Yang, Shanshan, (Researcher in computer science) (2012) An effective services framework for sharing educational resources. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

Nowadays, the growing number of software tools to support e-learning and the data
they rely upon are valuable resources, supporting different aspects of the complex
learning and teaching processes, including designing learning content, delivering
learning activities, and evaluating students’ learning performance. However, sharing
these educational resources efficiently and effectively is a challenge: there are many
resources, these have not been described accurately and in general they do not interoperate,
and it is common for the tools to rely on different technologies. This thesis
explores a solution – a novel educational services framework – to improve the sharing
of current e-resources, by applying the latest service technologies in the context of
higher education. Our findings suggest that the proposed framework is effective to deal
with the technical and educational issues in resource discovery, interoperability and
reusability, however, there are still technical challenges remaining for implementing
this service framework.
This research is divided into 3 phases. The first phase investigates the sharing of elearning
resources through a literature survey, and identifies limitations on current
developments. In the second phase, the current problems relating to resource sharing
are addressed by a proposed educational service framework, which contains both
educational and technical components. Through a case study, nine e-learning services
and their dataflows are identified. To determine the technical components of the
framework, a novel Educational Service Architecture is proposed, which allows
resources to be better described, structured and connected, by following the principles
of discoverability, interoperability and reusability in service technologies. In the third
phase, part of the framework is implemented and evaluated by two studies. In the first
study, users’ experiences were collected via a simulation experiment, to compare the
effectiveness of a service prototype with that of the use of current technologies. During
the second part of the evaluation, technical challenges for implementing the services
framework were identified via a case study, involving the implementation of another
service prototype.

Item Type:	Thesis or Dissertation (PhD)
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Educational technology, Computer-assisted instruction, Internet in education
Official Date:	November 2012
Dates:	Date Event November 2012 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Computer Science
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Joy, Mike
Extent:	xii, 208 leaves : charts.
Language:	eng

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