The SLOOP project aimed to promote the integration of eLearning and face-to-face learning to improve effectiveness. It involved partnerships between universities and organizations. The project developed open learning objects and a collaborative process for teachers to create, modify, and share learning objects using a free learning management system called FreeLOms. Evaluation found that the SLOOP site and learning objects were utilized by hundreds of registered users across multiple countries and disciplines.

1. The SLOOP project

3. The partnership DEIS – Cork Institute of Technology Cork College of Commerce Open University of Catalunya ITSOS CNR METID SCIENTER FORMAPER University Dunarea de Jos (Galati)‏ University of Ljubljana

5. The SLOOP idea BiTE Conference Ipswich, UK, 5th December 2003

6. A reference model Open Content Free/OpenSource software Richard Stallman

7. Creative Commons licences Different licences on the basis of the following elements: attribution non commercial no derivative share alike

8. A collaborative process FreeLOms Teacher extracts a LO Course planning COURSE Producing LO Modifying LO Teacher inserts LO

9. SLOOP results The SLOOP site LOs for teachers training (metaLOs)‏ LOs for students training Model of free/open LO Community of practice Teachers training courses The FreeLOms (free LO management system)‏

10. SLOOP site (Moodle)‏ www.sloopproject.eu

11. MetaLOs 8 LO in 5 languages How to produce and use LOs (standard SCORM)‏

13. Teacher courses Courses for SLOOP partners 1 English & 1 Italian Cascade courses 2 English 2 Italian 1 Spanish 1 Romanian 1 Slovenian

14. Course model Learning by doing (producing LOs for the students)‏ Experimenting on themselves the learning environment to be used by the students Collaborative learning in a virtual class

15. Teacher course on Moodle

16. A collaborative experience 2 tutor, 39 participants 41 discussions 687 posts 833 messages during 9 weeks More then 13 posts/day 29 LO produced ITSOS cascade course for Italian teachers

17. Math LOs

18. English LOs

19. Other LOs

20. Community At the end of the project (september 2007)‏ 436 registered users Italy 299 Spain 44 Romania 24 Ireland 16 Slovenja 5 and others from Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgio, Brasile, Canada, Cile, Colombia, Estonia, India, Indonesia, Islanda, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Messico, Nuova Zelanda, Polonia, Portorico, Portogallo, Qatar, Singapore, Sultanato del Brunei, Svezia, Svizzera, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela

21. Contacts (last 9 months)‏ The above map depicts: 3,769 visits from 2 Feb 2008 to 30 Oct 2008

22. [email_address] http://www.sloopproject.eu