Service Based Learning Design System (SLeD)

SLeD is joint project between the Open University (UK) and the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL) aimed at creating webservice interfaces and a sample service-consumer for the Coppercore Learning Design Engine.

Developed by: Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University (UK) and the Funded under: JISC ELF Toolkits (2004)
Domain area: Learning Activity Management

Software components:

SLeD Player
The SLeD player is a JSP web-application which "plays" content provided by the Coppercore runtime engine. The application is designed to be re-used and intergrated with other systems to provide plug-in learning design functionality.
Developed by:Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University (UK)
Software type: Web Application / Service Consumer
Platform: J2EE / JAVA (OS Independent)
Project Website: SLeD Project Website
Source code and downloads: LD PLayer Sourceforge Project

Coppercore Learning Design Engine
Coppercore is J2EE based runtime engine for IMS Learning Design. In the context of SLeD, Coppercore provides the player with content and activities based on the learning design being employed and user responses. The SLeD project contributed to fitting the engine with webservice interfaces.
Developed by: Educational Technology Expertise Center at the Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL)
Software type: Service Provider
Platform: J2EE / JAVA (OS Independent)
Project Website: CopperCore Project
Source code and downloads: CopperCore Downloads page

Related projects:

CopperCore is one of the OUNL’s contributions to the Alfanet project. This project aims to develop new methods and services for active and adaptive learning and is funded by the European Commission under the 5th Framework Programme. The RELOAD project is developing an IMS-LD editor.