Computer Networks Course: Claroline-Based E-learning Model

Computer Networks is a course held at the Faculty of Science, Department of Physics. The goal of this course is to introduce to students network concepts and technologies used in the world of computer science and Internet. This course was held till the passed academic year (2004/2005) in a traditional manner (ex-cathedra). Starting this academic year, the course is held by the means of e-learning. In this article we will try to explain our motivation on designing the content for the mentioned course in on-line environment and the issues we encountered during the development of the materials. Technology used to implement this on-line course is based on the open-source LMS, Claroline.