Multiple Standards Compatible Learning Resource Management

Managing learning resources is an essential part of an e-learning system, while building inclusive learning environments regardless of race, sex, abilities or capabilities demands the sharing of learning resources. In this paper, we present a learning resource management approach, which is compatible with many standards. We use metadata generation technique, metadata management technique based on XML database, as well as the standard transformation technique, to design and implement a demonstration of learning resource management system. This system consists of learning resource upload module, metadata generating module, learning object management module, metadata transformation module and standard metadata API module. This paper ends with an introduction of the lifelong learning system in Shanghai, China, as an example to present the advantages of standardized learning resource management.