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The IUP Journal of Knowledge Management :
Learning Object Repositories: An Emerging Knowledge Management Tool for Sharing and Reusing Learning Resources
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In today's knowledge-driven economy, academic institutions are finding it difficult to manage their knowledge resources and cope with demanding situations. Knowledge resources, on the other hand, have gained importance and hold the key to scholarly teaching and learning environment. Against this backdrop, academic institutions want to equip their students with necessary skills to make them ready to take on the challenges of an ever-evolving enterprise. This requires an educator who is no longer only a "dispenser of knowledge" but also a "facilitator of learning". A Learning Object (LO) is a "modular digital resource," a discrete piece of content that has educational value. Learning objects that are stored in databases or archives are called as Learning Object Repositories. Faculties/teachers can make use of these LOs simultaneously within and between academic institutions and enhance the teaching and learning quality. This paper introduces the concept of a Learning Object Repository (LOR) and discusses the need for a learning object repository in academic institutions for effective teaching and knowledge sharing. It explores the practical problems emerging in this context, like faculty participation, quality of learning objects, quality of metadata, etc.

This is an era of global competition, where the economy is fueled by knowledge. In order to meet the challenges of the new education and training needs of this economy, the academic institutions have to cope up to the shifting demands of employers and the changing aspirations of students.To meet the challenges of the expanding educational scenario, insufficient resources and facilities, there is a need to teach differently, to embrace new technologies and exploit cost-effective ways of teaching and learning. Research provides ample evidence to show that how a faculty teaches is as important as what the faculty teaches, not only in terms of its impact on the process skills the students develop, but also in terms of the content information that they learn. The goal must be to equip students with well-developed skills that enable them to be lifelong learners, ready to face the challenges of an ever-changing global enterprise. Developing these skills in students calls for an educator who is a "facilitator of learning" and no longer only a "dispenser of knowledge".

 
 
 

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