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Developing Criteria for Successful Learning Repositories

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 1))

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There are now a number of learning repositories available for teachers to use to source content material (learning objects) to use in their teaching. How have these learning repositories come into being? How are they organized? Just what is a learning object? There are several factors which must work together to make a learning repository sustainable. In this paper these cultural, social and technical factors will be explored. Two cases will be contrasted — a struggling repository in Hong Kong and a successful digital library in the US. From this comparison, a number of key success factors emerge.

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  1. Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

    Carmel McNaught

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  1. School of Technology, Dept. of Informatics and Systems, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal, Rua do Vale de Chaves - Estefanilha, 2910-761, Setúbal, Portugal

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    Vitor Pedrosa

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McNaught, C. (2007). Developing Criteria for Successful Learning Repositories. In: Filipe, J., Cordeiro, J., Pedrosa, V. (eds) Web Information Systems and Technologies. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74063-6_2

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