Master Defense Seminar

Evaluation of Service Oriented Architecture in e-Learning Under Supervision of Prof. Dr. Alaa El-Din Mohamed Riad Dr. Ahmed El-Said Hassan Head of Information Systems Department Electrical Engineering Department Faculty of Computers and Information Systems Faculty of Engineering Mansoura University Mansoura University Presented By Haitham Abdel Monem El-Ghareeb Teaching Assistant Information Systems Department Faculty of Computers and Information Systems Mansoura University Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Computer and Information Systems To the Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer and Information Systems, Mansoura University 2008

Agenda 1. Research Goals 2. e-Learning 3. Service Oriented Architecture 4. Proposed Service based Architecture 5. Evaluation 6. Conclusion

Research Goals • Surveying e-Learning • Studying Enterprise Architectures, Enterprise Non- Functional requirements, relationship between both • Studying Service Oriented Architecture • Presenting a Framework to evaluate Learning Management Systems and University Management Information Systems • Proposing Services based Learning Management System and University Management System, with detailed analysis, design, and implementation specifications • Evaluating the implemented Learning Management System and University Management System components, and summarizing results Agenda Back Next

e-Learning • Problem Definition • University Management Information Systems (UMIS) • Learning Management Systems (LMS) • What University Needs • Shortages of Current LMSs Agenda Back Next

Problem Definition • E-Learning has been widely used to refer to computer based systems that not necessarily help main objectives of e- Learning • Too many Titles were presented to address e-Learning. • Naming Misleading can be accepted, Goals Misleading can NOT • In order to present effective e-Learning, requirements, current shortages, technological limitations should be addressed clearly and correctly to – Determine Technological capabilities that satisfy requirements – Overcome problems and shortages – Start walking in the right way towards effective future e-Learning. • Learning should be leading technology and technology should not be limiting it Agenda Back Next

University Management Information Systems (UMIS) • Definition and Description – MIS refers broadly to a computer-based system ‘collection of hardware, software, people, data, and information’ that provides managers with the tools for organizing, evaluating and efficiently running their departments • Nothing to do with Learning • Prototypical UMIS Agenda Back Next

Learning Management System (LMS) • Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) • Definition and Goal – LMS is the Software that automates the administration of training. The LMS registers users, tracks courses in a catalog, records data from learners; and provides reports to management (LMS List). • Nothing to do with University Management • Prototypical LMS/VLE Agenda Back Next

What University Needs? University Needs Both Agenda Back Next

Current LMS Shortages • Integration Deficiency • Agility Deficiency • Scalability Deficiency • Extensibility Deficiency • Flexibility Deficiency • Interoperability Deficiency • Redundancy Agenda Back Next

Service Oriented Architecture • Architecture Importance • Software Architecture • Service, and Service Orientation Agenda Back Next

Brilliant Architecture Agenda Back Next

Bad Architecture Agenda Back Next

Software Architecture • There is a clear need for an ‘Architectural View’ of systems • Software architecture can be defined as ‘the sum of the nontrivial modules, processes, and data of the system, their structure and exact relationships to each other, how they can be and are expected to be extended and modified, and on which technologies they depend, from which one can deduce the exact capabilities and flexibilities of the system, and from which one can form a plan for the implementation or modification of the system’ • Common Software Architecture Patterns Agenda Back Next

Service, and Service Orientation • Stateless Reusable Unit of Work • With Standard Interface • Can be Outsourced • Legacy Systems are Wrapped • Integration on Service Level • Object Component Service • System is Collection of Services Agenda Back Next

SOA Technologies • SOA Technologies include; not only – Software Agents – Web services Agenda Back Next

Software Agents • Different SOA implementations using different software agents are presented • One or more software agents perform certain task(s), those tasks can be exposed as services that compose SOA • Multi Agent System (MAS) • Driving and Restraining forces of MAS Agenda Back Next

Web services • The major implementation of SOA • Specific to the WS-Coordination specification and related protocols • Web services Stack • Web services Architecture • Advantages of Web services – Interoperability – Language Agonistic – Relatively Simple – Loosely Coupled Applications – Support of Software Industry Leaders – Integration with the World Wide Web Agenda Back Next

Demo Agenda Back Next

Proposed Service based Architecture Agenda Back Next

Proposed Components • LMS Components – Assessment Management System (Demo) • Mobile Assessment (Demo) – Course Management System – Digital Library (Demo) • UMIS Components – Student Information System (Demo) – Library Information System (Demo) Agenda Back Next

Assessment Management System • Scope • Analysis • Design • Demo Agenda Back Next

Assessment Management System • Scope – The formal attempt to determine student’s status with respect to educational variable of interest – Can be achieved electronically Agenda Back Next

Assessment Management System • Analysis – Requirements Gathering • Administration • Log in • Take Assessment • After Take Assessment – Define Entities Agenda Back Next

Assessment Management System • Design – List of Services • Manage Students • Manage Assessments • Manage True/False Items • Manage MCQ Items • Mange Results • Manage Courses • Manage Passwords • Generate Random Number – Database Tables Agenda Back Next

Mobile Assessment • Scope • Analysis • Design • Demo Agenda Back Next

Mobile Assessment • Scope – Mobile Learning (M-Learning) is an approach to E-Learning that utilizes mobile devices – Mobile assessment refers to the capability of conducting assessments via mobile devices – Mobile assessment requires architectural modifications to reflect interoperability as it relies on external services that are not part of the LMS – Mobile Services Architecture – Student Interaction via SMS Agenda Back Next

Mobile Assessment • Analysis – Use Case Diagram – System Entities – System Processes • Take Mobile Assessment – Tracker Agent Agenda Back Next

Mobile Assessment • Design – Proposed Architecture – Take Mobile Assessment Process • Process Design • Services Design – Tracker Agent Design – Class Diagram • Service Layer and SMS Manager • AMS Class Diagram Agenda Back Next

Mobile Assessment • Mobile Simulator Agenda Back Next

Course Management System • Scope • Analysis • Design Agenda Back Next

Course Management System • Scope – Proposed CMS facilitates integration among different CMSs – An automated course search, import, and deposit process is presented – Utilizing SOA to integrate Web services and software agents in CMSs Agenda Back Next

Course Management System • Analysis – Use Case Diagram – System Processes • Search • Manage Rules – System Software Agents • Discoverer • Ranker • Tracker • Analyzer Agenda Back Next

Course Management System • Design – Proposed CMS Architecture – Discoverer Architecture – System Processes Design • Search • Manage Rules – Services Design – Tracker Agent Design – Ranker Agent Design Agenda Back Next

Digital Library • Scope • Analysis • Design • Demo Agenda Back Next

Digital Library • Scope – Digital store for Faculty contents that needs to be available for future use in electronic format • Entities Agenda Back Next

Digital Library • Analysis – Use Case Diagram – System Processes • Review Book • Review Under Graduate Project • Review Graduation Project • Review Post Graduate Project • Make Under Graduate Project • Make Graduation Project • Make Post Graduate Project Agenda Back Next

Digital Library • Design – ER Diagram – Proposed Architecture – Class Diagram – Database Tables Agenda Back Next

Student Information System • Scope • Analysis • Design • Demo Agenda Back Next

Student Information System • Scope – Responsible for managing student data and all student related activities – Exist in all faculties in all universities – Reflects the processes initiated, managed, and maintained at that department • Entities Agenda Back Next

Student Information System • Analysis – Use Case Diagram – System Processes Analysis • Registration and Join University Residence • Recruiting (Student, Employee) • Time Tabling • Departure • Tracking Attendance • Exams Management • Preparing Reports Agenda Back Next

Student Information System • Design – ER Diagram – Proposed Entity Based Architecture – Database Tables Diagram – Class Diagram Agenda Back Next

Library Management System • Scope • Analysis • Design • Demo Agenda Back Next

Library Management System • Scope – Automating library activities – Widely known and accepted for more than forty years • Entities Agenda Back Next

Library Management System • Analysis – Use Case Diagram – System Processes • Registration • Purchase Books • Lend Books • Sell Books • Manage Library Employees Data • Manage Books Data Agenda Back Next

Library Management System • Design – ER Diagram – Proposed Architecture – Class Diagram – Database Tables Agenda Back Next

Evaluation • Evaluation is a main step of scientific research that enables in concluding and reporting research results, efficiency, effectiveness, and goals achievement. • Evaluation Research 'has become the subject of a variety of interpretations in relation to its purposes, scope, and methodology' • The generic goal of most evaluations is to provide quot;useful feedbackquot; • Evaluation Types Agenda Back Next

Evaluation Framework Managerial Evaluation Framework Information Pedagogical System Agenda Back Next

Information System Evaluation • ISO-IEC 9126 – International standard for the evaluation of software quality. It is being superseded by the project SQuaRE, ISO 25000:2005 • Non-defined ISO-IEC 9126 Agenda Back Next

Information System Evaluation • Performance – Network Performance – User Perceived Performance • Functionality – Integration and Interoperability – Compliance – Security • Maintainability – Analyzability, Decomposability, Modularity – Testability • Portability – Replacability • Scalability – Hardware Scalability – Software Scalability • Simplicity • Modifiability – Extensibility – Reusability Agenda Back Next

Network Performance • SOA rely on Messaging Total Delay = Transmission Delay + Propagation Delay + Processing • SOA needs extra+ Headers Delay Queuing Delay • Because Processing and Queuing Delays are manner of Micro Seconds Calculation Formula Total Delay = Transmission Delay + Propagation Delay Three categories: •Static Header = 463 characters •XML Tags =179 characters / record •Actual Data FSOA = F + SH + 179 * R Agenda Back Next

User Perceived Performance • User-Perceived Performance is measured in terms of impact on the user in front of an application • Primary measure is Completion Time • Completion Time is the amount of time taken to complete an application action • Three different Library Management System architectures were implemented and user-perceived performance was measured against same sample data Agenda Back Next

Different Library Management System Architectures • Parameterized Query based Architecture – SQL statements exist within the web pages and accesses database directly • Stored Procedure based Architecture – Stored Procedures as a middle layer in- between portal and database • SOA based Architecture – Services layer available in between the portal and database layer to present a standard based interface layer that consumes stored procedures and available for portals Agenda Back Next

Firebug • Integrates with Firefox • Editing, debugging, and monitoring browsed web pages • Main features of Firebug include the capability to [20,21] – Inspect and edit HTML – Visualize CSS metrics – Monitor Network activity – Debug and profile JavaScript – Measure Performance and find bottlenecks fast – Quickly find errors – Explore the DOM – Execute JavaScript on the fly – and Log for JavaScript • Capability to watch the timeline of the web page unfolds. Firebug shows a bar for each file that displays when the file started and stopped loading relative to all the other files. Agenda Back Next

Performance Measures • Arithmetic Mean (Average) is the value obtained by dividing the set of quantities by the number of quantities in the set • Mode is the Most Repeated Value for each operation • Both Measures can be used to evaluate Performance measure of the three architectures Agenda Back Next

Insert Operation Agenda Back Next

Update Operation Agenda Back Next

Select Single Item Operation Agenda Back Next

Retrieve All Data Operation Agenda Back Next

Comments on Results • SOA Performance Time exceeds Others Total Elapsed Time = NW Time + Processing Time + Display Time Evaluation was on the same environment Evaluation Used the same sample data Total Elapsed Time = Processing Time Processing Time; include: • Web server processing of the sent request pages (include: Parameters processing) • Web server preparing the request (incase Services are used) • SQL Server processing of the request (insert, update, and retrieve operations) • Web server processing the response Agenda Back Next

Functionality • Integration and Interoperability • Compliance Security AMS Integrates with SIS by Using Students Data • Hide the • Security AMS Integrates with Mobile Assessment Service URI (Middleware) • Web services make use of the enhancements Providing a Service Layer over Digitaladherence services manufacturers (Microsoft Compliance software Library performed by Web to application related standards make its digital of conventionsandregulations in laws and similar prescriptions. content public to all applications or IBM for example) • Web services act as an isolating layer of database; Courses, Students, Faculty, tothere Assessment within to the database Learner has Assessments, and access 24 hours take is no direct Exam Data areExamNeeds Interoperability Among all presented Systems service Mobile Assessment is Validany One Week operations are stated within the available for for external available, and • Web services have defined list of Operations application upon Request • Web services use Descriptive, NOT explicit Utilizing SOA makes such rules applicable and underInstructive Messages control; More System Agility Agenda Back Next

Maintainability • Ease and speed with which systems can be understood and modified • Analyzability, Decomposability, Modularity •Analyzabilityidentificationneeded for diagnosis of deficiencies or causes of Testabilityeffort of parts to be modified. is the failures or for – Unit Testing Decomposability is the process of breaking down a system into its smaller – Functional Testing components. These components may themselves be systems (subsystems) and can be broken down into their components as well. – Integration Testing Modularity is a direct result of decomposability. It refers to dividing the system into chunks or modules of a relatively uniform size. Modules can represent a system simply, making it easier to understand and easier to redesign and rebuild. Agenda Back Next

Portability • Ability of software to be transferred from one environment to another • Replaceability – Opportunity and effort using the software in the place of specified other software in the environment of that software Agenda Back Next

Scalability • Ease with which a system or component can be modified to fit the problem area • Hardware Scalability – Modify HW Specifications – Load Balancing • Software Scalability – System enhancement service by service – Web services based SOA is immune to malicious software attacks Agenda Back Next

Simplicity • SOA applies the principle of Separation of Concerns to the Allocation of Functionality within Components Agenda Back Next

Modifiability • Ease with which a change can be made to application architecture; without stopping and restarting the entire system • Extensibility – Ability to add functionality to a system • Extendibility – ease with which a system or component can be modified to increase its storage or functional capacity • Reusability – Property of application architecture if its components, connectors, or data elements can be reused, without modification, in other applications Agenda Back Next

Pedagogical Evaluation Agenda Back Next

Pedagogical Evaluation • All Previous Features, are Available • Integration of Software Agents • Mobile Learning (M-Learning) • Unlocking Course Repositories Agenda Back Next

Conclusion • SOA is a design pattern addresses functional and non functional requirements • Proposed LMS facilitates integration – Among different LMSs – Between LMSs and UMISs – Of University and Non University Applications – Software agents and Legacy Systems with New Systems • Pedagogical, Social, and Managerial advantages of Proposed CMS include – Overcome lack of internal courses – Get use of external, higher pedagogical features courses – Shareability among different educational institutions – Competition increment adds to quality (indirect effect) – Increase Return-On-Investment (ROI) by selling courses Agenda Back Next

Conclusion • Assessment is an integral part of the learning process, and a learning activity that can be achieved efficiently via mobile devices. Mobile assessment can encourage students to attend assessments and enable distance education by expanding interactivity tools available to students to include mobile devices • SOA is better utilized between Systems Agenda Back Next

Questions Agenda Back Next

Thank You

e-Learning Titles Distance Education VLE Telecast Virtual Conference Adaptive Teaching System Remote Teaching System Authoring System Virtual Classroom Computer Assisted Instruction Multimedia Internet Training Electronic Courses Online Distance Education Online Courses WBT CIT: Computer, Information, and Television Web-based Interactive Course Computer Managed Learning System Web-based Course Management System Computer Based Courses Distance Learning Computer Assisted Learning PLE: Personal Learning Environment Integrated Student Information System Web-based LMS CBT Virtual University LMS: Learning Management System Future Learning Environment Interactive Learning Environment Interactive Web-based Learning Course Management System Adaptive LMS Courseware Authoring Tool Enterprise Course Management System Assessment Management System Internet based Education Electronic Learning Internet based Education Computer Assisted Personalized Approach Extended Learning Institute Collaborative Learning Integrated LMS Virtual College Agenda Back

LMS List Agenda Back

Common Software Architecture Patterns Agenda Back

Registration Agenda Back

Recruiting - Student Agenda Back

Recruiting - Employee Agenda Back

Time Tabling Agenda Back

Departure Agenda Back

Tracking Attendance Agenda Back

Exams Management Agenda Back

Fill Forms and Prepare Reports Agenda Back

SIS ER Diagram Agenda Back

SIS Architecture Agenda Back

SIS Database Tables Agenda Back

SIS Class Diagram Agenda Back

Registration Agenda Back

Sell Books Agenda Back

Purchase Books Agenda Back

Borrow Books Agenda Back

ER Diagram Agenda Back

Proposed Architecture Agenda Back

Class Diagram Agenda Back

Database Tables Agenda Back

ER Diagram Agenda Back

Proposed Architecture (a) Agenda Back

Proposed Architecture (b) Agenda Back

Class Diagram Agenda Back

Database Tables Agenda Back

Search Process Analysis Agenda Back

Manage Rules Process Analysis Agenda Back

Ranker Agenda Back

Tracker Agenda Back

Analyzer Agenda Back

Proposed CMS Architecture Agenda Back

Discoverer Architecture Agenda Back

Search Process Design Agenda Back

Manage Rules Process Design Agenda Back

Services Design • List of System Services – Discover / Recommend – Display – Check Capability – Import – Manage Courses – Pay – Raise Exception – Manage Rules Agenda Back

Discover/Recommend Service • Discover / Recommend – Searching internal and external list of ranked courses to prepare a list of ranked courses that satisfies user query. – Ranking results prepared by Discover service by relevance of its keywords and user query keywords. – Database Tables Agenda Back

Display Service • Display – Preparing data that will be displayed – Passing this data to the proper page at presentation layer – and acquiring input from end user. – Display service manages different kinds of data. Those data include: • List of courses • Notification messages • Acquires input from instructor and business manager Agenda Back

Check Capability Service • Check Capability – Determines either the course satisfies organizational rules or not (can be imported or not) – Rules not only include financial issues; like limits provided for each instructor, but they also reflect pedagogical – Database Tables Agenda Back

Import Service • Import – It consumes other services: • Download Course file • Update Course – Download Course is responsible for downloading the course file into FTP server Agenda Back

Manage Courses Service • Manage Course – Implement basic databases operations insert, update, and delete [29] – Courses are classified into three categories: Internal, External, and Imported • Internal Courses developed by institution’s instructors. • External Courses available in other educational institutions and have not been imported yet • Imported Courses downloaded form external sources – Courses are ranked – Database Tables Agenda Back

Pay Service • Pay – Money Deposit into accounts determined by Transaction – Manage transactions – Database Table Agenda Back

Raise Exception Service • Raise Exception – Adds an entry to (Differs according to Exception) – Failed Imports table – Log table – Database Tables Agenda Back

Manage Rules Service • Manage Rules – Basic database operations on rules – Rule’s categories: Rules, Analysis Rules, and Suggested Rules. • Rules educational institution courses ranking • Analysis will be used by Analyzer agent on failed imports, in order to generate suggested rules • Suggested either new rules or edited current rules suggested by Analyzer agent and waiting for Business Manager approval – Database Tables Agenda Back

Tracker Agent Design • Tracking instructor’s feedback of imported courses • Instructor who imported a course should give her/his feedback • Utilized services – Manage Courses – Send Mail – Manage Instructors • Database Table Agenda Back

Ranker Agent Design • Prioritized Pedagogical and Managerial Rules • Ranking based on – Instructor’s feedback (Courses, Instructors, Faculties) – Mathematical Formula (Universities) • Threshold value is used to guide Ranker in making the Accepted/Not Accepted Decision • Universities ranking is the average of all faculties composing this university ranks. • Consumed Services – Retrieve Course – Update Course • Database Tables Agenda Back

Take Mobile Assessment Agenda Back

Tracker Agent Agenda Back

Proposed Architecture Agenda Back

Take Mobile Assessment Agenda Back

Services Design • List of System Services – Manage SMS – Manage Learner – Manage Assessment – Manage Assessment Items – Session Manager – Manage Session – Manage Exception Agenda Back

Manage SMS • Collection of services, include – Retrieve SMS – Send SMS – Insert SMS – Delete SMS • AMS maintains a record of all sent and received SMSs for managerial, financial, and educational issues Agenda Back

Manage Learner • Encapsulates the three primary database operations insert, update, and delete Agenda Back

Manage Assessment • Concerned with the three main database operations insert, update, and delete • Assessments should contain variant difficulty levels of assessment items • Automated assessment calculation • Database Tables Agenda Back

Manage Assessment Items • MCQs, True/False are examples of applicable mobile assessment items • Assessment item difficulty level is determined by instructor Agenda Back

Session Manager • Session refers to the period of time in which the same user interacts with the system • Mobile user interacts with the system via multiple discrete responses • Session Managers hold the business logic required to enable the supported processes and can – Recognize either the learner is in the middle of an assessment or attempting to a new one, – and then Invoke the suitable Web services based on user state. • Some of the services Session Manager invokes are – Add Session – Update Session – Update learner profile – Send SMS Agenda Back

Manage Session • Responsible for the insert, update, and delete sessions Agenda Back

Manage Exceptions • Exception Log Agenda Back

Tracker Agent Design • Tracking process consumes five Web services: – Read Learner Data, – Read Course Data, – Read Assessment Data, – Send Mail, – and Send SMS Agenda Back

Service Layer Class Diagram Agenda Back

AMS Class Diagram Agenda Back

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