SLOOP: Sharing Learning Objects in an Open Perspective.

Papers submitted by partners, September 2007

PARTNERSItaly* ITSOS (Istituto Tecnico Statale Sperimentale ad Ordinamento Speciale) ‘Marie Curie’ di Cernusco sulNaviglio (promoter)* CNR - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche - Sezione di Palermo* Formaper – Azienda Speciale della Camera di Commercio di Milano* Centro METID – Metodologie e Tecnologie Innovative per la Didattica- Politecnico di Milano* Scienter – Ricerca e Innovazione per la Formazione – BolognaIreland* Cork College of Commerce* DEIS, Department of Education - Cork Institute of TechnologyRomania*Universitatea “Dunarea de Jos” - GalatiSlovenia* Univerza v Ljubljani - Naravoslovnotehni ‘ka fakulteta, Oddelek za kemijsko izobra’ evanje ininformatikoSpain* FUOC, Fundación Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - Barcelona

The SLOOP Project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................5The sloop idea : Sharing free / open learning objects......................................................................................10FreeLOms : A learning object management system..........................................................................................16Learning object metadata (LOM) in SLOOP...................................................................................................32Open source and the co - operative relationship..............................................................................................47SLOOP: The attempt to progress the learning economy through an open source attitude...............................57Sloop project impact on Dunarea De Jos university virtual community..........................................................70E - learning in public administration................................................................................................................81Learning environment and learning objects : A successful synergy.................................................................86E - learning in chemistry : To use it or not to use it........................................................................................95Learning how to create learning objects: An opportunity for the teaching community..................................113Evaluation as an inherent process to promote and support continuous quality improvement and learningamongst the involved parties..........................................................................................................................123