Abstract

IMS Learning Design is a specification to capture the orchestration taking place in a learning scenario. This paper presents an extension called Generic Service Integration. This paradigm allows a bidirectional communication between the course engine in charge of the orchestration and conventional Web 2.0 tools. This communication allows the engine to configure external services so as to adjust their behaviour, and also retrieve information about their activity and use it to influence the orchestration process. This extension impacts all the phases of the life cycle of a learning activity: authoring, deployment and enactment. The paper analyses this impact and proposes appropriate adjustments. A pilot test was conducted and the obtained results show that learning experiences that adapt their flow-based on third party tools while maintaining interoperability, reusability and self-containment requirements are feasible.

Citation

de-la-Fuente-Valentín, L., Pardo, A. & Kloos, C.D. (2011). Generic service integration in adaptive learning experiences using IMS learning design. Computers & Education, 57(1), 1160-1170. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 6, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/50731/.

Keywords

• architectures for educational technology system
• Computer Software
• Computer Software Evaluation
• Computer System Design
• Distributed learning environments
• educational technology
• electronic learning
• Electronic Publishing
• instructional design
• intelligent tutoring systems
• Learning Activities
• multimedia/hypermedia systems
• programming
• Web Based Instruction
• Web Sites