The project will include an analysis of innovations in e-learning services with the aim of obtaining detailed information about the state of the art. The main lines of analysis will be: 1) the e-learning situation in Spain, 2) an analysis of the standards that could be applied to SUMA, 3) and the state of the art in terms of multi-modal access. This analysis will provide the grounding for the project and will enable the identification of the standards that are en vogue in the world of e-Learning in order to incorporate them.

The development of the system has as its basic objective the creation of a service layer that enables the seperation of the base platform from the new applications and functions to be incorporated. Thus, any of the available consolidated e-Learning platforms could be the base for the system. The proposed integration system is multi-platform, with two different alternatives: Moodle and Sakai.

Both platforms are Open Source. This will help ensure that the platform resulting from the project can be used by businesses and other entities without licencing problems, chosing the technology that is best adapted to their needs.

On top of the platform, an e-learning services integration layer will be developed that will implement the OSID's¹, the set of interfaces defined and promoted by the OKI² and dependent on MIT. This integration layer, implemented using a Service Oriented Arquitecture (SOA), offers a common and standard interface for connecting applications, independent of the base platform.
On top of this integration layer a set of applications will be built that will incorporate a series of innovative e-learning functions into the resulting platform that will complete the basic functions offered by the underlying platform beneath the integration layer. These applications will basically be made up of three types:

• Modules for integration with business systems:
  
  These aim to cover the needs in this field using the experience of the companies involved in the project in implementing e-Learning environments (both in the corporate and academic fields).
  
  
• Multimodal access modules:
  
  This is basically focussed on providing access to the platform through Interactive Digital Television and mobile devices, as an innovative way to access an e-Learning platform.
  
  
• Intelligent/adaptive environments for learning creation and management:
  
  With the aim of transferring the well developed existing research in this field to industry.

Thus, the final result will be a platform complete with innovative e-learning functions that facilitates connectivity with the already existing applications both in the academic and business spheres.

¹ Open Service Interface Definitions
² Open Knowledge Initiative, http://www.okiproject.org/