TESYS- AN e-LEARNING SYSTEM

There are currently many e-Learning platforms on the market, either open source or proprietary. The paper presents some challenges regarding Software Engineering methodology Distributed Development of Software and e-Learning were faced in order to obtain a high quality e-Learning system. The classical methodology of each field was enriched by innovative approaches. Tesys is an e-Learning system that offers tools for providing Web-based publication of content, off-line data management and a custom recommender system. The paper depicts about three tools. First is Tesys-Web that is an e-Learning platform that has been designed and implemented to offer users a collaborative environment in which they can perform educational activities. Three types of users may use the platform: secretary, professor and student. The second is Tesys Data Manager (TDM that is a desktop application that has implemented capabilities for managing the content of the Tesys-Web tool. The third is eLeTK that is an e-Learning Enhancer Toolkit. It is a tool that works as a service along Tesys-Web. It can analyze data provided by Tesys-Web (e.g., the database, log files, etc.) in order to provide feedback for learners. It may help learners to select educational resources (e.g., documents, test quizzes, etc.) that need more study and may estimate current accumulated knowledge. The developed e-Learning system together with its users may be seen as an Educational Network.