FreeLOms: supporting the collaborative evolution of "open learning objects"

In this paper we present FreeLoms a collaborative environment for sharing and creating Learning Objects in an open perspective. FreeLoms combines the functionalities of a Learning Object Repository with those of a collaborative environment. An abstract Learning Object model was implemented in order to facilitate the management of different typologies of learning materials. Our work was conceived within SLOOP (Sharing Learning Object in an Open Perspective), a project co-financed by the European Commission, under the Leonardo Da Vinci programme.