Study of implementation of learning object management system

The vast and rapid development in the computer, communication and Internet technologies has significantly affected contemporary educational systems. This paper presents a LOMS (Learning Objects Management System) architecture based on the B/S architecture for the support to the reusability and interoperability of various learning objects. A dynamic approach in the use of the metadata and how this concept can dramatically improve the management of Learning Objects is illustrated. The work of user input during the metadata generation also has considerably been reduced by the template together with information gathered from the system. Our basic design ideas are to develop a user-friendly learning environment utilizing a simple but effective architecture, taking advantage of XML and making efficient use of available open source offering. Hence, we adopted native XML database technology instead of traditional RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems), and Apache's open source offering, Xindice as tools to develop the LOMS.