A Web-based ITS for OO Design

Learning object-oriented design and programming is a challenging task for many beginning students. CIMEL ITS coordinates student learning in two client programs: web-based multimedia courseware (CIMEL) and the Eclipse IDE, each of which post student interactions to a server-based CIMEL ITS. The Expert Evaluator analyzes student work in Eclipse, comparing novice with expert solutions. The Student Model combines knowledge from the expert evaluator and the multimedia. Finally, the Pedagogical Agent, guided by updates from the student model as well as a learning styles inventory, interacts with the learner by selecting from several tutorial strategies. All three components share knowledge from a Curriculum Information Network, which represents a new “design-first” introduction to software development

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