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The Learning Object Creator (LOC) tool is a piece of e-learning software to enable educators to create re-usable online content (Learning Objects) to a specific educational template.

Starting off as a VB.NET desktop application, the LOC tool moved to a browser-based online version to make it cross platform and easier to teach during workshops. The tool provided a template for editors to follow and fill in, and then generate standards compliant HTML and CSS which could be published online or saved as a ZIP file. This included integration with the FCKeditor (and later CKeditor) wysiwyg tools. I supervised the development work on this version, coded in ASP.NET. The site consisted of the application itself, and a user community to create and share learning objects via the web.

In 2010, the application platform it was using reached end of life, so it was re-worked into a PHP drupal-based solution. This provided much greater development flexibility to add new features and was more robust and stable than the bespoke version which came before. As part of this work, I greatly improved the stabilisation of the tool by totally rewriting it into an AJAX application linked to drupal, using best practices in 'Object Oriented' javascript.

Other work included designs for the public facing part of the site, and creation of a drupal theme using semantic, standards-based XHTML and CSS. Wireframes were created to check the Information architecture and site navigation with the client