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Objectives at a Glance
The eCMS project aims to support asynchronous eLearning through an open, federated content
management system that facilitates the publication, dissemination, and access to possibly distributed educational content through a
single point on the web. eCMS provides content
discovery and retrieval services for learners, publication and editing services
for content providers, development
of structured courses and management services for course managers
(course organizers), and repository management and statistics analysis services for
administrators. In addition, a basic on-line collaboration environment is available to
facilitate the learning process through learner-learner and learner-instructor
communication. System Architecture
The core of the system is an open middleware architecture for the
publication, discovery, retrieval, and integration of educational content. The system supports
the publication of standalone educational modules and structured courses as
well as the integration of organized external repositories.
Implementation Details
The system is implemented as a 3-tier web-based JAVA database
application.
Structured Courses The system implements a flexible hierarchical structure for course
representation that allows reuse of modules aiming at the value adding
integration of existing and newly created educational modules into larger
entities.
Services and Customized Library Views q
Services for Learners
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Additional Services for Content Providers
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Additional Services for Course Managers
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