A wiki paradigm for use in IT courses

Author

Elrufaie, Elharith ; Turner, David A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., California State Univ., San Bernardino, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

4-6 April 2005

Firstpage

770

Abstract

We present a system currently used by the department of Computer Science at the California State University, San Bernardino. The system extends the traditional wiki paradigm with features that make it useful as an instructional aid for IT courses. The most notable feature includes the use of strict XHTML for user input rather than traditional wiki markup. The use of XHTML serves three purposes: it requires IT students to learn XML syntax and concepts, it requires students to learn HTML, and it provides more flexibility to students and instructors when constructing pages. Additionally, we added other features not commonly found in wiki systems to better accommodate the needs of the classroom.

Keywords

XML; computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational aids; educational courses; educational institutions; teaching; California State University; HTML; IT course; XHTML; instructional aid; wiki paradigm; Authorization; Collaborative work; Computer science; Education; HTML; IEEE news; Markup languages; Social network services; Web pages; XML; Wiki; collaborative educational environments; learning XHTML;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2005. ITCC 2005. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2315-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITCC.2005.54

Filename

1425243