PLATE-PBL: Development and implementation of a script-based PBL environment in moodle

Abstract

This paper describes the work involved in developing a script-based PBL environment in Moodle. PLATE-PBL is a Moodle plug-in based entirely on the meta-model of the PBL scripting language. The plug-in dynamically transforms lesson plans developed by a special visual script editor, it then interprets and instantiates equivalent lesson plans in the Moodle's runtime. Lesson plans can also be designed from within the Moodle plug-in using the same meta-model of the PBL scripting language. This is due in part to the use of Model Driven Architecture (MDA) paradigm in the development process.