eduSource: Creating learning object repositories in Canada

Abstract

EduSource is a comprehensive project that ties together various work packages and creates synergies between its partners and associates. All of the partners are Canadian organizations and meaningful work will be carried out in every region of the country. Moreover each partner brings unique skills to the project and the work packages have been organized to ensure that those skills bolster and complement one another. For example, CanCore guidelines are developed in Alberta through Athabasca University but implemented in the CanLOM metadata repository in New Brunswick and in Explor@ in Quebec. In fact, the wide-scale adoption of CanCore demonstrates how the principles of interoperability and open systems have guided our previous projects and are the foundation of our present work together.