Group Learning Uniform Environment

Draft

Introduction

GLUE! is a middleware architecture that allows a lightweight integration of existing external tools in existing Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) like Moodle or LAMS.

GLUE! is composed of three kinds of loosely-coupled distributed services: the GLUE! core, and two sets of adapters (VLE and tool adapters). While the GLUE! core supports most of the integration functionality, VLE and tool adapters wrap existing VLEs and tools, connecting them to the GLUE! core.

GLUE! allows educators to control the creation and configuration of external tool instances within VLEs and their automatic assignment to VLE users depending on their roles and the groups they belong to; that reduces the time and complexity required to instantiate non-trivial collaborative learning situations within VLEs. Afterwards, students logged in the VLE find their corresponding tool instances; That facilitates the enactment of collaborative learning situtations.

(GLUE! home page, retrieved April 2014)