<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Brickell, Jean</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kanuth, Michelle</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Freeman, Vicki</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Latshaw, Sandra</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Larson, Carol</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Learning Objects: Resources for Instruction</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006-07-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">184-187</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.29074/ascls.19.3.184</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able to describe learning objects (LOs) and discuss their use in clinical laboratory sciences instruction.DESIGN: Through a questionnaire, educators evaluated clinical laboratory sciences-related LOs for accessibility, usability and instructional qualities.SETTING: LOs were presented on a password-accessed website. Evaluations were completed on the website.PARTICIPANTS: Nine educators participated in the evaluation.INTERVENTIONS: The LOs were made available to participants for use in their own instructional material.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): The evaluation measured educators' interest in and perceived usefulness of LOs in clinical laboratory sciences curriculum.RESULTS: On a scale of one to five with one equal to poor and five equal to excellent, participants rated LOs as accessible (4.68) and usable (4.61). Ninety-eight percent stated that they would use LOs in their curriculum. Fifty-seven percent stated that they could attribute improved learning performance on student exposure to LOs.CONCLUSION: LOs are useful, relevant, and time-saving resources to clinical laboratory sciences instruction.ABBREVIATIONS: CLS = clinical laboratory sciences; LO = learning object.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>