Enhancement of VSERC to Make I/UCRC Educational Material Available via the Internet and World Wide Web

EEC-9705332数学软件工程产学合作研究中心开发了虚拟软件工程研究中心，这是一个基于Internet和万维网的虚拟企业的原型。该项目维护和改进了VSERC的可访问性和可靠性，提供并提高了VSERC向其他中心转移的便利性，并为软件程序增加了新的教育功能。VSERC的增强将通过增加一个教育部门来实现，它将允许以下材料的互联网访问：1)交互组件，2)多媒体服务器访问设施，以及3)软件工程课程。VSERC的拟议增强将允许教育工作者和学生通过一个单一的分层界面访问所有与SERC相关的教育和研究材料。研究材料已经可以通过VSERC获得，并不断更新。从1997年秋季开始，教育材料将开始进入SERC和普渡大学计算机科学系目前正在建设的数据库。该数据库将包含课堂上现场授课的数字化版本、课程材料、交互式软件工程工具和用Java编写的“概念小应用程序”。建议在VSERC中增设的教育处将允许教职员工和学生通过一个独立于所支持的具体课程、概念和研究领域的统一界面来更新和访问该数据库。

ABSTRACT EEC-9705332 Mathur The Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Software Engineering has developed the Virtual Software Engineering Research Center (VSERC), a prototype of a virtual enterprise on the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW). This project maintains and improves the accessibility and reliability of VSERC, provides for and improves the ease of transfer of VSERC to other Centers, and adds new educational capabilities to the software program. The enhancement of VSERC will be achieved by the addition of an Educational Wing that will allow Internet access to the following material: 1) Interactive Components, 2) Multi-Media Server Access Facilities, and 3) Software Engineering Courseware. The proposed enhancement of VSERC will allow educators and students to access all SERC related educational and research material through a single hierarchical interface. The research material is already available via VSERC and is continually updated. Starting in Fall 1997, the educational material will begin entering into the database currently under construction in SERC and the Department of Computer Science at Purdue. This database will contain the digitized versions of live lectures delivered in the classroom, course material, interactive software engineering tools, and "concept applets" written in Java. The proposed addition of the Educational Wing to VSERC will allow faculty and students to update and access this database through a uniform interface that is independent of the specific courses, concepts, and research areas supported.