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Open Source and IMS Learning Design: Building the Infrastructure for eLearning

Category: Professions and Industries, Desktops, Laptops and OS, Enterprise Applications

Tags: linux, infrastructure, applications

Overview The development of open, flexible eLearning specifications has significant implications for and interactions with the FOSS movement. A short overview of eLearning specifications is provided, focusing on the difference between SCORM and Learning Design (LD). The significance of LD for FOSS is examined, and common values identified. The particular contribution made by FOSS to LD infrastructure is discussed, and the importance of reference applications described. An overview is given of the FOSS applications available, divided into design time and run time, with particular reference to LD editors and the CopperCore Learning Design engine.

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Publisher: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
File Format: PDF
Date Published: Oct 1, 2008
Format: White Papers
Topics: Online - Distance Education, Learning Management Systems, Linux - Open Source

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