Title: Web services layer for Moodle 2.0: a new area of possibilities in web based learning

Authors: Miguel A. Conde, Diego A. Gomez, Alberto Del Pozo, Francisco J. Garcia

Addresses: Computer Science Department, Science Education Research Institute, GRIAL Research Group, University of Salamanca, Paseo de Canalejas 126, 37008, Salamanca, Spain. ' Computer Science Department, Science Education Research Institute, GRIAL Research Group, University of Salamanca, Paseo de Canalejas 126, 37008, Salamanca, Spain. ' Computer Science Department, Science Education Research Institute, GRIAL Research Group, University of Salamanca, Paseo de Canalejas 126, 37008, Salamanca, Spain. ' Computer Science Department, Science Education Research Institute, GRIAL Research Group, University of Salamanca, Paseo de Canalejas 126, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

Abstract: The relationship between technology and education and how both concepts evolve together is now ever more important. It is essential to find new ways to satisfy the necessities of the two main authors of learning platforms, the students and the teachers. Technologies will provide support to those new ways. Consequently, the possibility to interconnect the LMS with other external applications to enrich and strengthen the comprehension of learning process is one of the principal paths to follow.

Keywords: Moodle 2.0; web service layers; personal learning environments; PLEs; backoffice applications; new learning models; service oriented architecture; internet; world wide web; web based learning; online learning; electronic learning; e-learning; learning platforms; student comprehension; teachers; external applications; learning management systems; LMS; learning processes; technology enhanced learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2011.040227

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2011 Vol.3 No.3, pp.308 - 321

Published online: 26 Feb 2015 *

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