Digital Repositories - E-Learning For Everyone |

Digital repositories, in the broadest sense, are used to store any digital material. However digital repositories for learning objects are considerably more complex both in terms of what needs to be stored and how it may be delivered. The term "learning object" is not intended to be restrictive but refers to any digital asset which can be used to enable teaching or learning. Neither does a learning object imply some specific size. It may refer to many different types of object from simple images or video clips, through complex questions, to collections of objects arranged in one or more sequences. In fact, an examination of the granularity of objects to be stored in a digital repository is a good place to start. If the objects are references to complete courses or substantial modules of courses then a digital repository is no more than a portal, a form of access to the material. What makes a digital repository much more than a portal is the ability to discover a learning object and put it to a new use. The purpose of a digital repository is not simply safe storage and delivery but sharing and reuse.

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