Learning content management systems for the definition of adaptive learning environments

The most commonly used systems in e Learning (both in remote learning and in the support of face-to-face teaching) are the Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS). The common feature to all of them is that both the teachers and the students must adapt themselves to the organizational structure of LCMS. The students depend on the organization of resources and activities established by the teachers, who must adapt themselves to the way that the LCMS has of storing the resources and to the type of activities permitted under a predefined sequence. Software engineering can break this scheme, making it possible to manage the learning process individually and adapting both resources and its organization to the profile and necessities of each student. This work is based on the integration of resources, generated by the teachers, the students and the sector, in subjects of different Engineering degrees. Over these resources a learning content management system has been created, so that the student specifies his circumstantial requirements (making a class work, preparing for a specific exam, etc.). The adaptive system presents an emergent window to the student with the most useful resources available. That window updates the contents continuously. The result of cooperation between students taking part in the experience has generated more than 500 learning resources.