Fraunhofer Common Learning Middleware (CLM)

Services

• The CLM is a flexible structure with a middleware solution that can build on existing learning management systems (LMS), but can also be used independently.
• Web portal solution with Single-Sign-On (SSO) for all learning systems.
  Standardised interoperability between LMS, e-assessment, serious games, authoring tools etc.
• Scalable, flexible service-oriented architecture.
  Solutions for embedding native applications, e.g. MS Windows programs without LTI support
• Provision as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or own hosting.
• GDPR/DSGVO conformity, guarantee of data processing orders.

Added values

• EPHESOS web portal solution with Single-Sign-On for one-time registration
• Compilation and provision of learning content from different learning opportunities. Learning units that are integrated in courses on different learning platforms are compiled in any order to form a new course and offered centrally
• Can be customized, even by the operator himself
  Open architecture by using established IT standards with a focus on e-learning, including LTI, xAPI, LDAP
• Integration of own, already existing learning systems

Application scenario

Example

An example for the interaction between a user and a decentralized learning ecosystem:

1. The user, Ms Heike Learngood, would like to receive further training on data protection and the DSGVO.
2. Ms Learngood logs on to the CLM portal EPHESOS once with her well-known corporate account.
3. First the basics are taught in a classical e-learning tool, which is available in an already existing LMS, e.g. ILIAS.
4. The consolidation of e.g. process sequences is done with the help of a serious game.
5. Using an e-assessment tool (e.g. in Moodle), Ms Learngood can check her level of knowledge at any time, or she can follow the learning recommendations of adaptive recommendation systems if necessary.
6. By tracking user actions, certification systems can certify Ms Learngood’s successful completion.

Solution approach

• CLM and connected systems (e.g. EPHESOS portal, serious game “Spot-X”, search engine “Findoo”) run in a web browser using client-server architecture.
• Interoperable, semantic LTI search engine "Findoo" for finding learning content across system boundaries.
• Curator tool for efficient content management and dynamic connection of learning content from different learning systems.
• Adaptivity-as-a-Service: adaptive assistance and learning systems by creating/ selecting/ providing learning units from different courses at runtime....
• Native Windows applications such as serious games can be integrated as RemoteApp as LTI tool using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
• A special LTI-Metadata-Middleware enables the interconnection between Web and MS Windows world.

Partner

• Fraunhofer Academy
• Fraunhofer IOSB
• Fraunhofer FOKUS
• Fraunhofer FIT
• Fraunhofer IML
• Ziemann.IT Software