This important resource is filled with illustrative examples and sample strategies that apply to a wide variety of situations. After you have completed the book s numerous worksheets and checklists, you will have the foundation to form a strategic document for your stakeholders, vendors, developers, and others.

Praise for Creating a Reusable Learning Objects Strategy

“This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in reusable learning objects. It s a veritable encyclopedia of everything you need to know to successfully conceptualize, create, manage, and distribute flexible digital content for teaching, learning, and performance support.”
Ellen Wagner, director of higher education, Macromedia, Inc.

“Any organization moving into the implementation of learning objects should read this book.”
Judy Brown, executive director, Academic ADL Co-Lab, University of Wisconsin System

“An excellent introduction and guide, based on real-world experience, to the life cycle of reusable content. A must read for those responsible for using e-learning technology to increase ROI of training and education programs.”
Steve Griffin, COO and cofounder, IMS Global Learning Consortium

“Chuck Barritt and Lee Alderman know what they’re talking about! They know what works and what doesn t. If you are trying to figure out how RLOs can simplify course design, reduce content redundancies, and leverage development efforts, read this book.”
Kim E. Ruyle, director, learning and development, Siemens Dematic Material Handling Automation

Chuck Barritt.  For the past two years, Chuck’s responsibilities have included the creation of the Learning Object strategy for Cisco Systems, providing authors training, support, templates, standards and instructional methodologies to design and implement learning objects.  Chuck is also tasked with the growth and improvement of the strategy through research, implementation data and evaluation results. Prior to Cisco Systems, Inc., Chuck worked a similar project at Oracle, Corp called the Oracle Learning Architecture.