Using a content management approach to support Web-based learning

EFTWeb proposes an approach to unify educational materials – contents – and their operation under education, learning and training activities. The proposed model allows content reuse no matter is produced by teachers or students. It also offers an open collection of educational material to be explored. As a complement, it provides a structured approach to the educational materials storage as usable content. The use of thesaurus facilities allow for the creation of alternative contexts where content can be used meaningfully within different perspectives. More traditional forms of content classification such as the use of metadata or content classification strategies offer a limited perspective on what was the content creation aim or the context where classification takes place. If we can, based on learning needs, specify a given knowledge topic using a high abstract description level instead of relying in same previous classification, a much wider potential use of available content can be expected. The paper proposes a model to enable such a content management approach.