The design of a web-based information technology student support system for higher education

Information technology course is part of the curriculum in most of the departments in Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki. Unfortunately, most of the students have not gained during their high school studies the basic computer skills. Consequently students due to the lack of the required background information technology knowledge are facing a lot of learning difficulties during the course. This study describes the design of a Web-based information technology support system for 1st and 2nd semester students for the Department of Food Science in Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Thessaloniki, Greece. The learning model that has been used is a combination of objectivist and constructivist methods.