TY - JOUR AU - Downes, Stephen PY - 2001/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Learning Objects: Resources For Distance Education Worldwide JF - The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning JA - IRRODL VL - 2 IS - 1 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.19173/irrodl.v2i1.32 UR - https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/32 SP - AB - This article discusses the topic of learning objects in three parts. First, it identifies a need for learning objects and describes their essential components based on this need. Second, drawing on concepts from recent developments in computer science, it describes learning objects from a theoretical perspective. Finally, it describes learning objects in practice, first as they are created or generated by content authors, and second, as they are displayed or used by students and other client groups. ER -