Title :
Multimedia courseware development using influence diagram
Author :
Shih, Timothy K. ; Hung, Lun-Ping
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Tamkang Univ., Tamsui, Taiwan
Abstract :
Web-based distance learning programs are widely available. A few distance education platform and standards were developed or proposed. Among current software systems, it is hard to realize a strategic assessment of courseware quality. Since one of the difficulties of distance education is the load that an instructor needs to spend in courseware design, it is worthy to investigate an automatic mechanism to help an instructor to produce effective courseware. Thus, a distance learning program can proceed efficiently. We develop a mechanism for the construction of courseware structure based on the influence diagram. The mechanism can be implemented as a decision support system for the instructor to analyze the relation among course units and test units. The overall value of a courseware can be systematically analyzed.
Keywords :
Internet; courseware; decision support systems; distance learning; multimedia communication; multimedia computing; software architecture; Web-based distance learning programs; automatic courseware production; course units; courseware design; courseware quality; decision support system; distance education platform; distance education standards; distance learning program; influence diagram; multimedia courseware development; software architecture; software systems; test units; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Courseware; Decision support systems; Decision trees; Distance learning; Electronic mail; Software systems; Standards development; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Expo, 2002. ICME '02. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7304-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICME.2002.1035610
