Thesis (M.Com. (Information Systems))--Rhodes University, 2005.

This research investigates the development and adoption of educational metadata standards for the widespread use of learning objects. Learning objects, metadata, the related IEEE standard and the various application profiles derived from the standard are discussed. A number of standards and specifications for educational metadata used to describe learning objects are explored, namely the Dublin Core, IMS, SCORM, ARIADNE, CanCore and the UK LOM Core. Three metadata editors and the experience with using one of them, RELOAD, is described. These educational metadata specifications are used in a practical metadata implementation scenario and the experiences are extrapolated to derive a localised instance of the generic IEEE standard. A new application profile is proposed, “RU LOM Core”, for the South African higher education context. Some existing results are confirmed about the complexity of using the IEEE standard and it is demonstrated that it is possible to instantiate the standard for South African conditions. The results are largely qualitative and based on practical experience. However, the results concur with results from related research. Although the development of an application profile is certainly not new, the development of RU LOM Core illustrates that the IEEE standard, developed largely within the northern hemisphere, can be adapted to work in the South African scenario. RU LOM Core has been developed for the South African higher education environment and takes linguistic and cultural diversity and the low rate of technological literacy into consideration. The lessons learned and the proposed LOM core can be built upon in further research and collaboration to use and support the use of such standards within South Africa.

The goal of this master project is to promote and facilitate the use of new web-based and Java-based technologies in the development of self-evaluation systems for computer science; in particular, analysis of sorting algorithms.

The purpose of the project is to use Java Server Page (JSP) technology to create a web application that could be used by any person who has the basic knowledge of browsing through the Web. There are many programs on the market that aid users in creating web pages, but the process involved in creating web pages using the available software and hosting their website is fairly complex for general people.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Computer Science Department, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Humboldt-Univ., Diss.--Berlin, 2003.

This project proposes an automated system that allows a registered user to post questions to a web-based database of technical experts. This enables the user to have a quicker response time to their questions. The users questions and answers are posted to the website.

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This project will simulate an online real estate company using JSP, Java Servlet and JavaBean technology.