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A Pliant-Based Software Tool for Courseware Development

A Pliant-Based Software Tool for Courseware Development

Marcus Vinicius dos Santos, Isaac Woungang, Moses Nyongwa
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781599049946|ISBN10: 1599049945|EISBN13: 9781599049953
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-994-6.ch011
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dos Santos, Marcus Vinicius, et al. "A Pliant-Based Software Tool for Courseware Development." Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition, edited by Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott and Patricia Lupion Torres, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 166-185. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-994-6.ch011

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dos Santos, M. V., Woungang, I., & Nyongwa, M. (2009). A Pliant-Based Software Tool for Courseware Development. In R. de Cássia Veiga Marriott & P. Lupion Torres (Eds.), Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition (pp. 166-185). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-994-6.ch011

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dos Santos, Marcus Vinicius, Isaac Woungang, and Moses Nyongwa. "A Pliant-Based Software Tool for Courseware Development." In Handbook of Research on E-Learning Methodologies for Language Acquisition, edited by Rita de Cássia Veiga Marriott and Patricia Lupion Torres, 166-185. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-994-6.ch011

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Abstract

The increasing importance of e-learning has been a boosting element for the emergence of Internet-based educational tools. As we move into the information age, tremendous efforts are made in the development of new information and communication technologies for educational purposes. The ultimate goal is to facilitate e-learning methodologies and acquisition. The chapter’s contribution is in the area of open source software for technology-enhanced learning. First, we report on the capabilities of Pliant, a novel software framework for Web-based courseware development. Pliant’ design features upon which e-learning capabilities are built are presented, showing that Pliant has some advantages over existing software, including flexibility, efficiency, and universal usability. A case study of the use of Pliant in the project “Multilanguage Database for Localization” developed at the CUSB School of Translation is presented. Second, we present Academia,3 a Pliant-based courseware development Web portal, and its use in translation studies at CUSB.

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