Database support for courseware
Current authoring tools do not or poorly support courseware reuse
- Problem: in 20 minutes, build, publish, and print handouts of a new module consisting of parts of five other presentations
- Problem: Find all slides related to a particular topic in presentations delivered during last 6 months
- Problem: Allow for search of the educational nuggets according to the standard metadata attributes
HTTP-based repositories non-portable and non-scalable beyond a handful of presentations; contents management nightmare