{"title":"Open Access to Science Education Resources and Learning Designs in Europe","authors":"D. Sampson, P. Zervas, S. Sotiriou","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.25","url":null,"abstract":"Over the past years a large amount of digital science education resources became available for open access through web-based repositories. These resources have the potential to support technology-enhanced science education by enabling science teachers to improve their day-to-day science teaching. Nevertheless, it has been identified that science teachers could benefit from their participation in communities of best science teaching practices by sharing, not only digital educational resources, but also learning designs that represent their pedagogical practice. This hasled to efforts on moving beyond web-based repositories of digital educational resources towards the development of web-based repositories of learning designs. Within this framework, the aim of this paper is to provide an overview of three (3) European initiatives, which aim to support and facilitate open access to Educational Resources and Learning Designs in the field of Science Education, namely, the Open Science Resources Repository, the COSMOS Repository and the PATHWAY Coordination and Support Action.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123563883","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":"Support for Exploring Concepts and Locating Information Resources","authors":"S. Ramani, Yogalakshmi Jayabal","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.34","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and implementation a student-oriented visualizer-cum-editor for locating information through topic maps. The focus is on ease of use for novice users. Another focus of this work was inspired by the idea of knowledge as a network of propositions. The model was generalized to treat knowledge as a network of triples including triples that are nonpropositional sentence fragments. The system implemented offers a provision to visualize reified associations (RAs)between \"topics\" and easy linking of such RAs to relevant documents.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129800317","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}
Amit Roy, Patrick Kihoza, Jarkko Suhonen, M. Vesisenaho
{"title":"Promoting Education for Sustainable Development by Using ICT Enhanced Problem Based Learning in a Developing Country","authors":"Amit Roy, Patrick Kihoza, Jarkko Suhonen, M. Vesisenaho","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.27","url":null,"abstract":"One of the goals of education is to create responsible citizens who can understand and respond to problems in their societies adequately. Such acts of responsibility may need knowledge, ability to think critically about the problem and some action towards a possible solution. Previous research shows that forest fires in Tanzania are serious social problem. Adequate education about this problem does not take place because of lack of number of teachers required and lack of qualification among the teachers. This study used ICT media to connect the expertise of local environmental officers to school students who creatively conducted projects-based-learning activities to solve local environmental conservation problems. These projects when followed by student presentations encourage and ensure that students learn about the problem well. Amix-method research approach shows that the use of video for learning and providing environmental education was ranked as being very effective by participants.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132980731","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":"Text, Table and Graph -- Which is Faster and More Accurate to Understand?","authors":"Gollapudi V. R. J. Sai Prasad, A. Ojha","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.18","url":null,"abstract":"Today's school and college textbooks are full of static, multimodal content. This research investigates which of the three modalities - text, table or graph - is more efficient in conveying a given message to students. For fixed content, we hypothesized that graph representation is better of the three for comprehension. Experiment results (N=25)suggest that graphs are indeed 25.5% faster to understand than text and 46.5% faster than tables. In terms of accuracy of responses, graphs were 13.5% worse than text and 8.6%more accurate than tables. When the ratio of amount of accurate answers for each second taken to respond was checked, graphs were faster as they enabled downloading of5.7% of the answer in one second time, whereas text downloaded only 3.6% and table only 3.9%. For our experimental data, it appears that graph mode might be faster but less accurate. However, when it comes to amount of correct comprehension, graph mode does come out better.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127868155","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":"Interaction-Oriented System for VITAL Framework","authors":"R. I. Soysa, R. Parthiban, K. B. How","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.44","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.44","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a conceptual framework referred to as VITAL (Virtual Instrumentation Technology Adaptation Lab) and an interaction-oriented application created based on the VITAL framework. Virtual laboratories could be created using VITAL, where virtual reality (VR), virtual instrumentation (VI) and VR hardware are integrated in to one platform. The example application integrates PHANTOM Omni® haptic device and LabVIEW software. The results of this application highlight the validity and usability of the VITAL framework.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116241635","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":"Educational Computing for the Blind in India: Design, Development and Learning Impact","authors":"Niloy Gupta, Ananthatejas Raghavan, Madhuri Shanbhogue, Agraj Jain","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.41","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to present software engineering methodologies that were employed in developing educational solutions for the visually impaired. Empirical studies and experiments were conducted to measure the impact of the educational tools on the learning and cognitive abilities of the target user group. This study highlights the various technological and design challenges that were faced while developing and deploying these customized learning solutions. Observations and results indicate that there is significant merit in developing and utilizing such applications for the educational empowerment of the blind.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123187756","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}
Nakhat Nasreen AzizulHaq, Gamal Ahmed Ahmed Abdullah Alawi
{"title":"Integrated Learning Activities Based on Digital Library and Internet Technologies in Relation to their Usability and Satisfaction","authors":"Nakhat Nasreen AzizulHaq, Gamal Ahmed Ahmed Abdullah Alawi","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.31","url":null,"abstract":"This study concentrates upon the learning using attributes of the Internet technologies, multimedia and different software. It analyses the relationship betweenlearners' education by the means of Internet technology and their usability & satisfaction. Four models, which can explain education, digital materials and Internet techniques, are established and tested. Using LISREL8.80 program, it explained 75% of variance for Internet & Education, 92% of variance for Internet & Digital Library, and 16% of variance for Internet & Learning Activities. It also explained79% of variance for Education & Learning Activities, and92% of variance for Satisfaction & Education, with good models fit. For practitioners, this study offers a quantitative method for development of quality education projects. It provides findings about the relationship & effects between Internet, usability dimensions, and education technology factors, which present a basis of further research in this field.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"8 13","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113962215","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}
Keith Ying, Maiga Chang, Andrew F. Chiarella, Kinshuk, J. Heh
{"title":"Clustering Students Based on their Annotations of a Digital Text","authors":"Keith Ying, Maiga Chang, Andrew F. Chiarella, Kinshuk, J. Heh","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.17","url":null,"abstract":"Students often annotate texts they are reading using highlighting, underlining, and written comments and marks in the margins of the text. These may serve various functions and will reflect each student's goals and understanding of the text. This research proposes two simple biology-inspired approaches to represent the patterns of student annotations and to cluster students based on the similarity between their annotations; the annotations produced were simple highlighting. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed approaches, the research compared the processing speed of these approaches with generic hierarchical clustering algorithm implemented in Matlab and compared the accuracy of the clusters with the clusters created by human raters. The results show that both of the proposed approaches are more efficient and accurate than the generic hierarchical clustering algorithm. The proposed methodology can be implemented as an add-on to existing learning management systems and e-book readers, to automatically offer the students important notes and annotations conducted by others (either peers or students in the past) who have similar annotation behaviour pattern and style to the students.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124123545","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}
P. Madhavi, Akshay Kannan, Suman Nath, S. B. Kodeswaran, Ankit Kathuria, M. Sasikumar
{"title":"Anurup: An Adaptive Instruction Approach","authors":"P. Madhavi, Akshay Kannan, Suman Nath, S. B. Kodeswaran, Ankit Kathuria, M. Sasikumar","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.26","url":null,"abstract":"Personalization in e-learning is an emerging research area today. Personalization has gained importance mainly because, it addresses the learner's concern and attempts to make the learning experience more enjoyable to the individual. Personalization can apply to almost all learning entities like curriculum, syllabus, assessment, pace etc. Personalization can be based on various parameters viz., learner's age, language of instruction, region, prior knowledge, mastery level etc. A lot of research is in progress to identify a comprehensive approach for personalization, which can provide effective and enjoyable learning to large base of real-life learners. The paper presents a brief overview of existing work in adaptive instruction, and details the approach for adaptation used in 'Anurup - A Framework for Adaptive Instruction'.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"15 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131486787","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}
Tamali Bhattacharyya, B. Bhattacharya, Tandra Mitra
{"title":"Impact of SOLO Taxonomy in Computer Aided Instruction to Qualitative Outcome of Learning for Secondary School Children","authors":"Tamali Bhattacharyya, B. Bhattacharya, Tandra Mitra","doi":"10.1109/T4E.2012.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/T4E.2012.10","url":null,"abstract":"The Qualitative Outcome of Learning (QOL)measures the level of attainment in learning efforts through Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO)taxonomy. In this work, we attempted to evaluate the QOL of learners in geometry for secondary school children studying under the Central Board of Secondary Education curriculum. The learners are challenged to test their understanding in lessons related to specific topics, rather than just knowing the content. The contents of each topic is based on SOLO taxonomy and is set to test the understanding level of learners with increasing complexity in that topic. Different learning tools are employed - an intelligent tutoring system Shikshak, CD based technology and printed textual material of the same content through which learners appear to promote active cognitive learning. The focus of this study is on the change in the QOL following the use of these three different learning tools employing SOLO taxonomy.","PeriodicalId":202337,"journal":{"name":"2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on Technology for Education","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132888756","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}