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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings

| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Experiences Developing Low-cost Courseware for an On-site Taught M.Sc. Course |
| Gavin Russell, Ian Pitt and Gary Couse |
| University College Cork, Ireland |
| University College Cork, Ireland |
| Cork Insitute of Technology, Ireland |
| This paper describes experiences designing and developing a low-cost courseware system to support the taught |
| M.Sc. course in Multimedia Technology in the Computer Science Department of University Col-lege, Cork, Ireland |
| using a combination of both original and modified open-source components. The re-quirements analysis, design, |
| development and testing phases of the system are all described. Finally, ob-servations on its first year of operation |
| are presenting including suggestions for why the completed sys-tem fell out of use before the years end. |
| Keywords: E-Learning, Courseware, Open Source, Multimedia, Web Design |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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