Analysis of the Pedagogical Attributes of Learning Objects in an attempt to identify Reusable Designs

This paper describes the development and deployment of a tool designed to analyse and differentiate the pedagogical attributes of a collection of mature reusable learning objects. The tool was developed using an application of IMS Learning Design together with Pattern Language. The results show that a great degree of variability existed in the pedagogical attributes of learning objects. Similarly the tool allowed the relationships between attributes to be determined. The results of this work will allow analysis of the extent to which different pedagogical attributes affect patterns of reuse of learning objects and inform the development of reusable designs.