Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Framework and Issues

août 2010
Apprendre et Innover
Chapitre d’ouvrage scientifique
Auteurs : Bernard Blandin (LINEACT), Geoff Frank (Technology Assisted Learning Centre), Simone Laughton (Missisauga Library), Kenji Hirata (-)
Ouvrage : IGI Global

This chapter has four sections. The first one describes how the needs for interoperability in exchanging competency information have been addressed so far. The second part adopts a “Digital Services Supply Chain” approach and discusses the issues related to the exchange of competency information across systems regarding this approach. The third part is the core part of this chapter. It describes the 4 levels of the proposed approach: the Conceptual Reference Model (CRM), the Semantic Model, the Information Model and the Data Model. The final section presents the research directions currently envisaged, and the research programme needed to make the proposed approach operational.