Products

Learning Property   

LOX facilitates the exchange of Learning Objects and components within and between institutions such as universities , schools, colleges anc corporations. LOX stores, promotes, trades and delivers components and the rights required for their direct use, adaptation or embedding in other learning modules. LOX complies with the specifications of the IMS Global Learning Consortium to enable interoperability with other learning object management systems.

Most learning instituitions are currently negotiating learning module exchange agreements between themselves and overseas partners. Such LOX-based exchange services have the potential to dramatically lower the costs and complexity of re-using learning components as well as providing a source of revenue from commercial (fee) licences to module developers.

The LOX Architecture (above) shows a number of functional modules. These modules include:

    * Content Descriptions - LOs can be described using IMS Metadata
    * Rights Offers - Various terms and conditions can be offered for each LO
    * Rights Licenses - The acceptance of an Offer creates a formal Agreement between the parties
    * License Payments - Handles the payment of fee-based LOs
    * Royalty Payments - Handles the payments of royalties to rights holders
    * Workflow Approval - LOs can be approved before becoming live on the system
    * Reporting - Various financial and usage reports can be generated

LOX imports Learning Objects conformant to IMS Content Packaging and exports the Learning Object with embedded rights information using the Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) inside the Content Package.