Crossing the Borders: Re-Use of Smart Learning Objects in Advanced Content Access Systems

Hamza Manzoor, Kamil Akhuseyinoglu, Jackson Wonderly, Peter Brusilovsky and Clifford A. Shaffer
Additional contact information
Hamza Manzoor: Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Kamil Akhuseyinoglu: School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Jackson Wonderly: Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Peter Brusilovsky: School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, 135 North Bellefield Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Clifford A. Shaffer: Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

Future Internet, 2019, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-15

Abstract: Researchers in many disciplines are developing novel interactive smart learning objects like exercises and visualizations. Meanwhile, Learning Management Systems (LMS) and eTextbook systems are also becoming more sophisticated in their ability to use standard protocols to make use of third party smart learning objects. But at this time, educational tool developers do not always make best use of the interoperability standards and need exemplars to guide and motivate their development efforts. In this paper we present a case study where the two large educational ecosystems use the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard to allow cross-sharing of their educational materials. At the end of our development process, Virginia Tech’s OpenDSA eTextbook system became able to import materials from Aalto University’s ACOS smart learning content server, such as python programming exercises and Parsons problems. Meanwhile, University of Pittsburgh’s Mastery Grids (which already uses the ACOS exercises) was made to support CodeWorkout programming exercises (a system already used within OpenDSA). Thus, four major projects in CS Education became inter-operable.

Keywords: computer science education; learning tools interoperability; etextbook; smart learning objects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/11/7/160/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/11/7/160/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jftint:v:11:y:2019:i:7:p:160-:d:250006

Access Statistics for this article

Future Internet is currently edited by Ms. Grace You

More articles in Future Internet from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().