Database Support of Web Course Development with Design Patterns

  • Authors:
  • Timothy K. Shih;Shi-Kuo Chang;Timothy Arndt

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • WISE '00 Proceedings of the First International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE'00)-Volume 2 - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Current distance learning is mostly based on Web technologies. However, course materials announced as Web documents do not have a normalized structure. It is difficult for students to realize where they are in a Web navigation graph. On the other hand, a textbook has a fixed structure, such as the hierarchy of chapters and the index. A textbook reader knows how to start searching for information with the common structure of books in his/her mind.If distance learning course materials are organized in one or two patterns, it is easier for an individual student to follow. We investigate this approach, and propose a system for Web course designs with patterns. The system also serves as a front-end module of a Web learning environment, which provides automatic assessment of student performance.