Description:
This article tackles the problem of educational software re-use in research purpose. Theses pieces of software are prototypes or environments developed by other research teams. After having analyzed the requirements to integrate educational software in order to build an experiment, we argue around an integration architecture proposition. Our requirement analysis ensues on a presentation of the various possible dimensions of integration. Towards these dimensions, we present five case studies stemming from the French community. Based on theses case studies, handling interoperability and integration issues, we illustrate the set of problems collectively studied within the “Action Spécifique Plateformes” group. We conclude by proposing a guide of good practices for integration.