Database Virtual Laboratory for Guided Learning

Abstract

Innovations in information technology resources hae given wings to the development and advancements of new age learning environments. This chapter reviews some of the existing virtual laboratories and proposes a virtual laboratory for Database sytems. The proposed Database virtual laboratory is a complete Learning Management System(LMS), which has been designed after careful consideration of all the necessary parameters for any LMS like the pedagogy of teaching and learning, student engagement, pitfalls, and cognitive levels. The use of our own Database Management System (GU_DB) in the Virtual laboratory has proved significantly advantageous in terms of student and teacher communication. The students rating in a questionnaire after the end of the evaluation phase showed encouraging results.

GU_DB : a database management system prototype for academia

“…The learner is not required to go to any other system, and he can learn, implement, and validate the concepts learned of SQL in one system only at his own pace, time, and location. The research related to our LMS development is published at [8,14].…”

“…The advantage of being able to provide the flexibility in hints or the message is core advantage of GU_DB which plays a crucial role in enhancing the pedagogical perspective in student learning. All other commercial systems need to depend on message provided by the database whether it is MySQL or any other commercial or open source database [8].…”