VPL: An Online Distance Learning Platform for Virtual Programming Laboratory

作     者：ALVIN T. S. CHAN JIANNONG CAO CHI-KIN LIU WEIDONG CAO 

作者机构：Internet and E-Commerce Laboratory Department of Computing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom Kowloon SAR of Hong Kong China Department of Mathematics Jiangsu Institute of Education Nanjing Jiangsu China 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Computer Processing of Languages》 

年 卷 期：2004年第17卷第1期

页      面：41-59页

学科分类：08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Education Virtual Programming Laboratory Distance Learning E-Learning 

摘      要：The virtual programming lab (VPL) project described in this paper is designed to facilitate Internet access to application software. It emulates a real computing laboratory environment that promotes group learning and project management. The laboratory resources are situated at the university and are centrally controlled. Users of the virtual programming laboratory include students, tutors and administrators of the system. Users can be located at different geographical locations to remotely access applications through the Internet. The virtual programming lab design is based on a distance education concept. This paper focuses on the design and development of the runtime modules within the VPL framework. These runtime modules provide underlying services that drive the launching of applications, file management and communications services. In addition, this paper presents an evaluation of the performance of the system.