Sammendrag
eLearning, distance learning, metadata, digital libraries Asynchronous eLearning overcomes geographical and temporal constraints transforming learning into a process that can occur at the independently determined convenience of instructor and learner. Demand for asynchronous eLearning has been developing both by corporations seeking to extend the skills of their employees to remain competitive in a constantly evolving market and by professionals pursuing life long learning for the achievement of their career goals. Furthermore, asynchronous eLearning is used as a complementary educational tool for the dissemination of on-line material in traditional classroom education, particularly at the University level. Recognizing the fact that successful distributed teaching relies on the effective management of the wealth of available educational material, the eCMS project focuses on web-based federated content management infrastructures for the support of distributed teaching. The core of the system is an open, distributed middleware architecture for the publication, discovery, retrieval, and integration of educational material. The infrastructure is complemented with services targeting the specific needs of user groups involved in the eLearning process, i.e. learners, content providers, course managers, and repository administrators. eCMS supports standalone as well as distributed configurations with an emphasis on distributed digital libraries of structured, organized, or standalone educational content, possibly originating from independent institutions, allowing installations to evolve into educational content portals while at the same time maintaining the autonomy of organizations participating in an extend eCMS network.
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