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This paper presents a case study of the usage of GLUE!, a loosely-coupled architecture that enables the integration of external tools in VLEs. The case study is a collaborative learning situation carried out through a VLE, but involving several external tools. GLUE! is used to instantiate and enact this situation in two authentic experiments. Evaluation results show that GLUE! alleviated educators in the instantiation process, and facilitated the effective collaboration among students. These results are relevant as this is a real situation with a complex structure and groups that change over time.
This work has been partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (TIN2008-03023, TIN2011-28308-C03-02 and IPT-430000-2010-054) and the Autonomous Government of Castilla y Leon (VA293A11-2 and VA301B11-2). Authors also thank David A. Velasco-Villanueva and Javier Aragón for their development work.
This paper is complemented by [1], also published in the EC-TEL 2012.
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Alario-Hoyos, C., Bote-Lorenzo, M.L., Gómez-Sánchez, E., Asensio-Pérez, J.I., Vega-Gorgojo, G., Ruiz-Calleja, A. (2012). Integration of External Tools in VLEs with the GLUE! Architecture: A Case Study. In: Ravenscroft, A., Lindstaedt, S., Kloos, C.D., Hernández-Leo, D. (eds) 21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills. EC-TEL 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7563. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33263-0_29
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