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In Proceedings of the OpenACS and .LRN Conference, Guatemala City, 2008: A Web Application Mashup Approach for eLearning |
Felix Mödritscher, Gustaf Neumann, Victor Manuel García-Barrios, Fridolin Wild
Abstract: In this paper, we present a mashup approach which is based on the XoWiki component and enables a user to add web-based applications to Wiki content and to use and arrange these tools in a comfortable way. In the following, the paper gives a short overview on the topic at hand, describes critical challenges regarding the development of application mashups and – based on that –derives special requirements for eLearning. Thereafter, various solutions and development frameworks are inspected according to our special needs, and a concrete implementation, namely the XoMashup component, is described closer. Finally, a possible application scenario is shown, and the next steps moving towards a semantic layer are outlined.
Abstract: In this paper, we present a mashup approach which is based on the XoWiki component and enables a user to add web-based applications to Wiki content and to use and arrange these tools in a comfortable way. In the following, the paper gives a short overview on the topic at hand, describes critical challenges regarding the development of application mashups and – based on that –derives special requirements for eLearning. Thereafter, various solutions and development frameworks are inspected according to our special needs, and a concrete implementation, namely the XoMashup component, is described closer. Finally, a possible application scenario is shown, and the next steps moving towards a semantic layer are outlined.

