A Distributed Architecture for Learning Management Systems which Supports Institutional Collaboration

The paper introduces a service-based architecture for an extensible and customisable learning management system (LMS) runtime environment. The architecture mainly defines interfaces and workflows for the interaction of functional system components represented by loosely coupled services. This grants maximum flexibility for vendors implementing the LMS runtime enviromnent. The main aim of the architecture is to support institutional collaboration and to ease migration between different LMSs without having to re-implement additional functionality.