eLearning Systems Architecture

At this year’s Pan European Portal Conference, Stuart Sim talked about his experience on developping portals in higher education and the challenges of eLearning. A few notes:
Challenges: eLearning business collapsed. eLearning specifications are not standards. Multiple legacy system environments. Accessibility constrains. Complex pedagogy
Define problem: Technology is a tool, not an answer
Issues: How do we foster communities. What does student-centered mean. What will the next generation of online learning systems and portals look like. Accessibility. Secutity
Model the solution: Understanding the demand with UML, generic framework, XML for data representation