Basic HTML version of Foils prepared September 13 98
Foil 46 Features of Database Backend
From Web Based Education and Training -- Lets Go for It! Dynamics of the Networked Academy Mississippi State Univ. -- September 9-11 1998. byGeoffrey C. Fox
Use a database to store material so as to
Manage large collections
More easily adapt to changing/different browsers by "just" changing templates
Back-up, security etc. well established capabilities
Database has curricula material of all (4) levels of sophistication and supports both synchronous and asynchronous learning
database stores multimedia information -- video, audio and images
Also administrative information; organization of courses into programs; grades; student/teacher data