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SFU researchers share in $7.5 million e-learning research grant
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October 15, 2003
A team of Simon Fraser University researchers led by School of Interactive Arts and Technology director Tom Calvert will participate in a $7.5 million research effort to help develop Canada’s expertise in electronic learning (e-learning).
The Learning Objects Repository Network (LORNET) includes research teams from six Canadian universities. Its goal is to increase the usability, efficiency and usefulness of a network of learning objects repositories.
Louise Bertrand, head of Télé-université in Montreal, announced the $7.5 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for the five-year project today. The project is led by Gilbert Paquette of Télé-université. The Universities of Waterloo, Ottawa and Saskatchewan, and l’École Polytechnique de Montréal are also participating.
Learning objects include text documents, images, multimedia files, software and complete courses. LORNET aims to improve the usability of collections (repositories) of learning objects so that people creating e-learning courses and programs can easily retrieve and re-use already existing learning objects.
The SFU team is comprised of faculty members and graduate students from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, located at SFU’s Surrey campus. The SFU researchers will be looking at how to make learning object repositories easily accessible regardless of the computer hardware and software they were created with, Calvert says.
"Learning object repository networks are, at present, the most promising way to make available web-based learning and knowledge management resources to individuals and public and private sector organizations," he says. "But we need new knowledge so that learning objects created in one learning context can be re-used or re-configured for use in another environment.
Formerly SFU's dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and vice-president for Research and Information Systems, Calvert has been involved in e-learning for more than a decade and helped establish the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence in 1995.
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Website: "Proposal for a Research Network on Learning Object Repositories Network"
www.surrey.sfu.ca/research/attachments/lornet_proposal_2002.pdf
The Learning Objects Repository Network (LORNET) includes research teams from six Canadian universities. Its goal is to increase the usability, efficiency and usefulness of a network of learning objects repositories.
Louise Bertrand, head of Télé-université in Montreal, announced the $7.5 million grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council for the five-year project today. The project is led by Gilbert Paquette of Télé-université. The Universities of Waterloo, Ottawa and Saskatchewan, and l’École Polytechnique de Montréal are also participating.
Learning objects include text documents, images, multimedia files, software and complete courses. LORNET aims to improve the usability of collections (repositories) of learning objects so that people creating e-learning courses and programs can easily retrieve and re-use already existing learning objects.
The SFU team is comprised of faculty members and graduate students from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, located at SFU’s Surrey campus. The SFU researchers will be looking at how to make learning object repositories easily accessible regardless of the computer hardware and software they were created with, Calvert says.
"Learning object repository networks are, at present, the most promising way to make available web-based learning and knowledge management resources to individuals and public and private sector organizations," he says. "But we need new knowledge so that learning objects created in one learning context can be re-used or re-configured for use in another environment.
Formerly SFU's dean of Interdisciplinary Studies and vice-president for Research and Information Systems, Calvert has been involved in e-learning for more than a decade and helped establish the TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence in 1995.
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Website: "Proposal for a Research Network on Learning Object Repositories Network"
www.surrey.sfu.ca/research/attachments/lornet_proposal_2002.pdf