A Research Study for the Development of a SOA Middleware Prototype That Used Web Services to Bridge the LMS to LOR Data Movement Interoperability Gap for Education

Author(s)

Timothy J. Ellis, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Robert T. Mason

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology

ISSN

1547-5840

Publication Date

2012

Abstract

This research study involved the development of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) middleware prototype that provided a solution for the data movement interoperability gap that exists between learning management systems (LMS) and learning object repositories (LOR). The prototype extracted and transferred Learning Object data from a LMS to a LOR using Web Services and FTP. The design of the prototype was based on the 28 functional requirements that were provided by a panel of Computer Information Systems (CIS) experts that participated in a fivestage, web-based, anonymous Delphi process to establish a valid set of criteria for the middleware application. During the requirements gathering process, the panel approved and ranked 28 functional requirements for the prototype. The prototype was then developed and consisted of five major components, a Web-based user interface that was developed using C# ASP .Net, an Oracle 11g Metadata Repository, a Web Service Coordination Program that leveraged the PHP programming language, a LMS (Moodle) and a LOR (FLORI).

DOI

10.28945/1626

Volume

9

First Page

351

Last Page

360

NSUWorks Citation

Ellis, Timothy J. and Mason, Robert T., "A Research Study for the Development of a SOA Middleware Prototype That Used Web Services to Bridge the LMS to LOR Data Movement Interoperability Gap for Education" (2012). CCE Faculty Articles. 521.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_facarticles/521