Title :
Desmond: a Web-based service for study planning
Author :
Rytkönen, Anni ; Niklander, Tiina
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Helsinki Univ., Finland
Abstract :
When course information is available in the Web, students can choose courses seemingly easily. Very little effort is needed to access the information. However, some effort is still required when choosing the appropriate courses among the huge list offered. Some courses are obligatory; some are required for further courses; and some are optional. We have designed a simple operating system and browser independent, Web-based tool called Desmond that helps students in the planning process. Most importantly, it guarantees that the student´s plan fulfils the requirements in the syllabus and course prerequisites.
Keywords :
Internet; Web sites; continuing education; distance learning; educational administrative data processing; educational courses; further education; information retrieval; interactive systems; user interfaces; Desmond tool; Web based service; browser independent; course information; course prerequisites; further courses; obligatory courses; operating system independent; optional courses; student planning; study planning; Authentication; Computer science; Computer science education; Databases; Electronic learning; Information resources; Operating systems; Process planning; User interfaces; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2003. Proceedings. The 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1967-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2003.1215197
