E-Learning Standards and Interoperability Frameworks and Issues

Educational technology is a key interdisciplinary area. The main aim of educational technology is the support of teachers and students with computer tools in order to complete their tasks faster, more accurately and more efficiently. Various tools and techniques for supporting teaching and learning have been proposed and implemented over the years and especially with the advancement of Web technologies. The development of applications and tools for e-learning is complicated due to the heterogeneity of the user aims and the development approaches and the dynamic behaviour of users which the tools needs to accommodate. As the e-learning industry continues to expand every day, and the methods and tools necessary to create and maintain content and infrastructure applications become more complicated, there is an inherent need for these applications to interoperate and exchange data in order to better support the needs of learners and educators.