Title :
E-Slate: a software architectural style for end-user programming
Author :
Birbilis, George ; Koutlis, Manolis ; Kyrimis, Kriton ; Tsironis, George ; Vasiliou, George
Author_Institution :
Comput. Technol. Inst., Patras, Greece
Abstract :
The paper describes E-Slate (http://E-Slate.cti.gr), an exploratory learning environment. It builds on a component based approach, to enable end users to create educational software constructions themselves by wiring components, using the Plug and Synapse metaphors
Keywords :
authoring systems; computer science education; courseware; object-oriented programming; personal computing; software architecture; teaching; E-Slate; component based approach; component software architectures; component wiring; educational software; educational software constructions; end user programming; exploratory learning environment; software architectural style; Assembly; Computer architecture; Educational technology; Guidelines; Libraries; Plugs; Programming profession; Software architecture; Software engineering; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Limerick
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-206-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICSE.2000.870467
