OER Knowledge CloudConference Proceedings20142014/09do Amaral, Anderson RoqueZaina, Luciana A M.Jr., Jose Rodrigues F.social tagginglearning objectsfolksonomyUruguayIEEE1 - 9978-1-4799-6130-6Social tagging has been recognized as an important solution to the description of resources available on the Web. In the context of e-learning it is presented as an auxiliary mechanism to the composition of learning object metadata. This article aims to present the results of a study on the state of the art of works related to social tagging and learning objects, promoting a discussion about the main elements related to the concepts.yes10.1109/CLEI.2014.6965111http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6965111http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6965111Portuguese version.pdfMontevideo, Uruguay