Abstract:
One of the modern trends in nowadays e-learning technologies and system development is toward creation of
standards-based distributed computing applications. The presented paper examines ways of creation,
organization, packaging, storage management and usage of e-learning courseware, regarding these modern elearning
standards and technologies. It puts a special accent towards development and management of
assessment contents. After a short overview and comparison of the standards and ways of their application, the
article classifies LMS and platforms regarding their interoperability facilities, namely exchange of shareable
and packaged learning contents, especially for testing. Here, we analyze as well important characters of system
interoperability and propose a detailed classification and notation. Finally, as a case study, we describe our
framework based on the recent IMS standards and developed within the ARCADE (Architecture for Reusable
Courseware Authoring and DElivery) e-learning platform, and show directions for improving its interoperability
abilities with other standard-based LMS. Special attention is put onto creation of an authoring tool for creating
packaged and sharable assessments contents.
