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DUBUISSON Olivier wrote: > Jacob Palme wrote: > > > > At 19:02 +0200 02-09-24, DUBUISSON Olivier wrote: > > >The e-tutorial is composed of series of exercises, each being > > >dedicated to a particular theme. It is an interactive tool which > > >gradually explores more and more complex uses of the ASN.1 notation. > > > > I have tried it. The exercises are good, and the error > > checking and explanations are excellent! > > Thanks! > > > However, I think > > you should allow more than three attempts. > > This is parameterized, so can easily be changed. > How many attempts would you like? (Please answer to me only.) > For all series, or only "yours"? > > > Best would be if > > the student is allowed to decide, after, say three > > attempts, whether to try yet one more time or getting the > > explanation directly. > > Good idea. I'm going to add this to the TO-DO list, for such a > behaviour is not currently provided by the tool. > > > Should there not be a tutorial text, which explains the concepts > > before each exercise? > > Sure. The series are specified by way of an XML file, so it can easily > be changed. If you have time to write somthing, I'll appreciate it > and will add it to the config file. > As far as I am concerned, I have too many things in my plate these > months to do it. Anthony and I focussed on the tool and tried to > put together some series of exercises, but these can definitely be > improved. > > > When I teach ASN.1, I first describe > > a feature in words, then give some examples, then give an > > exercise. The students can look at the examples to get hints > > on how to solve the exercises. Your tutorial seems to consist > > of only exercises, but no explanatory text before each exercise. > > True. As I said, this is mainly due to my having to many things to > deal with for the ITU-T ASN.1 Project! > > Thanks again for your comments which are much appreciated. > -- > Olivier DUBUISSON > france telecom R&D > > DTL/TAL - 22307 Lannion Cedex - France > t: +33 2 96 05 38 50 - f: +33 2 96 05 39 45 - http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/
