The Information Technology Services and Faculty of Wesleyan University are working together to continue developing interactive learning tools and animations that will help students visualize difficult concepts through the Learning Objects Program. This program provides users an explanation of what learning objects are and why they are useful, along with a valid assessment of the collaborative models.

Please visit the site to learn how a learning object is processed at Wesleyan. The process encourages faculty to propose new learning objects, and a set of tools helps users select materials.

An example of a current project from the Arts and Humanities department is the Music in the Afghan North, 1967-1972 by Mark Slobin, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University. This provides users pathways to the fieldwork experience Solbin went through during his time spent in Afghanistan. He states, “Putting this all into a web site has proven to be an extraordinarily experience.”

Another example project is the Long Island Sound Ocean Tides Simulation by Suzanne O’Connell Associate Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, at Wesleyan University. She explains how students are regularly confused on how ocean tides work. Therefore, by using this learning object students can effectively learn with the interactive visual effects.

To learn more about the various projects visit the Learning Object Program.