Towards reusability and tailorability in collaborative learning systems using IMS-LD and grid services

CSCL applications are complex distributed systems that pose/nspecial requirements towards achieving success in educational/nsettings. Flexible and efficient design of collaborative activities/nby educators is a key precondition in order to provide CSCL tailorable systems, capable of adapting to the...

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Autores: Bote-Lorenzo, Miguel L., Hernández Leo, Davinia, Dimitriadis, Yannis, Asensio-Pérez, Juan I., Gómez-Sánchez, Eduardo, Vega-Gorgojo, Guillermo, Vaquero-Gónzalez, Luis M.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/16735
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/16735
http://dx.doi.org/10.2316/Journal.208.2004.3.208-0810
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Aprenentatge -- Treball en equip
Tecnologia educativa
Ensenyament -- Innovacions
CSCL systems
Reusability
Tailorability
IMS-LD
Grid Services
Descrição
Resumo:CSCL applications are complex distributed systems that pose/nspecial requirements towards achieving success in educational/nsettings. Flexible and efficient design of collaborative activities/nby educators is a key precondition in order to provide CSCL tailorable systems, capable of adapting to the needs of each/nparticular learning environment. Furthermore, some parts of/nthose CSCL systems should be reused as often as possible in/norder to reduce development costs. In addition, it may be necessary to employ special hardware devices, computational resources that reside in other organizations, or even exceed the/npossibilities of one specific organization. Therefore, the/nproposal of this paper is twofold: collecting collaborative/nlearning designs (scripting) provided by educators, based on/nwell-known best practices (collaborative learning flow patterns) in a standard way (IMS-LD) in order to guide the tailoring of CSCL systems by selecting and integrating reusable CSCL software units; and, implementing those units in the form of grid services offered by third party providers. More specifically, this paper outlines a grid-based CSCL system having these features and illustrates its potential scope and applicability by means of a sample collaborative learning scenario.