Integration of learning Web services into learning management systems

Learning objects are elements that have been defined as reusable entities. However, their reusability is limited by the heterogeneity of the platforms that support them and by the standards employed in their development. A proposal of ours to deal with learning objects as Web services in order to solve the reusability problem has been presented in previous works. In addition to, the modification of learning management systems has also been proposed in order to support the integration and management of the Web services. In this context, this work describes what learning Web services are and presents a learning management systems analysis to show the characteristics that are important to facilitate the integration and management of the learning web services.