A framework for helping developers in the integration of external tools into virtual learning environments

Authors:
Emilio Julio Lorenzo;Roberto Centeno;Miguel Rodríguez-Artacho
Affiliations:
LTCS group at UNED, Madrid, Spain;LTCS group at UNED, Madrid, Spain;LTCS group at UNED, Madrid, Spain
Venue:
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Technological Ecosystem for Enhancing Multiculturality
Year:
2013

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Abstract

In this paper we present a lightweight abstract framework to help developers to integrate tools into a learning environment. This approach is based on an abstract declarative layer and an integration library. The proposal follows the cloud computing paradigm, defining and storing the different integration models remotely. Finally, the proposed integration framework has been successfully used for integrating a tool called JBraindead into a real educational web environment. This integration showed how developers reduced the coding time, due to the fact that they did not have to deal with e-Learning standards and techniques and could focus on coding the own tool.