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E-Learning Portal Architecture – From Web Services Towards Cloud Services

Authors:
Alina Andreica
Florina Covaci
Daniel Stuparu
Gabriel Pop
Călin Miu
Romulus Gadi
Flavius Chira
Grigorie Bogdan Mărcuş
Cosmin Tarţa
Cristina Câmpeanu

Keywords: system integration; database synchronization; e-learning; on-demand & cloud services; web portal

Abstract:
The present paper focuses on architecture principles for providing integrated e-learning services both as web services and as cloud services, technology that presently emerges as ‘on-demand’ services. The information system facilities are made available by integrating into a global web portal the dedicated services and synchronizing databases based on various technologies. The web portal architecture that currently comprises e-learning and dedicated information systems facilities is extended with cloud on-demand facilities. The classical portal architecture, based on MS technology, provides, as learning services, management content and e-learning facilities for various user categories, as well as dedicated information system facilities. We design the extension of the this architecture with on-demand services in the cloud using Office 365, which provides cloud services for e-mail, office applications and collaboration tools and we envision the impact of the new architecture. The described services, which are available on-demand, partly hosted in the cloud, create an “intensive” focused architecture that may be applied for various organization cases.

Pages: 8 to 13

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: March 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISBN: 978-1-61208-258-5

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from March 24, 2013 to March 29, 2013