A test of ‘Generative Learning Object’ capacity to incorporate EBL. Consideration of the use of HEI teaching strategies to attract and prepare potential students from non-traditional cohorts. To introduce potential students to the reflective learning essential at university level; minority disciplines not encountered in the 14-19 curriculum and the potential cross disciplinary nature of university study. The potential ways that collections can be disseminated and used in real and virtual communities. The possibilities offered by digital capture of objects in real and virtual communities. Templates for enquiry that can be applied to the encountering and constructing of any ‘collection’.