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Towards responsive open learning environments: the ROLE interoperability framework.

S. Govaerts; K. Verbert; D. Dahrendorf; Carsten Ullrich; M. Schmidt; M. Werkle; A. Chatterjee; A. Nussbaumer; D. Renzel; M. Scheffel; M. Friedrich; J. L. Santos; E. Duval; E. L.-C. Law
In: Carlos Delgado Kloos; Denis Gillet; Raquel M. Crespo García; Fridolin Wild; Martin Wolpers (Hrsg.). Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Towards Ubiquitous Learning. European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL), Palermo, Italy, Pages 125-138, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.

Abstract

In recent years, research on mash-up technologies for learning environments has gained interest. The overall goal is to enrich or replace traditional learning management systems (LMS) with mash-ups of widgets and services that can be easily combined and configured to fit the learner needs. This paper presents the implemented prototype of the ROLE interoperability framework and a business and an educational case study. The framework provides a common technical infrastructure to assemble widgets and services in Personal Learning Environments (PLEs). Evaluation results indicate that the perceived usefulness and usability is high for one case study in which a mature LMS was enriched with ROLE technology. In the second case study, an early mash-up prototype was deployed. The usefulness and usability of this early prototype were rated low, but the case study provides interesting insights for further research and development.