It occured to me today that learning objects, and the “EduCommons”:http://educommons.org/ project in particular, could learn some interesting lessons from libraries and CPAN.
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Learning objects as Chia Pets
There have been so many learning objects metaphors that have flown around…. It’s been no secret that I hate the LEGO metaphor, and the seed crystal metaphor I proposed in 1999 hasn’t gone anywhere. So here are a few thoughts about a new metaphor.