workstations that turn any classroom with a broadband connection into a distance learning centre with 

H.323 video conferencing, application sharing and multimedia content. Content is served from a variety of 

servers from companies such as SGI, Callisto and Apple. Content Repurposing Facilities are used to 

digitize and tag content. BELLE has been asked to share this work with other Learning Program projects 

through a subcommittee that is investigating the technical requirements of object repositories. 

The aim of BELLE is to weave these four areas together to make a prototype for an educational object 

repository. While this prototype will not be a fully functional or complete repository, it is intended to test, 

evaluate and document the key components of such a structure. 

Features  

This is an ambitious but well funded programme that supports the work of the CAREO project and 

makes available with a wider group of project partners. The four areas of development are of 

significant interest and should be closely monitored. 

BELLE is working with other Learning Program projects to share resources and expertise. In 

particular, BELLE has aligned itself with the POOL (Portal for Online Objects in Learning) and 

LearnCanada to cooperate in areas such as metadata and infrastructure. 

Developing a set of metadata core may appear exclusive to Canada alone, we trust it will incorporate 

international standards; 

Not actually a new repository, see note in background above. 

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