Michael Zeiller, Elisabeth ThekUniversity of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria

Department Information Technology and Information Management

Collaborative Content Managementin E-learning

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E-generation Learning

E-learning

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Next Generation

Learning

CollaborativeLearning

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Collaboration & CooperationSocial Software Tools

Tools e.g. Wiki Weblog Podcasting RSS feed Collaborative Tagging Social Bookmarking Social Cataloguing …

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Software for E-learningLearning Management & Learning Objects

Scheme of learning management systems; Source: Kristöfl / Häfele & Maier-Häfele (2005)

authoringtool

licensedcontent

managing trainees,learning content, etc.competence managementtracking …

managing trainees,learning content, etc.competence managementtracking …

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Software for E-learningLearning Management & Learning Objects

LearningManagement Systems

LMS

(Web) ContentManagement Systems

CMS

Learning ContentManagement Systems

LCMSindividuallearning

standardcontent

learningcommunities

no fixedcontent

Types of virtual learning according to Schulmeister

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Collaborative Content ManagementCCM in LMS/CMS/LCMS

Are social software features / collaboration tools supported by the most popular LMS, CMS and LCMS?

Tools e.g. Wiki Weblog Podcasting RSS feed Collaborative Tagging Social Bookmarking Social Cataloguing …

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Analysis of CM SystemsRelated Work

works by Baumgartner, Häfele and Maier-Häfele

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Analysis of CM SystemsRelated Work

EduTools http://www.edutools.info/

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Analysis of CM SystemsAnalyzed Products

CMS LMS & LCMS

Open Source Commercial Products Open Source Commercial

Products

Typo3 CMS42 MoodleHyperwave eLearning Suite

Drupal Manila ATutorM.I.T Lern Management System

Plone ILIAS CLIXJoomla!

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Analysis of CM SystemsEvaluation Criteria

CM Approach CriterionWiki Module to create a wiki

Tagging of wiki pagesWeblog Module to create a weblog

Tagging of weblog entriesGenerate RSS feedsCommentsTrackback

Tagging Module for tagging of content objectsUsers may add tags on their ownautomatic generation of tag clouds

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Analysis of CM SystemsEvaluation Criteria

CM Approach CriterionSocial Module to store bookmarksBookmarking Tagging of bookmarks

Import of bookmark listsPossibility to bookmark own pages directly at a bookmarking portalGenerate RSS feeds for bookmarks

RSS Module to create RSS feedsSubscribe to and show RSS feeds of other pages in the same system

Podcasting Module to create a podcastPossibility to offer and distribute podcastsPodcatching

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Analysis of CM SystemsRating of Criteria

= fulfilled = partially

fulfilled = can be

implemented by interfaces (API)

1 = integrated in the basic version

2 = available by implementing of additional modules/components

3 = not available

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Analysis of CM SystemsResults (extract)

Products

Typo3 Moodle ILIAS Hyperw. eL Suite

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3Criteria

Wiki Module to create a wiki

Tagging of wiki pages

Weblog Module to create a weblog

Tagging of weblog entries

Generate RSS feeds

Comments

Trackback

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Analysis of CM SystemsResults (extract)

Products

Typo3 Moodle ILIAS Hyperw. eL Suite

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3Criteria

RSS Module to create RSS feeds

Subscribe to and show RSS feeds of other pages in the same system

Pod-casting

Module to create a podcast

Possibility to offer podcasts

Podcatching

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Analysis of CM SystemsResults (extract)

Products

Typo3 Moodle ILIAS Hyperw. eL Suite

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3Criteria

Tagging Module for tagging of content objects

Users may add tags on their own

automatic generation of tag clouds

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Analysis of CM SystemsResults (extract)

Products

Typo3 Moodle ILIAS Hyperw. eL Suite

1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3Criteria

Social Book-marking

Module to store bookmarks

Tagging of bookmarks

Import of bookmark lists

Possibility to bookmark own pages directly at a bookmarking portal

Generate RSS feeds for bookmarks

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ConclusionResults

All analyzed products provide at least one or a small number of collaborative tools.Wikis, weblogs and podcasts found most often.Tagging seldom found in basic version.Most tools require installation of additional components.Indication: LMS & LCMS provide collaborative tools more often in basic version than CMS.All products provide APIs for software integration.Many CMS provide add-on modules for E-learning.

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ConclusionFuture Work

Analyze technical maturity of collaboration tools.Qualitative software evaluation with detailed rating.Re-evaluation based on new releases.