Purposed Objects: Goals
Discovery of learning objects
Deployment of learning objects (e.g., content model & protocols for exchanging objects)
Management and use of learning objects (e.g., control integration of multiple objects, sequencing of those objects and launching object methods)
Management of interactions among teachers & learners, the learning objects, and instructional shells (e.g., TopClass, Blackboard, WebCt) and enterprise software (PeopleSoft)
Result: Pretty complex stuff