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Developing Server-Side Infrastructure for Large-Scale E-Learning of Web Technology

Developing Server-Side Infrastructure for Large-Scale E-Learning of Web Technology

Neil Simpkins
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1539-3100|EISSN: 1539-3119|ISSN: 1539-3100|EISBN13: 9781616929145|EISSN: 1539-3119|DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2010010104
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Simpkins, Neil. "Developing Server-Side Infrastructure for Large-Scale E-Learning of Web Technology." IJDET vol.8, no.1 2010: pp.54-68. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2010010104

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Simpkins, N. (2010). Developing Server-Side Infrastructure for Large-Scale E-Learning of Web Technology. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET), 8(1), 54-68. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2010010104

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Simpkins, Neil. "Developing Server-Side Infrastructure for Large-Scale E-Learning of Web Technology," International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (IJDET) 8, no.1: 54-68. http://doi.org/10.4018/jdet.2010010104

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Abstract

The growth of E-business has made experience in server-side technology an increasingly important area for educators. Server-side skills are in increasing demand and recognised to be of relatively greater value than comparable client-side aspects (Ehie, 2002). In response to this, many educational organisations have developed E-business courses, but their approaches cannot generally be applied in the distance learning context. Providing server-side infrastructure is important to allow students to gain an appreciation of concepts as well as experiencing aspects like network operation, time delays and failure and ‘just-in-time’ collaboration, which are basic characteristics of distributed applications. Here, the development of a scalable architecture and successful provision of access to a set of server applications for a very large number of students is described. A key objective is to establish a framework that can be applied in education and commerce to support very large-scale deployment of web applications and services for applications with varying properties.

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