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Linking learning object repositories

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Griff Richards,

Marek HatalaAuthors Info & Claims

International Journal of Learning Technology, Volume 1, Issue 4

Pages 399 - 410

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLT.2005.007151

Published: 01 May 2005 Publication History

Abstract

Learning object repositories hold the digital media resources for online learning. Success in the distribution and re-use of learning objects depends on how well the objects can be found, screened, and retrieved for use in a new instructional context. The eduSource Communications Layer (ECL) was developed as the interoperability component for eduSource Canada, a Canadian consortium for a national learning objects infrastructure. The ECL application enables searching across both peer-to-peer and web services architectures. Mechanisms for interoperability at the transactional and semantic levels are described in some detail. Key to the ECL is an open protocol to enable search, gather and retrieval within the eduSource community and gateways to extend this functionality to other learning object repository networks and digital libraries. Within six months of its release the ECL demonstrated federated searches with various learning object repositories in Canada, Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European SchoolNet.

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International Journal of Learning Technology Volume 1, Issue 4

May 2005

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ISSN:1477-8386

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Berri JBenlamri RAtif YOnoe SGuizani MChen HSawahashi M(2006)Ontology-based framework for context-aware mobile learningProceedings of the 2006 international conference on Wireless communications and mobile computing10.1145/1143549.1143811(1307-1310)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2006
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