management across LMSs is also a matter of utmost
importance. It is here that we get an insight into the
advancements of education.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge the Spanish
Ministry of Science and Innovation, the National R
& D Program 2004-2007 and the Latin American
Program of Science and Technology for
Development (CYTED). Their support for this work
through projects TSI2005-08225 - C07-03
"MOSAICLearning: Mobile and electronic learning,
of open code, based on standards, secure, contextual,
personalized and collaborative" and CYTED-
508AC0341 "SOLITE- FREE SOFTWARE IN TV-
EDUCATION”. Also, we would like to grateful to
UNED for the support in the Second Call for
Research Network for Innovation Teaching
(2007/2008) and the complementary action
TSI2007-31091-E "RedOBER - Educational
Reusable Objects (for the EHEA in the fields of IT
information and communications)”.
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