Foil 13 Uses of Databases in Education

• You can use structured databases such as Oracle to store resource data such as Glossaries in an organized fashion with (well-known technology) to generate HTML on the fly
  • Note WebFoil illustrates that computer generated HTML allows one to track changes in standards and exploit new features quicker
• Can also store unstructured information as illustrated by Usenet computer and other relevant newsgroups
• Use the powerful Search engines with domain (i.e. particular courses) specific keywords . These can be attached to commercial (e.,g. altavista) or inhouse Web Search sites so search confined to subset of curricula material
• Object databases can be very useful for VRML and other data which is naturally of this form such as images and output of simulations

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