Title :
ViRo - The online support tool for IP network oriented courses
Author :
Uramova, J. ; Kubina, M. ; Segec, Pavel ; Paluch, Peter
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Manage. Sci. & Inf., Univ. of Zilina, Zilina, Slovakia
Abstract :
Education of IT technology experts is not limited to providing theoretical knowledge, rather, it should also facilitate obtaining practical hands-on experience. It is advantageous to provide these practical experience opportunities with the help of supporting tools available not only during main classroom exercises but also through other voluntary activities beyond the student laboratory exercises. The article provides the feature analysis of a new didactical supporting tool, the Virtual Router (ViRo). ViRo shall be used to leverage and enhance the delivery of university study topics in the field of networking technologies and computer networks. The tool will allow students to deepen their practical configuration skills in designing and management of computer networks and network elements in an online internet-accessible environment.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; computer network management; computer science education; educational institutions; IP network oriented courses; IT technology experts Education; ViRo; classroom exercises; computer networks; didactical supporting tool; feature analysis; network elements; networking technologies; online Internet-accessible environment; online support tool; practical hands-on experience; student laboratory exercises; theoretical knowledge; university study topics; virtual router; voluntary activities; Computer networks; Education; Knowledge engineering; Laboratories; Network topology; Servers; Topology; computer networks; education; knowledge;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging eLearning Technologies & Applications (ICETA), 2012 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stara Lesna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5120-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICETA.2012.6418308
