XML Certificate Development Home Page

Laurence Krieg
Computer Instruction Department
Washtenaw Community College

This page links files outlining the development of course material to XML training.

XML Detailed Student Outcomes

Outcomes by Learning Area: Detailed student outcomes for the overall program, based on these factors:

  1. Study of existing XML courses
  2. Survey of area employers
  3. Analysis of job listings
  4. Input from other Computer Instruction faculty

Outcomes by Group

Survey and analysis identified four potential groups of students. These are described in the linked document, and outcomes for each group are listed. This serves as the basis for the proposed courses of study.

Proposed Courses of Study

Three courses of study and one new class are proposed here:

XML for Representing Learning Objects

In order to go into depth in one XML-based system, I studied standards of the educational "community of interest".

Background Information

Employer Survey :

This information was given as background to the Office of Institutional Research. The telephone survey, conducted during November, 2005, was based in part on this information, and in part on standard questions and procedures used by Institutional Research.

XML Comparison: First Courses

Project Schedule

Sabbatical Plan