This presentation was given at the North Carolina Community College Distance Learning Association on Nov 7, 2011. The audience for this presentation was for NCCCS faculty.

1. THE BENEFIT TO FACULTY AND NCLOR 5.0
Jonathon Sweetin, NCLOR System Administrator
NC3ADL Conference Nov 7,2011

2.  What is the North Carolina Learning Object
repository (NCLOR)?
 Ways to Access the NCLOR
 LMS vs. Main Interface
 What goes in the NCLOR?
 Accessing the NCLOR
 Searching vs. Contributing
 What benefits does it bring to faculty?
 Planned features in NCLOR 5.1

3.  North Carolina’s C K-20* online centralized
searchable database that stores teaching
resources.
 NCLOR Main Interface: Provides a centralized
location for the acquisition, contribution, and
management of quality learning resources
 Single sign on integration of Blackboard and
Moodle learning management systems

4. Searching, Contributing , Use in F2F Searching & Adding to LMS
LO Development
SoftChalk
(Guest Content Only) Main Interface Log in
NCLOR Server

5.  NCCCS faculty members currently can start
searching for content to add to online courses.
Blackboard Moodle

6.  Contributor
(main interface only)
 Get an account at
explorethelor.org
 Review the tutorials
 Start contributing
 New Features:
 Subject Cloud
 Follow Link
 5.0 Tutorials*

7. NCLOR 4.1 NCLOR 5.0
Delayed
TBA

8. Documents
Zip Files
Videos* • Tutorials
• Learning
Objects
Images
Audio
Files
Web Resources
• Podcasts Classroom
• YouTube Ed. Captures
Content
• Google Books

9.  Over 13,000 teaching resources
 Duke University Geriatric Nursing Collection
 Health Info. Technology Workforce Training Collection
 NC Alliance of Surgical Technology Educators Collection
 The National Repository of Online Courses
 SAS –Curriculum Pathways
 Explorer Virtual Microscope
 Harvard, Yale and MIT video courses
 NCCCS Virtual Learning Community (VLC)
 Khan Academy
 See complete list at http://explorethelor.org/collections/

10. Discipline Resources
Agricultural and Natural Sciences 1693
Arts and Humanities 2094
Business 349
Career and Technical Education 481
Computer Science 184
Design 34
Education 509
Engineering 577
Health Medical Sciences 901
Information Sciences 26
Language Arts 192
Mathematics 3083
Other 122
Physical Sciences 2759
Social and Behavioral Sciences 1015

11.  Smart Content Storage
 Access to pre-constructed course content
 Peer collaboration on resources
 Access to enhanced, interactive, and engaging
resources
 Use of a sophisticated search utility
 Access to VLC and other system licensed content
 Integration with a LMS such as Moodle or
Blackboard
 Peer reviewing and rating
 Ability to Bookmark and Tag useful resources

12. Moodle Course Section 1
Moodle Course Section 2

13. Moodle Course Section 1
Moodle Course Section 2
Blackboard Section 3

14. PLEASE
HELP!

18. Access to enhanced, interactive, and engaging resources

19. Subject: The US Civil War
Interactive Maps Lecture Video
Interactive Learning Object

20. Total items
available: 50
Example Resource:
Battles of
Petersburg and
Appomattox
History Animated
Collection of depictions of the key naval and land battles in WWII (Pacific
Battles), US Civil War and the US Revolution using animation technology.
Back

21. Total items
available: 4916
Resource Example:
The Civil War
National Repository of Online Courses
The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality
online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and
Advanced Placement. Subjects include: Algebra, Physics, American
Government, Psychology, Biology, Religion, Calculus, Statistics, Environmental Science
and US History.
Back

22. Total items
available: 403
Resource Example:
Lecture 27 -
Legacies of the Civil
War (Video
Lecture)
Open Yale Courses
This is a collection of Yale University open course content. The aim of the project
is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn. Subjects
include: Astronomy, English, Biomedical Engineering, History, Chemistry, History
of Art, Classics, Physics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Political
Science, Economics and Psychology.

23.  Since 2008, all learning objects and assets
used in VLC courses have been available in the
NCLOR.
 Other NCCCS system-wide licensed content
like:
 NationalRepository of Online Courses
 V-Scope Explorer

24. Total items
available: 684
Resource Example:
Physical Growth in
Middle Childhood
Virtual Learning Community: Learning Objects
The Virtual Learning Community is a collaborative effort of all of North Carolina’s
Community Colleges to increase the quality and availability of online learning and
support services. The purpose of the VLC is to develop, edit, and broker content
for curriculum and continuing education distance learning courses and to provide
professional development for distance learning faculty and staff.

25. Total items
available: 99
Resource Example:
Cat Cerebellum
Golgi Stain
V-Scope Explorer Microscope
This is fully simulated experience of using a real microscope. Focus, slide
placement, magnification choice & moving the stage controlled by mouse are all
features available in Virtual Microscope. Topics include Anatomy and Physiology
, Multicellular Plants & Animals , and Single Cell Organisms

26. The Free Text search will search
all fields associated with a
resource. (NCLOR content only)
The Browse search sorts the
resources into like characteristics
such as: all Higher Ed content or
all eBooks…etc.
Advance Search… will search
for a resource with a combined
queries.

27. New in NCLOR 5.0 is the
Filter. You can use the quick
filter to sort search results by
what type of attachment is
associated with the resource.

28. Users of any resource can use a star rating
system to evaluate the resource and leave
comments for the owner or other users to
view.

29. The new Add to
Favorites feature in 5.0
will let you bookmark
and tag the resources
you wish to review
later.
This feature is available
through the LMS and
the main interface.

30.  Publish to LMS* - Ability to push content to
online courses directly from main interface.
 QTI Question Viewer- Ability to view questions in
test banks before downloading to LMS.
 YouTube Enhancements - Ability to select
channels to customize user access.
 Flickr Integration - Ability to search and link to
public photos at Filckr.com.
 Microsoft Office Integration – Ability to publish
content directly to the NCLOR from Office.

32.  Jonathon Sweetin
 Email: sweetinj@nccommunitycolleges.edu
 Web site – http://explorethelor.org
 Visit the NCLOR:
Thank you for your interest in the NCLOR.
November 9, 2011