will also feature updates and current information about the Guidelines.

Advisory & Editorial Board Members
Joan Falkenberg Getman
Cornell University
Jason Rosenblum
St. Edward’s University
Michael J. Havice
Marquette University
Janet C. Smith
Graduate School of Education / University of Pennsylvania
Larry Johnson
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Rachel Smith
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Michelle LaMar
CSU Center for Distributed Learning
Lou Zweier
CSU Center for Distributed Learning
Suzanne McGinnis
University of Richmond
Francis Bartholet
Missouri Southern State College
Susan E. Metros
The Ohio State University
Regan O. Caruthers
McGraw-Hill Higher Education