Supporting usability and reusability based on eLearning standards

Author

Garcia-Robles, Rocio ; Blat, Josep ; Sayago, Sergio ; Griffiths, Dai ; Casado, Francis ; Martinez, Juanjo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Technol., Pompeu Fabra Univ., Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2004

fDate

30 Aug.-1 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

495

Lastpage

499

Abstract

The IMS-QTI, and other related specifications have been developed to support the creation of reusable and pedagogically neutral assessment scenarios and content, as stated by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. This paper discusses how current specifications both constrain the design of assessment scenarios, and limit content reusability. Also suggest some solutions to overcome these limitations. The paper is based on our experience developing and testing an IMS QTI Lite compliant assessment authoring tool, QAed. It supports teacher centering, which is quite neglected when designing such tools. In the paper, the author also discuss how to make compatible standards support and user centering in eLearning applications and provide some recommendations for the design of the user interfaces.

Keywords

authoring systems; distance learning; standards; user interfaces; IMS Global Learning Consortium; IMS QTI Lite compliant assessment authoring tool; QAed; content assessment; content reusability; eLearning standards; scenario assessment; user interfaces; Appropriate technology; Context-aware services; Electronic learning; Open source software; Packaging; Standardization; Terminology; Testing; Usability; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies, 2004. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2181-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2004.1357464

Filename

1357464