Grid-enabled virtual organizations for next-generation learning environments

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 784-797

  Gaeta, Matteo ^a,b   Ritrovato, Pierluigi ^a,b   Talia, Domenico ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca in Matematica Pura ed Applicata (CRMPA)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grid; service oriented architecture (SOA); technology enhanced learning (TEL); virtual organizations (VOs)

Indexed keywords

GRID; GRID TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING GRIDS; LEARNING PROCESS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; SERVICE ORIENTED; SERVICE-ORIENTED SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES; TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED LEARNING; TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS; VALUE CHAINS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

E-LEARNING; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB SERVICES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 79959683952     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2011.2132714     Document Type: Article

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