In preparation for the FINAL(!!!) assignment, I Googled the phase "re-using training materials." The first site I reviewed was a sales pitch for http://www.flextraining.com/. This company has e-learning software for sale that can customize your company's existing training materials for online leaning. The website says this can be done quickly but I don't think it works that way!
The next site http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningcapital/reproduce.aspx, discussed projects that had been funded specifically to re-purpose materials. There were case studies and links to ongoing projects. This site was very interesting and will be a useful resource for my final project.
The final site reviewed this evening was a Blackboard quick start guide. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/training/documentation/bb7_docs/Quick_Reference_Guide_Reusing_and_Reorganizing_Courses.pdf
This article discussed the use of metadata and learning objects so that specific information within one course can be accessed by other course developers and used within a different course.
This seems like a project I have in my head for my own classes. I teach within a two year long program. The content that is covered in each class must also be reviewed and integrated into all the subsequent classes. I need to think ahead while developing courses and adequately tag the information for quick retrieval in other course development.
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