Life-cycle management of educational programs and resources in a smart learning environment

Lifecycle management questions of educational program and resources in the smart learning environment are considered to provide a convergent process of specialist’s continuous training. The main results of the research are: (a) analysis of the training specialist’s problems, (b) smart environment synthesis to support convergent education processes, (c) lifecycles formalization of the educational environment components, (d) synchronization of lifecycle models, (e) personalized learning paths synthesis, (f) support for the updating of educational resources according to the standards and employer’s requirements. The article describes the results of the development of educational environment components. Functional lifecycle models and a cloud storage model for educational content with ubiquitous access support through the Web portal are proposed. The intellectual management system for the learning process in the information educational environment based on the component’s lifecycle model is implemented. The intellectual platform includes content management system Alfresco, learning management system Moodle, training content presentation Web system, knowledge assessment system, learning activity management system, standards and employer’s requirements analysis system. The system provides support for lifecycle stages of personalized educational programs, electronic educational resources, and specialist training levels.