Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues

Fifty-four international academics and researchers contribute 25 chapters promoting the discussion and presenting the specific solutions for increasing the interoperability of future standalone and Web-based educational hypermedia tools, investigating the role of learning standards and the issues arising from their deployment, and providing a scholarly resource for practitioners and researchers in educational technology. The text's five sections cover interoperable e-assessment applications; personalization, interoperability and e-learning standards; metadata, learning objects, ontologies and semantic web; approaches and issues in interoperable applications; and quality and pedagogy in learning technology. A sampling of chapter titles: interoperable assessment based on competency modeling, beyond technical e-learning standards to guides for professional practice, enhancing digital repositories with learning object metadata, standards and socio-economic/legal issues regarding open education resources in e-learning, and satisfaction measurement in education. Oversize: 8.75x11.5". Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)