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Informing Science InSITE - “Where Parallels Intersect” June 2002
Teaching SAP’s ABAP Programming Language to IS
Students: Adopting and Adapting Web-based Technologies
Brendan McCarthy and Paul Hawking
Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Brendan.McCarthy@vu.edu.au Paul.Hawking@vu.edu.au
Abstract
This paper describes the experiences of Victoria University in adopting and adapting web-based technology
to enhance the teaching of SAP’s ABAP programming language. The involvement of SAP relates to
Victoria University integrating Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems into their curricula and research
programs through a strategic alliance with SAP. The SAP technical infrastructure facilitates the
development of courses using Internet technology and has particular suitability to the teaching of programming.
This paper describes the Web-based technologies used and how they have been adapted to improve both
the teaching of programming and management of assessment. Each technology is discussed and advantages
identified with possible future research developments put forward.
Keywords: Computer Programming, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems, SAP, ABAP, Internet, Web
technologies.
Introduction
There have been a number of studies, which have attempted to identify Information Systems (IS) graduate
skills and the resultant curriculum. The IS’97 Model Curriculum and the more recent revised…