Basic unit of content is a module

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The Connexions System
Content Organization Modular, Reusable

• A Web-based learning, teaching, and publishing
  environment
• Makes knowledge available to any student with
  Internet access
• Combines free authoring and publishing tools with
  an open-access content repository
• Promotes collaboration among scholars and
  institutions
• Content can be revised and distributed in
  seconds, not years
• Creative Commons license allows free use and
  reuse of content

• Basic unit of content is a module
• Modules are small chunks of knowledge,
  addressing one topic or a single aspect of a
  complex topic
• Sounds, movies, animations, images, equations,
  and more can be included in modules
• Multiple modules can be organized into a course
  or textbook
• Combine modules from different authors to build a
  course or collection to fit your needs
• Link to related material in Connexions or
  anywhere on the Internet

How Information Flows Through Connexions
Modules and Books in Print
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Navigation
Lenses for Quality Filtering

• Title page lists links to all the modules in the
  collection
• Each module has links to a table of contents and
  the next and previous modules
• Links to related material listed in every module

• Enables preferential locating and viewing of
  modules and courses
• Provided by 3rd party reviewers and editorial
  bodies
• Each lens has a different focus, specified by the
  provider
• Makes tagging of content possible by lens
  providers

Modules in a course provide back and forward
links to their neighbors in the course, and a
link to the course table of contents.
Table of Contents on main course page lists the
full outline of sections and modules
Connexions automatically provides links to
relatedConnexions content
Authors provide internal and external links to
supplement the module
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