Distance learning system for programming and software engineering

Abstract

In recent years, online distribution of academic lectures to distance locations has occurred through the rapid development of Internet technology. However, the main challenge to distance learning is student motivation, since it is more difficult to maintain long-term concentration in an isolated environment. Recently, there are many students who can't write proper documents. In this circumstance, they have to learn the systematic decision process of specifications and programming using software engineering. We become an author engaged in software development in a corporation, and develop a program. This system can be systematically learned from system designs to programming. The problems will become clear when they make programs with documentation. Firstly, students grasp a design image from general program learning. They learn system design and the documentation necessary to create quality work. Then, this system is used by the Perl language on the Web. The design and program then become compatible on the Web. They study at their own pace by independent learning - provided it is userfriendly. Using this system, the teacher could track and evaluate a student's degree of understanding, and send individual advice via e-mail. But there is the problem that a frame won't be designated because it doesn't decide uniformly. It selects a way of effectively grouping a person and the system. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.