{"title":"Augmented instructions - a fusion of augmented reality and printed learning materials","authors":"K. Asai, Hideaki Kobayashi, T. Kondo","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.71","url":null,"abstract":"Augmented reality (AR), which overlays virtual objects onto real scenes, has large potential to provide learners with a new type of learning material. Although many AR systems have been developed for demonstration, there is a gap between their ideal and practical use. We discuss a concept for augmented instructions that mix AR and traditional printed materials. Improvement of human-computer interface is considered to serve as a bridge for the gap. To investigate on characteristics of augmented instructions and its appropriate interface, we conducted subjective evaluation, comparing 3D presentation systems; a handheld PC and a head-mounted display. The result suggested that a handheld PC was more suitable for a presentation tool of augmented instructions.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"121 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116076384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building human capacity locally through hybrid distance learning: a Haitian case","authors":"S. Naab","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.76","url":null,"abstract":"Distance learning has long been seen as a means of reversing \"braindrain\". This exploratory paper introduces a model which will be tested at the American University of the Caribbean (AUC) to develop local human capacity through a hybrid distance learning program using the social capital of the national diaspora.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122445711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computer-assisted item generation for listening cloze tests in English","authors":"Shang-Ming Huang, Chao-Lin Liu, Zhao-Ming Gao","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.89","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.89","url":null,"abstract":"As the steps of globalization accelerate, learning foreign languages has become a modern challenge for everyone. Obtaining a broad range of learning and practice material will boost the efficiency of language learning, and the Web serves as a rich source of text material. We offer methods for algorithmically creating test items that may meet needs of individual learners and instructors of English. At the current stage, we explore the generation of test items for students' practicing listening cloze in English, using text material obtained from the Web. Relying on the text corpus, a voice-synthesizer software, and linguistics-based criteria, our system identifies candidate sentences and selects distractors for composing test items for listening cloze. Teachers can select and compose the machine-generated items as they wish, and allow students to practice the composed items. In addition, the current system records histories of the performance of individual student, so the resulting system paves our way to adoptively supporting students' activities for polishing their competence in listening English.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122493874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillermo Jiménez-Díaz, Mercedes Gómez-Albarrán, M. A. Gómez-Martín, P. González-Calero
{"title":"Understanding object-oriented software through virtual role-play","authors":"Guillermo Jiménez-Díaz, Mercedes Gómez-Albarrán, M. A. Gómez-Martín, P. González-Calero","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.293","url":null,"abstract":"Visualization techniques are commonly used in Computer Science, particularly for understanding the interactions intrinsic in the object-oriented paradigm. The visualization effectiveness improves if the student takes an active role during the learning process. In this paper we propose an active learning approach that uses interactive role-play simulations in a virtual 3D environment.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129259557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An evaluation of open source e-learning platforms stressing adaptation issues","authors":"S. Graf, B. List","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.54","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.54","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an evaluation of open source e-learning platforms. The main focus is on adaptation issues. The result of the evaluation shows that the platform Moodle outperforms all other platforms and also obtained the best rating in the adaptation category.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114524597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Use cases of heterogeneous learning ontologies","authors":"A. Bouzeghoub, C. Lecocq","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.295","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of new repositories of learning resources based on semantic technology raises the problem of ontologies interoperability. Learning resources are described by a set of metadata which may use different ontologies as referential. To handle the increasing number of heterogeneous ontologies it becomes necessary to develop automatic mapping approach. In this paper we propose to study technical solutions for ontologies handling through two use cases: (1) the comparison between a current learner profile and a target profile and (2) the search of learning resources among distributed repositories.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116261342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using grid computing and PVFS2 technologies for construction of an e-learning environment","authors":"Chao-Tung Yang, Hsin-Chuan Ho, Chien-Tung Pan","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.300","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, e-learning has become a popular method of learning. Generally, an e-learning platform which provided multi-media content required a high capacity storage device such as NAS (network attached storage) or SAN (storage area network). However, many schools with insufficient budgets cannot afford this type of expensive equipment. Thus, we employ grid computing and PVFS (parallel virtual file system) technology to integrate the idling storage resources in the school as a means to substitute the purchase of an expensive high-level storage server. In this research we will link several sets of PCs in the school to make them armed with the storage and computing capacity like that of a high-end server. We hope the goal of sharing and reuse of resources among the schools can be achieved.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"171 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125672784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of feedback in online learning communities","authors":"Georgios A. Dafoulas","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.277","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.277","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet, with its capabilities for flexibility, networking and distributed nature, and technologies that foster interactivity provides a suitable medium for distance education delivery. This paper contributes in the relatively limited literature that deals with the evaluation of learning systems and more specifically computer-aided assessment (CAA). The work discussed in this paper follows on the successful findings of earlier experiments of online assessment concerned primarily with the provision of feedback to participating learners. The sample for the study was drawn from undergraduate students taking a module of methodologies and techniques for engineering and information systems at two different campuses of Middlesex University, London. These findings are compared to the ones of an earlier study previously published in ICALT2004 and TEDC2004.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125978621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Empirical modelling in support of constructionist learning: a case study from relational database theory","authors":"M. Beynon, A. Harfield","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.134","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional programming paradigms have limitations where support for constructionist learning is concerned. This paper illustrates the merits of an alternative approach to giving support for constructionist learning, based on the principles of empirical modelling (EM), with reference to an algorithm from database theory. Effective model-building for constructionist learning has to support activities relating to three roles: that of student, teacher and developer. This paper aims to show that EM brings far greater conceptual unity to interactions in these roles than is typically found in conventional approaches to educational software development.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125985726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Vasiu, Nicolae Robu, Diana Andone, Marian Bucos
{"title":"Is it eLearning a viable solution in Romania?","authors":"R. Vasiu, Nicolae Robu, Diana Andone, Marian Bucos","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2005.183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2005.183","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years the higher education system in Romania has been through a series of transformations. These transformations reflects European tendencies but also the growth of the Romanian economy. The changes affect also distance education, which is the actual form of delivering several specializations, as off-campus solutions. The \"Politehnica\" University of Timisoara is at the avant-garde of these changes and promotes innovation in education. E-learning is seen as a further step in high-education delivery. But are the prospective students and the universities ready to take the challenge? And is it e-learning going to be a viable model for an International Masters degree in Multimedia? A study, which focuses on the historic and economic development, legislation, and ICT penetration, was conducted recently in order to answer these questions.","PeriodicalId":113056,"journal":{"name":"Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'05)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131947815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}