{"title":"Collaborative studio in a virtual environment","authors":"M. Schnabel","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1185940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1185940","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, virtual environments (VE) have been increasingly used as settings for design and research. Using VE to visualize ideas from the initial steps of design, the architect is challenged to deal with perception of space, solid and void, without translations to and from a two dimensional media. The goal of the authors' studies was to identify how designers use and communicate early design ideas by using immersive three-dimensional (3D) VEs and how they describe 3D volumes using a different media. A series of experiments were undertaken, including navigation- and perception-tasks, designing in IVE, transcription of design, remote communication between design partners and controlled observations. They explored initial intentions of 3D-immersive design schemes, textual descriptions and collaborations within IVE. They discuss frameworks and factors influencing how architectural students communicate their proposals in an immersive Virtual Environment Design Studio, and how this approach of design studio enables to understand volumes and spatial relationships.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130464981","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":"CO-ED: a development platform for interactive patient education","authors":"J. Finkelstein, S. Nambu, R. Khare, Deepti Gupta","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186030","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this project was construction of a universal platform for rapid development of interactive computer-based health education programs. Pocket PC was used to pilot test the platform and to implement two educational curricula: for asthma and anticoagulant therapy. Qualitative analysis of the system acceptance in 46 patients showed that computer-assisted education can be successfully implemented on the basis of a handheld computer.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128785715","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":"Automatic extraction of ontologies from teaching document metadata","authors":"J. Kay, S. Holden","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186343","url":null,"abstract":"SITS (Scrutable Intelligent Teaching System) is designed to make use of existing learning items in flexible and effective learning interactions. The reuse of pre-existing resources is important since creating new learning resources is a time consuming task which requires a skilled author. The Internet also provides a large number of resources for reuse. A major hurdle for reuse is metadata, especially epistemological metadata since different teachers or courses may have different ontologies for a given domain. SITS takes a minimalist approach to metadata. It requires only that the author of a teaching environment should define document metadata specifying the concepts which each document teaches, requires, and uses.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125501217","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}
Yuen-Chih Chen, I. Lin, Yann-jiun Tzeng, Pi-Hsia Hung, Weichung Wang
{"title":"Assessment design for mathematics web project-based learning","authors":"Yuen-Chih Chen, I. Lin, Yann-jiun Tzeng, Pi-Hsia Hung, Weichung Wang","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186235","url":null,"abstract":"Four mathematics project-based learning activities were carried out on a web environment in this study. Several mindtools such as dynamic geometry scratch pad, concept mapping and Powerpoint were also adopted as learning aids. Forty second to fifth grade elementary school students from Tainan and Kaohsiung cities were included. They registered as the collaborative learners for one year. The quality of final reports, collaborating skills and the ability of using mindtools for each group were assessed while they were doing mathematics project learning through Internet collaboration. Based upon the process-oriented assessment design, students' learning progress was discussed in detail. Overall, the inter-rater reliability of the three assignment designs is between 0.84 and 0.92. These flexible structured and process oriented assessment designs would be of great potential to monitor the web collaborative learning.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125516613","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":"Courseware authoring tasks ontology","authors":"Lora Aroyo, D. Dicheva","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186227","url":null,"abstract":"Authoring of concept-based Web courseware is more complicated than the 'standard' courseware authoring and thus needs more adaptive and intelligent support. In order to provide such support the authoring system itself needs to have understanding about the process of courseware authoring, to be able to decompose it in steps and procedures and reason over it; to provide hints and recommendations to the author, and perform various (semi-) automatic actions. Our goal is to develop a knowledge-based system for concept-based courseware authoring, where the knowledge representation is realized with the help of Courseware Authoring Tasks Ontology (CATO).","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126635948","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 studies to develop Integrated database for supporting inter-school activities","authors":"Hitoshi Nakagawa","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186300","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186300","url":null,"abstract":"We developed the \"Integrated database for supporting inter-school activities\" which is to support cooperative and collaborative learning; the database functions not only as a \"registration\" and \"search\" tool for schools looking for an eager partner to work together in a collaborative learning program, but is also designed to assist schools in \"finding a subject of study\" or \"case example,\" to help their earlier stage in determinating a program to start for. In our study to develop this database system, we tried to integrate the following features; (1) to find a partner school for interactive study, based on learning subjects and themes; (2) to encourage interactive study; and (3) to cultivate a relationship between partner schools, through sessions of the studying objective. We also had teachers actually use the database to improve the usability of it. Presentation of the studies to develop the \"Integrated database for supporting inter-school activities\" that assists in finding a collaborative learning partner among schools, which aims to work together on certain programs and subjects.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126756010","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":"Cultural change for the e-world","authors":"D. Forman","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186273","url":null,"abstract":"In the transition to e-learning, many institutions provide some face to face delivery alongside their e-learning delivery. The spectrum ranges from the traditional face to face delivery, with lecturing through to full e-learning, and it is anticipated for the next 5 years, at least, that the majority of delivery will be in the middle of the spectrum and provide a mixed mode of delivery. Nevertheless, there will be some programmes, which can be delivered purely in e-learning mode, and some e-learners who want to study purely by this method. It is this end of the spectrum with which the design factors of e-learning need to be considered. In order to think through all the elements of e-learning delivery, one has to consider what McKey (2000) describes as the \"total student experience\". McKey lists 4 key factors for consideration. The first factor to ensuring the e-learners experience is a positive one, is ensuring the administration is geared to support the e-learners through all aspects of their on-line experience. Administration, in this context, takes on board the traditional roles of enrolment and monitoring an e-learner performance, plus the link with the tutor but in the e-learning context administrators also have a key role in communicating with: quality assurance departments; the marketing department; the learning resource centre; and the technology provider. Last but certainly not least, administrators need to ensure there is a good communication link to the e-learners themselves who will expect, an almost immediate feedback on the queries or concerns they may have. The second factor of McKey's model is that of the education provision. The provision of e-learning programmes to e-learners can be thought of in 2 stages: designing the materials and support from the academic.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121540856","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":"Effects of negative information on acquiring procedural knowledge","authors":"M. Kurosu, Yousuke Ookawa","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186254","url":null,"abstract":"Usually, the material for learning is given in a positive form, i.e. xxx is yyy. This type of information will help organize the core of the target knowledge. Instead of this type of information, negative information, i.e. xxx is not zzz, will help sharpen the edge or extent of the target knowledge. Hence, it is expected that the negative information will have an effect of minimizing the chance of making errors and thus making the learning faster. For the purpose of confirming this hypothesis, we conducted an experiment on the procedural knowledge, i.e. the procedure of application software. We compared the execution time of operation after presenting the positive information (simple explanation) and the negative information (scene of failure and explanation) in terms of the use of software to different subject groups. The result showed that the negative information had a significant effect for a simple operation but had not an effect for a complex operation.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121565083","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 learning of plans in programming: a program completion approach","authors":"S. Garner","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186149","url":null,"abstract":"Programming plans are stereotyped sequences of computer instructions, that form a hierarchy of generalised programming knowledge. They can be thought of as the building blocks of computer programs. In the learning of programming, it is necessary for students to build knowledge of a variety of plans that they can then make use of during the development of larger programs. This paper discusses two methods by which students can learn such plans, the \"conventional\" method that has been used by instructors for many years, and the \"completion\" method. The completion method requires students to complete part-complete solutions to given programming problems. As part of a research project, some students were observed using the completion method in conjunction with a software tool, CORT (code restructuring tool). The paper reports on one particular observation in which a student was required to build a programming plan. It concludes that the student gained a deep understanding of how the plan worked during the knowledge construction process.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122281049","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":"Internet-based Japanese language learning system for handwriting Kanji characters beautifully","authors":"K. Ando, T. Yamasaki, N. Yamashita","doi":"10.1109/CIE.2002.1186097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CIE.2002.1186097","url":null,"abstract":"Japanese characters consist of several kinds of characters such as Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. It is difficult to read and write Japanese characters for foreigners from the alphabetical culture area because the structure of them is more complicated than that of alphabetic character. This paper describes a training system for handwriting Japanese characters beautifully in the Internet environment. The learner can acquire the stroke order that is the fundamental handwriting skills of Japanese character. Everybody practices how to write beautiful Kanji repeatedly according to the suitable guidance from a Web server and always uses this system from anywhere, since our system uses the information communication technology.","PeriodicalId":206223,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Computers in Education, 2002. Proceedings.","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122282778","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}