Content metadata application and packaging service (CMAPS) - innovative framework for producing SCORM-compliant e-learning content

This paper discusses the application of metadata to SCORM-compliant e-learning content in the broader context of proposed content metadata application and packaging service (CMAPS) framework. The CMAPS framework is developed on the basis of a process model, for producing high-quality e-learning content, proposed by the Learning Systems Architecture Lab (LSAL) at Carnegie Mellon University. The original LSAL model is expanded by introducing a new sub-stage needed to better identification of assets comprising educational resources and easy creation of asset metadata. For the needs of CMAPS two new IEEE LOM metadata application profiles are created and their elements explained. Finally the proposed CMAPS framework is described and a brief overview of the expected functionality of its modules is present.