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Assignments in a Virtual University – The WebAssign System

With the WebAssign system we have integrated the field of written assignments with a virtual university. WebAssign provides a flexible platform for different kinds of assignments and correction modes ranging from automatically assessed multiple-choice tasks to manually corrected written assignments. Much effort has been invested into a thorough analysis of workflows to achieve high acceptance n...

ICDE Congress in Düsseldorf

WebAssign is a web-based system that supports written assignments in a virtual university. The system has been developed by the FernUniversität Hagen, the German distance teaching university, and successfully used by different faculties at our and other universities (cf. [1]). The development of WebAssign was partially supported by the federal government program MultiMedia (cf.: http://www.uvm-...

Internet-basierte Lehre im Rahmen von VILAB

Um praktische Aufgaben und Versuche in der Informatik online durchführen zu können, wurde ein virtuelles Informatik-Labor (VILAB) an der FernUniversität Hagen realisiert. Das Labor integriert das seit mehreren Jahren im Einsatz befindliche System WebAssign. Neben dessen ursprünglichen Verwendungsgebiet, den online-Übungen, wurde VILAB speziell als Unterstützung für Praktika und Seminare geschaf...

Automatic Checking of Students’ Designs Using Built-In Selftest Methods

While distance learning is attractive for many reasons, it also incurs some specific problems. One of them is the lack of direct interaction between teaching staff and the students, another one the large number of students for some courses. Therefore, the checking and correction of the homework submitted by the students often takes a lot of time and effort. This is especially true for digital l...

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