Publishing E-learning Courses in Multi-Platform Environment

Péter Bodnár, Markosz Maliosz

Budapest University of Technology and EconomicsDepartment of Telecommunication and Media

Informatics

Overview

• LOGOS

• Publishing Tool

• Transformations

• Platform Capabilities

Introduction on LOGOS project

• Different end-user devices

• Universal editing enviroment

• Smooth changing between devices

LOGOS Authoring Enviroment

Publishing Tool

• Handling generic format

• Transforming courses

• Creating preview

User Interface

Structure

Transforming the courses

• Use of XSLT

• Templates:– Optimization Template– Positioning Layout Template– Master Layout Template

• Transforming Media

Platform Capabilities

• PC– Basic courseware, no adaptation

• PDA– Smaller screen, limited input– Different browsers– Media capabilities

Platform Capabilities

• Cell Phones– Regular Cell Phones (XHTML or WML)– Smartphones– Java optimization for each model– Reduced size

• iTV– MHP set top boxes (XHTML or XLETs)– Old CRT devices

Conclusion

• E-learning on different devices

• Compromises

• Ongoing development

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