An architecture for supporting vicarious learning in a distributed environment

ABSTRACT

Existing software systems designed to support learning do not adequately provide for vicarious learning in a cross-institutional collaborative environment. We have developed an architecture based on role-based access control, which provides the necessary security, robustness, flexibility, and explicit formulation of policy. Such an architecture is general enough to be used in a variety of educational institutions and settings, yet flexible enough to allow a wide range of policies within a single system.

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Index Terms

• Software and its engineering

  • Software organization and properties

    • Software system structures

      • Distributed systems organizing principles

        • Organizing principles for web applications