Lessons from Research with Educational Software Components
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چکیده
US schools spend $5 billion annually on technology. However, despite the educational software market's size and potential impact on students, its fragmented nature makes it difficult for software producers to develop viable education business strategies based on traditional monolithic applications. Component-based software design radically changes this picture by supporting the design and dissemination of educational components that can be customized to specific needs. Such customization represents an important shift away from the highly generic software such as Web browsers and word processors found on computers in today's schools toward a model for educational software that provides fertile ground for cost-effective, innovative, and powerful learning tools. Although this article is centered on educational applications, it also raises general implications of component-based software design for other large but fragmented markets that require customized software.
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