Simpkins, Neil
(2010).
Developing server-side infrastructure for large-scale e-learning of web technology.
International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 8(1),
pp. 54–68.
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Abstract
The growth of E business has made experience in server-side technology an increasingly important area for educators. Server-side skills are in increasing demand and recognised to be of relatively greater value than comparable client-side aspects (Ehie, 2002). In response to this, many educational organisations have developed E business courses, but their approaches cannot generally be applied in the distance learning context.
Providing server-side infrastructure is important to allow students to gain an appreciation of concepts as well as experiencing aspects like network operation, time delays and failure and 'just-in-time' collaboration, which are basic characteristics of distributed applications.
Here, the development of a scalable architecture and successful provision of access to a set of server applications for a very large number of students is described. A key objective is to establish a framework that can be applied in education and commerce to support very large-scale deployment of web applications and services for applications with varying properties.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2010 Idea Publishing Group |
| ISSN: |
1539-3100 |
| Keywords: |
distance education; distance learning; e-Learning; online course; web applications; server-side platforms; technology education; web application architecture; web technologies; |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Mathematics, Computing and Technology > Communication and Systems |
| Item ID: |
20978 |
| Depositing User: |
Neil Simpkins
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| Date Deposited: |
06 Apr 2010 09:30 |
| Last Modified: |
27 Oct 2012 09:52 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/20978 |
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