Advanced Resources related to the concept of an
                 "Educational Object Economy"

The following sites relate to online instruction, course standardization formats and use of educational multimedia objects.

Here's a master listing of sites offering free 'learning objects'
http://www.mtroyal.ca/ADC/adc_learningobjects.htm

The Learning Object Tutorial site defines what exactly learning objects are.
http://www.eduworks.com/LOTT/tutorial/

 An Introduction: What are Learning Objects?
 http://www4.uwm.edu/cie/learning_objects.cfm?gid=55
A rich array of resources from the Univ. of Wisconsin's Center for International Education.
See also their "Collections of Learning Objects"

Learning Objects and Standards Resources
http://www.learnativity.com/standresources.html

MERLOT http://www.merlot.org  Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Extensive collected multimedia resources by topic.

IMS http://www.imsproject.org   Instructional Management Systems standards - an industry site focused on promoting standards among all Instructional Management Systems so content can be easily shifted between systems.

Advanced Distributed Learning http://adlnet.org

Simcalc http://www.simcalc.umassd.edu Univ. of Mass. Research and development in technology and curriculum
dedicated to democratizing access to the Mathematics of
Change and Variation, including ideas underlying Calculus.

Squeak http://www.squeak.org    Disney's efforts at interactive instruction
Squeak is a highly portable, open-source Smalltalk with powerful multimedia facilities. Squeak is the vehicle for a wide range of projects from educational platforms to commercial web application development.