Language-driven development of web-based learning applications

Authors:
José-Luis Sierra;Baltasar Fernández-Manjón;Alfredo Fernández-Valmayor
Affiliations:
Dpto. Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial, Fac. Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Dpto. Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial, Fac. Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Dpto. Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial, Fac. Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Venue:
ICWL'07 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Advances in web based learning
Year:
2007

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Abstract

In this paper we propose a language-driven approach for the high-level design of web-based learning applications. In our approach we define a domain-specific language that characterizes the key application aspects. Then we assign a suitable operational semantics to this language, and we keep it independent of low-level implementation details such as interaction / presentation or database updating. The resulting design can be easily implemented using the model-view-controller pattern that is very well supported by standard implementation technologies. In addition, these language-driven designs also allow for rapid prototyping, exploration and early discovery of application features, as well as for rational collaboration processes between instructors and developers. We exemplify our approach with a Socratic Tutoring System.