在Moodle學習管理平台上基於Web services的資訊交換服務與課程代理機制

Abstract

Moodle - 一個開源碼的學習管理平台是現在最為廣泛被使用的平台之一，在其上使用者可以客制化需求功能與模組做教學使用。因為此特性，當與其他Moodle站台或是校務資訊系統這類平台整合時，開發人員必須配合不同版本或是客製化的服務做開發。我們希望開發人員能更方便地與Moodle互動，因此在基於Moodle 2.0中的網路服務架構上發展了一套課程資訊交換服務。另一方面，若是能讓不同地方的老師透過交換教材來提升教學品質，能讓合作式教學更具意義。我們並利用前述的服務開發了一個OpenMoodle模組，這個模組讓教學人員能建立資源分享的環境，來自不同地方的教學人員可以交換彼此的課程資料和進行合作式教學，同時也讓教學人員在交流資源之餘，也能自行掌握學生的學習狀況。學生也可以因此得到更多元的資訊。

Moodle open source LMS is one of the most popular learning management systems currently. Developers can customize functionality and modules for educating purpose. When integrating with other systems, developers have to deal with the barriers that come from Moodle servers with different version or administrative affairs systems. To solve these problems, a set of Course Communication services are built. With these services, developers can more easily build connection among Moodle servers and other systems. And furthermore, it will be valuable for allowing teachers who are at different places to exchange teaching materials. Therefore, we provide a Moodle module: OpenMoodle. With this module, instructors can establish a resource exchanging environment. Teachers can exchange course materials and teach collaboratively with other educators, meanwhile, control student’s learning status by holding course materials locally. Students can acquire more diverse resources.