October 2006 Volume 9 Number 4

The Resources Management Process manages the learning objects resources.
The Learners Profiles Management Process manages the enterprises objects, named here audits, of the Analysis
and Design Processes of the TEL system reengineering community. These objects are mainly structured
knowledge, provided as, for example, described scenarios in the meaning of (Iksal & Choquet, 2005; Barré &
Choquet, 2005).
The processes take part in the actions of the TEL system reengineering process community. The definition of a
community (see above) allows us to consider each process itself as a community of enterprise objects. We will
describe the objectives, roles and processes of these communities with two examples, one on the reverse
engineering of a TEL system, the other on its reengineering.
Use Cases
TEL System Reengineering
Community
Software
Engineering
Process
use a
resource
produce a
prototype
adapt a
component
produce a
model
interpret a
specification
Resources
Management Process
provide a
resource
store a
resource
provide a
resource
analyze a
query
Figure 2: UML package of the enterprise viewpoint of the reengineering process of a TEL system
Presentation of the TEL system
Learning
Process
execute a
prototype
Design
Process
produce a
specification
produce a
resource
use a
resource
search a
resource
produce an
observable
interpret a
model
interpret an
information
interpret an
audit
Analysis
Process
analyze an
observable
ask for an
adaptation
produce an
information
make an
interpretation
of an audit
Learners Profiles
Management Process
produce an
audit
ask for an
audit
produce an
audit
manage an
audit
For four years, we have been testing a TEL system with a reengineering approach using higher degree students
of a Computer Technology Institute and their teachers. Each year around fifty students participate to a two-hour
learning session. After each session, teachers – who are the designers – and ourselves – who play the roles of
software engineers and analysts, modify the system according to the uses analysis results. We will exemplify the
use cases with this test as described briefly below.
During a learning session, the students learn the main principles of the operationalization of a HTTP server with
the deployed educational environment. The session is a part of a well identified course within the cursus
provided by the Institute. The initial instructional scenario defined by designers was organized around 6
activities supported by, at least, one web resource.
The activity "Introducing the Learning Unit" is supported by a video which presents the main characteristics
of a web server. This activity aims to present both the background knowledge mobilized by the learning
unit, and the set of know-how the learner will acquire.
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