These are learning object repositories (see sidebar) holding ephemeral learning assets that characterize the majority of what faculty and students use in online learning environments.

Blackboard has started beta testing a new LMS-agnostic, cloud-based learning object repository, xpLor. Seventy-two K-12 schools, colleges, and universities have joined the beta program as of Nov. 5.

Instructure has launched a limited pilot of Canvas Commons, a new learning object repository that integrates with the Canvas learning management system.

The educational landscape is littered with learning object repositories (LORs), bouncing dustily across education like purposeless tumbleweeds blown by the winds of indifference. If no one cares about ...

Learning Object Repositories, Digital Repositories, and the Reusable Life of Course Content By Phillip D. Long 04/12/04 Course management systems have gone mainstream. If your college d'esn’t have one ...