Towards a Generic Platform for Developing CSCL Applications Using Grid Infrastructure

Santi Caballé (1) , Fatos Xhafa (1) , Thanasis Daradoumis (1) , Joan Manuel Marquès (1)

1 DPCS - Distributed Parallel and Collaborative Systems

The goal of this paper is to explore the possibility of using CSCL component-based software under a Grid infrastructure. The merge of these technologies represents an attractive, but probably quite laborious enterprise if we consider not only the benefits but also the barriers that we have to overcome. This work presents an attempt toward this direction by developing a generic platform of CSCL components and discussing the advantages that we could obtain if we adapted it to the Grid. We then propose a means that could make this adjustment possible due to the high degree of genericity that our library components is endowed by being based on the Generic Programming paradigm. Finally, an application of our library is proposed both for validating the adequacy of the platform which it is based on and for indicating the possibilities gained by using it under the Grid. (http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CCGrid.2004.1336567 )

Keywords: learning grids

Domains: Technology for Human Learning

Santi Caballé, Fatos Xhafa, Thanasis Daradoumis, Joan Manuel Marquès. Towards a Generic Platform for Developing CSCL Applications Using Grid Infrastructure. 1st International Workshop on Collaborative Learning Applications of Grid Technology (CLAG), 2004, Chicago, United States. pp.8, ⟨10.1109/CCGrid.2004.1336567⟩. ⟨hal-00190823⟩