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Figure 3: Modular content of a LO from the Philology collection
Figure 4: Example of domain-specific metadata (Second Language Teaching)
2.2 An accessible quality model for Learning Objects
A LO Quality Model is useful not only as an evaluation tool itself but also to address the construction
of LOs if applied during the construction of digital learning materials. This type of evaluation, called
process evaluation can be used to formatively assess the planning, design, development and
implementation of LOs (Williams 2000). Thus, if a quality evaluation tool is applied as part of the task
of creating digital teaching materials in order to improve their quality, it can guide teachers in the
creation of LOs. However, the quality evaluation models available for instructors (Williams 2000;
Taveira and Azevedo 2010; Watson 2010b), are not always easy to understand or apply by the mostly
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