Problem based e-learning system for PHP

Abstract

PHP is one of the mostly used Web Programming languages and most people want to learn PHP programming. One of the important features of PHP is that it is a server side scripting language. Learning PHP is more e ective if a student can learn it through a real environment. Many PHP online learning system and hardcopy books are available in the liter- ature. Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is an e ective pedagogy used to increase the problem solving skill of students. Existing PHP learning system support limited problems in real life environment. In this project we have integrated the conventional e-Learning of PHP with the PBL pedagogy to improve the problem solving capability of the students. In the system teacher designs some problem for the student. Each problem contains proper description and reference with standard PHP output. On web server, student can practice and submit answer according to the problem with the help of the reference and examples. System provides the facility for the student to practice and experiment on coding with real time error. The system also represents procedural learning for the student to help them to learn by self. This is done by Example Based e-Learning (EBeL) part of the system. For evaluation, teacher can compare student's submitted code with the standard code of the system and prede ned keywords and outputs. This system helps new students to learn PHP syntax, semantics and programming language simultane- ously.