Making Programming Exercises Interoperable with PExIL

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Ricardo Queiros (Author) Other; Jose Paulo Leal (Author) FCUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: INNOVATIONS IN XML APPLICATIONS AND METADATA MANAGEMENT: ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES

Pages: 38-56

Conference on XML, Applications, and Associated Technologies (XATA)

Vila do Conde, PORTUGAL, JUN 01-02, 2011

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-009-CC8

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch003

Abstract (EN): Several standards have appeared in recent years to formalize the metadata of learning objects, but they are still insufficient to fully describe a specialized domain. In particular, the programming exercise domain requires interdependent resources (e. g. test cases, solution programs, exercise description) usually processed by different services in the programming exercise lifecycle. Moreover, the manual creation of these resources is time-consuming and error-prone, leading to an obstacle to the fast development of programming exercises of good quality. This chapter focuses on the definition of an XML dialect called PExIL (Programming Exercises Interoperability Language). The aim of PExIL is to consolidate all the data required in the programming exercise lifecycle from when it is created to when it is graded, covering also the resolution, the evaluation, and the feedback. The authors introduce the XML Schema used to formalize the relevant data of the programming exercise lifecycle. The validation of this approach is made through the evaluation of the usefulness and expressiveness of the PExIL definition. In the former, the authors present the tools that consume the PExIL definition to automatically generate the specialized resources. In the latter, they use the PExIL definition to capture all the constraints of a set of programming exercises stored in a learning objects repository. Copyright (C) 2013, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 19