Repurposing learning objects: sustainable?

Recent experience shows that reusable learning objects, like the computer assisted learning programmes of the early 1990s, have so far failed to achieve expected levels of integration into educational practice. This is despite technical interoperability, cataloguing systems, high quality standards, targeted dissemination and professional development initiatives. This paper proposes a sustainable and participative approach to reuse that involves repurposing learning objects for different discipline areas.