This Monthly Insight to Interoperability reports on the European Learning Resource Exchange (LRE) meeting that took place in Brussels on 23 March 2006. The seminar brought together almost 100 organisations with an interest in digital educational content including: Ministries of Education,...

Monthly Insight to Interoperabiltiy editor attended the first ever e-portfolio plugfest that was organised in Cambridge in October 26 2005. The event attracted about hundred delegates to test their e-portfolio applications and to follow the demonstrations of importing and exporting...

Sharing web-based learning resources in educational context in Europe and beyond is what many stakeholders cherish. Simplicity of solution, however, is still something to desire. Monthly Insight to Interoperability met up with EUN's senior software architect David Massart to talk...

Exchanging and comparing North American and European experiences in the field of interoperability in the school context was the core of the EUN-SIF Conference last April. Monthly Insight to Interoperability highlights here some of the interesting points, and also showcases a few...

Testing interoperability in the real life situations in key to the success of e-learning applications. You have to be sure that once end-users have their hands on those application that they work properly. More importantly, application do have to interact with other applications...

In the last few years the topic of European software patents has been popping up in the technology news on the regular basis. Currently the European Union is pursuing new legislation to regulate the patentability of software. Potentially, software patents could threat interoperability...

Teemu Arina runs a company that sells eLearning services and modular environments for educational purposes. The business model is largely based on selling customizable targeted services for those in need of eLearning applications, training and support. Interoperability and use of...