An integrated resource discovery component for virtual learning environments (VLES)‎

Abstract EN

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) are becoming widely used in universities around the world to support the traditional learning.

Many valuable learning resources are uploaded to the VLEs systems every day by tutors in forms of lecture notes, tutorials, assignments, and tests.

Making these resources available to reusing and sharing through the VLE would increase the added value of these systems.

In addition, it could save tutors’ time and enhances course content development.

This paper proposes a component that will be added as a plug-in into a VLE in order to facilitate resources discovery and extraction through the use of metadata to aid in learning objects reusing and sharing.

Furthermore, it leads to create an open access repository for learning objects that aid in developing course content.

The paper will also present a background review of VLEs, learning objects, metadata, and resource discovery.