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Enhancing SCORM through creating a reusable JAVA class repository
Author(s) -
Hsiao ChunFeng,
Chu ChihPing
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.979
Subject(s) - computer science , reuse , java , class (philosophy) , software engineering , set (abstract data type) , software , multimedia , object oriented programming , world wide web , operating system , programming language , engineering , artificial intelligence , waste management
Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) is a set of standards that have been widely adopted when developing eLearning products. However, even with the use of SCORM, the creation of a simulation‐based eLearning course is still a hard task. An instructor can neither easily obtain source code from existing learning objects repositories nor reuse and adapt existing simulations to suit the instructor's needs. We describe an experimental reusable JAVA class repository that embeds itself in a SCORM run‐time environment to support software reuse and the cooperative creation of simulation‐based courses. Finally, we provide advice on how to promote software reuse and assure the quality of simulation‐based eLearning courses. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.