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Title

Towards Open Standards: The Evolution of a Collaborative Courseware Generating System.

Authors

Changtao Qu; Neidl, Wolfgang

Abstract

In this paper we present the evolution of a collaborative courseware generating system that is featured by XML-based course structure representation, JSP-based dynamic courseware presentation, and WebDAV-based collaborative courseware authoring. While the first system implementation employs a proprietary design using a self-defined XML DTD to represent the course structure, the second and the third system implementation take an open-standardoriented approach, which are respectively SCORM 1.1 and SCORM 1.2 conformant. In the latter two implementations, all learning resources contained in an existing Java course are re-designed according to the SCORM 1.1 and SCORM 1.2 Content Model and further annotated with corresponding SCORM metadata. In addition, the course structure is re-constructed utilizing SCORM 1.1 Content Structure Format and SCORM 1.2 Content Packaging Specification. The evolution of the collaborative courseware generating system is motivated by our efforts to improve the reusability and interoperability of learning resources.

Subjects

XML (Extensible Markup Language); JAVA programming language; COMPUTER assisted instruction; EDUCATIONAL technology; ONLINE education; EDUCATION

Publication

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2003, Vol 1, Issue 3, p59

ISSN

1539-3100

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.4018/jdet.2003070105