In SoftChalk LessonBuilder 6, a common authoring tool for digital learning objects, there is a feature that enables adding of metadata (information about information) details about that learning object that align with accessibility, academic, and Dublin Core metadata standards. Metadata improves the usability of a digital learning object by identifying its contents for potential users.
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The Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a referatory that points to various digital learning objects hosted on the Web and Internet. (A “referatory” points to online objects, whereas a “repository” actually contains the digital learning objects.)
Membership to this referatory is free. Members may link to their own publicly available online digital learning objects if those are hosted on a publicly accessible site.
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