Blackboard architecture to integrate components and agents in heterogeneous distributed eLearning systems: An application for learning to program

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1621-1636

  Jurado, Francisco ^a   Redondo, Miguel A ^a   Ortega, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Component based development; Eclipse; eLearning standards; Tuple spaces

Indexed keywords

BLACKBOARD ARCHITECTURE; COMPONENT INTEGRATION; COMPONENT-BASED DEVELOPMENT; DEFINITION OF SERVICE; DISTRIBUTED COMPONENTS; E-LEARNING SYSTEMS; ECLIPSE; ELEARNING STANDARDS; MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGY; SERVICE ORIENTED; SHARING INFORMATION; SYNERGY EFFECT; TEACHING/LEARNING; TUPLE-SPACES;

INFORMATION SERVICES; INTEGRATION; MIDDLEWARE; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); STANDARDIZATION;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84861100760     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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