Implementing New Advanced Learning Scenarios Through GRID Technologies

In this paper we present our vision concerning the use of GRID technologies for the implementation of the next generation of learning solutions and in particular for supporting distance learning. We believe that the new requirements that new Learning environment should satisfy could transform these solutions into killing applications for GRID technologies. Our ideas move essentially from two main thoughtfulness: from one side there are the lacks characterising the existing software platforms for supporting traditional and distance learning processes and, from the other side there is the continuous achievement of GRID technologies as a solution for truly implementation of e-science infrastructure. The main drawbacks of current distance learning solutions are twofold: they only support a part of the whole learning process (the simple one), and how ICT is used