Title :
Integration view of Web Labs and Learning Management Systems
Author :
Sancristobal, Elio ; Castro, Manuel ; Harward, Judson ; Baley, Philip ; DeLong, Kimberly ; Hardison, James
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Spanish Univ. for Distance Educ., Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
The integration of Learning Management Systems and specific learning support applications known as Web Labs (remote and virtual laboratories) are the target of a new wave of service-oriented applications devoted to improving on-line learning experiences. Nowadays these solution works in a separet way therefore the students teachers, administration must log in different systems, the are not reusing services, etc. For these an other reasion in this paper we are focus in two topics. In one hand we describe a technique to present a web lab through a browser delivered by an LMS as a part of SCORM standard packaging. In other hand we describe a service-oriented architecture which allow integrating multiple LMSs (Moodle, .LRN, Claroline, etc.) with iLabs and multiples web an remote labs to supply the full functionality needed by educators.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; laboratories; software architecture; SCORM standard packaging; Web labs; iLabs; learning management systems; learning support applications; online learning experiences; service oriented applications; service-oriented architecture; Decision support systems; Electronic learning; Helium; Laboratories; Least squares approximation; Packaging; Service oriented architecture; Virtual reality; Web services; Learning management system; Web services; e-learning; e-learning standards; iLabarchitecture; remote Labs; virtual labs;
Conference_Titel :
Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6568-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6570-5
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492363