MultiMedia Instruction in Safe and Secure Systems

Abstract

The aim of the MMiSS project is the construction of a multi-media Internet-based adaptive educational system. Its content will initially cover a curriculum in the area of Safe and Secure Systems. Traditional teaching materials (slides, handouts, annotated course material, assignments, and so on) are to be converted into a new hypermedia format, integrated with tool interactions for formally developing correct software; they will be suitable for learning on campus and distance learning, as well as interactive, supervised, or co-operative self-study. To ensure "sustainable development", i.e. continuous long-term usability of the c ontents, coherence and consistency are especially emphasised, through extensive semantic linking of teaching elements and a particular version and configuration management, based on experience in formal software development and associated support tools.