dc.contributor.advisor | Tangney, Brendan | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Cahill, Vinny | |
dc.contributor.author | Thornton, David Willson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-06-14T12:13:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-06-14T12:13:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-09 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2006-06-14T12:13:36Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/787 | |
dc.description.abstract | Current developments in multimedia and Internet technologies are enabling their wide use
as a means for delivering education and training. There is much diversity and no single
architecture has yet emerged as the standard.
This dissertation presents a unified architecture for course development, design and
delivery and a set of collaborative and multimedia tools to support it.
A course design and management architecture is discussed. A relational database lies at
the centre of the system. Course developers use the tool via a standard database GUI; all
students access the system via the Web. The course structure and presentation seen by
the student is configured on a per person basis. The architecture was implemented and
used to develop a demonstration course. The prototype demonstrates the application of
technology to course design and administration, content development and collaborative
activities. Its key features are openness, flexibility and a distributed architecture.
An evaluation of the prototype implementation showed that current technologies could be
integrated to provide a unified architecture. A large number of commercial content
development and conferencing tools are available to support educational activities. The
set of common media formats supported by them allows a rich variety of content and
interactive activities to be combined for presentation on a single client.
However, the range of existing multimedia formats and diversity in client applications
must be addressed if the potential demonstrated by the prototype can be exploited fully
and simply by all teachers. Work is on going in this regard and may be expected to
produce results in the near future. | en |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.hasversion | TCD-CS-1999-71.pdf | en |
dc.subject | Computer Science | en |
dc.title | Using Distributed Technology for Teaching Distributed Systems | en |
dc.publisher.institution | Trinity College Dublin. Department of Computer Science | en |
dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters (Taught) | en |
dc.type.qualificationname | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en |