Citation Details: Littlejohn, A. and Buckingham Shum, S. (2003). (Eds.) Reusing Online Resources (Special Issue) Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2003 (1). ISSN:1365-893X [www-jime.open.ac.uk/2003/1/]
Print versions: [PDF] [HTML] Published: 28 April, 2003	Editors: Allison Littlejohn & Simon Buckingham Shum [email]

JIME Special Issue - Commentary and Debate on:

Reusing Online Resources: A Sustainable Approach to eLearning

Edited by Allison Littlejohn, Kogan Page, London. ISBN 0749439491 [www.reusing.info]

Welcome to this Special Issue of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education, which is 'reusing' the Reusing Online Resources book as the point of departure for online discussion. [Jump to Contents]. It is interesting to consider how much activity has grown since JIME's Special Issue on Educational Authoring Tools and the Educational Object Economy in 1998. There is clearly a broader consensus on standards emerging, but what progress has there been on the fundamental ideas and infrastructure? This book and special issue are therefore a timely milestone to reflect. You will find expert contributions, grounded in technical and pedagogical experience, critiquing and refining the assumptions behind the idea of reusable learning resources.

The issue is organised as follows:

• the book's opening chapter by the editor, introducing seven key issues for reusable resources;

• invited introductions to the book's four sections - theory, design, resource and strategy perspectives - by leading educational technologists;

• an invited commentary on each chapter written for this Special Issue to open critical discussion...

• ...which can continue in the discussion area for each chapter, where authors, commentators and the wider community are invited to post their own views on the book and commentaries.

We hope that you find this a valuable companion to the book, and welcome your participation in advancing the debate in this field, one which is seeing much activity, but also provoking strong reactions.

Allison Littlejohn & Simon Buckingham Shum

Special Issue Editors

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Contents

Chapter 1: Issues in Reusing Online Resources Allison Littlejohn
Part 1: Vision and Theoretical Perspectives - Introduction by Terry Mayes
Chapter 2: Granularisation Charles Duncan	Commentary: David Nicol
Chapter 3: Keeping the Learning in Learning Objects Dan Rehak and Robin Mason	Commentary: Symeon Retalus
Chapter 4: Engaging with the Learning Object Economy Lorna Campbell	Commentary: Denise Whitelock
Chapter 5: Combining re-Usable Learning Resources to Pedagogical Purposeful Units of Learning Rob Koper	Commentary: Dai Griffiths and Rocio Garcia
Chapter 6: Models for Open Learning Katie Livingston-Vale and Philip Long	Commentary: Ramesh Sharma
Part 2: Design Perspectives - Introduction by David Wiley
Chapter 7: Reusable Educational Software: A Basis for Generic e-learning Tasks Diana Laurillard and Patrick McAndrew	Commentary: Peter Sloep
Chapter 8: Pedagogical Designs for Scaleable and Sustainable Online Learning Ron Oliver and Catherine McLoughlin	Commentary: Tom Carey
Chapter 9: Designing for Reuse and Versioning Mary Thorpe Chris Kubiak and Keir Thorpe	Commentary: Tom Carey and Kevin Harrigan
Chapter 10: Developing and Reusing Accessible Content and Applications Jutta Treviranus and Judy Brewer	Commentary: Simon Ball and Sharon Perry
Part 3: Resource Perspectives - Introduction by Mark Stiles
Chapter 11: Digital Libraries and Repositories Charles Duncan and Cuna Ekmekioglu	Commentary: Ed Walker
Chapter 12: Learning Technology Interoperability Standards Oleg Liber and Bill Olivier	Commentary: Ed Walker
Chapter 13: Use and Reuse of Digital Images in Teaching and Learning Grainne Conole, Jill Evans and Ellen Sims	Commentary: Tom Vreeland
Chapter 14: Assessing Question Banks Joanna Bull and James Dalziel	Commentary: Tom Vreeland
Chapter 15: Sharing and Re-Use of Learning Resources Across a Trans-National Network Joachim Wetterling and Betty Collis	Commentary: Ramesh Sharma
Part 4: Strategic Perspectives - Introduction: by Gilly Salmon
Chapter 16: Identifying the Complexity of Factors in the Sharing and Reuse of Resources Carmel McNaught	Commentary: Martin Oliver (also covers Chap. 18)
Chapter 17: A Comparison of Issues in Reuse of Resources in Schools and Colleges Allison Littlejohn, Insung Jung and Liz Broumley	Commentary: Terry Anderson
Chapter 18: An Incremental Approach to Staff Development in the Reuse of Learning Resources Allison Littlejohn	Commentary: Martin Oliver (also covers Chap. 16)
Chapter 19: Reuse of Resources within Communities of Practice Rachel Harris and Carol Higgison	Commentary: Terry Anderson

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