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Our research is based on the hypothesis that the most important problem that has to be solved, so as to help tutors, is the gap between required competencies of distance tutoring and the lack of training and recommendations given to them on the role they have to play in the learning process. In this article, we detail the development of the assistance environment for tutors named TE-Cap (Tutoring Experience Capitalization). We first present results of interviews conducted with tutors to define their explicit and implicit needs. We then detail functionalities of the TE-Cap (Tutoring Experience Capitalization) platform we developed and first results of an experiment, in terms of computing functionalities and interface design. Finally, we present some future directions of our research.

MoKEx (Mobile Knowledge Experience) is an international project series focusing on actual challenges in knowledge management and e-learning. The project series is in cooperation with universities and industrial partners in Germany and Switzerland and links communities of practice with the innovative approaches of learning communities. As a result of the recent execution of the project, an architecture was developed that supports the flexible connection of various independent knowledge systems via the so-called KnowledgeBus. This paper introduces the concept of Single Point of Information (SPI) and the KnowledgeBus itself.

Mobile learning integrates the current mobile computing technology with educational aspects to enhance the effectiveness of the traditional learning process. This paper describes IKASYS, an m-learning management tool that provides support for the whole cycle of memorization and training activities in a wide range of domains. The tool has been developed for being used in school-wide environments. This paper focuses mainly on IKASYS Trainer, the application for the mobile device.

A lack of pedagogy in courseware can lead to its rejection by learners. It is therefore vital that pedagogy is a central concern in courseware construction. Courseware validation allows the course creator ensure courseware adheres to a specific pedagogy. In this paper we investigate the information needed to automate courseware validation and propose an information model to be used as a basis for validation. We then demonstrate an approach to courseware validation using this information model.

Authoring-by-Aggregation is an authoring paradigm for creating new Learning Resources by composing several smaller ones. However finding suitable Learning Resources that can be reused in a particular course is a time-consuming task. The user has to query a repository and review the resulting list of Learning Resources whether they are applicable. In this paper we present a new method for narrowing the result set by taking the aggregation context into account. Context features are used as additional query attributes, leading to more precise query results. This paper also presents an improved Authoring-by-Aggregation process and a corresponding implementation, which facilitates the creation of new Learning Resources.

CPM is a visual instructional design language which provides the designers with a set of concepts allowing to semi formally describe Problem- Based learning scenarios and to document them. CPM is thus a language which is both useful for designers and for developers of Technology-Enhanced Learning systems while implementing all or part of such learning scenarios. This article reports a few lessons that we learned from CPM language; we question CPM usability from different case-studies in the ‘real-world’ and we draw conclusions that go beyond the scope of CPM language.