A MODEL-BASED APPROACH FOR CREATING LEARNING OBJECTS: A COLOMBIAN CASE STUDY FROM A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY

The Systems Engineering (SE) program of Francisco de Paula Santander University has implemented a learning objects repository (LOR). The learning objects (LOs) developed use different basic tools that do not exploit the complete capabilities of the Web, like personalization, improved graphics components and support for multiple platforms, and others. The time and resources required to make improvements to the content to allow us to provide the content to other platforms, such as mobile, or integrate it with different Learning Management Systems (LMS) is too much. Also ensuring adaptability over time is a desirable property of LO. The main objective of this proposal is to apply the concepts of model-driven architecture (MDA), to develop a platform independent model (PIM). The approach will allow us to design the LOs regardless of the technology platform where intended to be deploy it. Thus, the entire contents of LO can be updated by anyone, without the required technological knowledge.