Distributed and collaborative learning objects repositories on grid networks

  • Authors:
  • Simonetta Pallottelli;Sergio Tasso;Nicola Pannacci;Alessandro Costantini;Noelia Faginas Lago

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy;Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy;Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy;Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy;Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

  • Venue:
  • ICCSA'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part IV
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The paper deals with the design and a prototype implementation of a collaborative repository of scientific learning objects based on an efficient mechanism of filing and retrieving distributed knowledge on the Grid. The proposed repository can deal with a large variety of different learning contents. Its prototype implementation, developed for Chemistry contents, is part of an extended architecture consisting of a federation of autonomous local repositories. The federation is led by a coordinator who keeps track of the repository in which the learning objects are directly stored or referenced. In each repository server, a locally hosted Web Portal allows a easy management of the repository through a CMS front-end.