This paper presents the ALOCOM framework for flexible content reuse. Unlike the usual practice where document components, such as images, definitions, text fragments, tables or diagrams, are assembled manually through copy-and-paste, the framework enables on-the-fly access and reuse. Retrieval of relevant components is enabled by automatic decomposition of legacy documents and storage of indivi...

The research described in this article argues that linking deeply communication to learning activities offers an interesting approach to develop the efficiency of systems in facilitating and increasing discussions between learners. In this way, we propose a forum model that is based on two special features: contextual view and structuring. The contextual view of the forum, always visible, allow...

The paper presents the solutions adopted in SINTEC, a knowledge-based e-Learning framework, to support authoring and delivering adaptable learning content. One of the main features is personalized training using enterprise / institutional knowledge repositories developed with knowledge management tools based on Web services and XML technologies. SINTEC includes tools for content development and...

IDTV (Interactive Digital TV) opens new learning possibilities where new forms of education are needed. In order to achieve the participation of viewers in these experiences —overcoming their typical passivity— the combination of education and entertainment is essential. In this paper, we present a new concept in t-learning: entercation experiences, where we use TV programs as a hook to engage ...

This paper introduces the Educateca project, a Web 2.0 approach to e-learning. The project refactors SCORM, the de facto e-learning standard, to embrace the two main shifts in Web 2.0: the WOA (Web Oriented Architecture) and the social trends in user involvement. In this new context of the Internet, flexibility is a must and so big and static e-learning content are no longer effective enough. T...

In the field of online learning, development learning objects (LOs) has increased. LOs promote reusing and referencing educational content in various environments. However, despite this progress, lack a conceptual model for sharing suitable between learners makes multiple challenges. regard, multi-label classification plays significant role to make high-quality LOs, which can be accessible reus...

One of the current trends in E-learning is the development of student-activating learning material. In four research projects aiming at the design of high quality learning material, a large body of student-activating learning material is being developed. During the development of this learning material, the limitations of the current generation learning management systems became obvious. The fo...

This study seeks to investigate what influences intelligence in early childhood. The Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors of Myopia (SCORM) is used to assess determinants of childhood IQ and changes in IQ. This longitudinal data set, collected in 1999, includes a wealth of demographic, socioeconomic and prenatal characteristics. The richness of the data allows various econometric approach...

Remote experiments can be shared and exchanged among educational institutions in the form of reusable learning objects. The paper discusses different solutions for authentication and authorization needs when “Lab Learning Objects” are used through the Learning Management System of an institution to run a remote experiment based on physical resources (rigs) provided by an external experiment pro...