ILE: a Java-based environment for CS courses

  • Authors:

  • H. Hosny;O. Khaled;M. E. Fathalla

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science, The American University in Cairo, 113 Kasr El Aini St., Cairo, Egypt;Department of Computer Science, The American University in Cairo, 113 Kasr El Aini St., Cairo, Egypt;Department of Computer Science, The American University in Cairo, 113 Kasr El Aini St., Cairo, Egypt

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 5th annual SIGCSE/SIGCUE ITiCSEconference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the Interactive Lab Environment (ILE) project and a report on its current status and future directions. ILE is the framework of a customized interactive lab environment for computing concepts and courseware that we developed for our department using Java.In essence ILE is a well-managed, networked set of resources that offers its users a collection of tools. The most significant of these tools are the flexible routes through an interactive learning environment combining the presentation of course information and notes, executable examples of learning materials, visual tools for presenting new concepts that are otherwise hard to visualize, and a quick means of communication within the academic unit. In addition to the ILE framework itself and a few course material demos, two interactive components were developed and implemented thus far, both of which are visual tools but with differing degrees of abstraction and disclosure.