Abstract
The emergence of information and communication technologies (ICT) and web 2.0 has fostered the domain of learning platforms with a variety of learning tools. As a result, many open-source and commercial learning management systems (LMS) were developed. The variety of platforms and approaches provided by these LMSs makes it difficult to deliver learning content to end users in a consistent manner. Learning tools interoperability, content reusability, learner’s information accessibility and share ability are main matters of quality for any LMS. However, learning interoperability standards lack to some extent common semantics on the level of the user interface. This paper discusses this problem in more details and proposes an enhanced approach based on semantics, accessibility standards, and responsive web design practices.
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AL-Smadi, M., Tomberg, V. (2013). Harnessing the Potential of Accessibility Standards and Responsive Web Design Practices to Achieve Learning Interoperability on the Level of the User Interface. In: Wang, JF., Lau, R. (eds) Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2013. ICWL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8167. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41175-5_30
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