ED-MEDIA 2002--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
2002
Editors
Philip Barker; Samuel Rebelsky
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 533
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Awareness and Cohesion as Key Factors for Interaction – Lessons Learned from the VFH
Udo Hinze & Gerold Blakowski, University of Applied Sciences Stralsund, Germany
The federal flagship project "Virtual University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Computer Sciences and Business Administration" (VFH) predominantly employs "virtual" teaching methods which... More
pp. 176-177
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A Delivery Server Infrastructure for Multimedia Distance Learning Services
Andrea Boer, Institute of Communication Networks, Munich University of Technology, Germany
The distribution of content and applications over the Internet is one of the most demanding research topics not only at universities, but also in classical IT companies. In this context, several... More
pp. 178-179
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A Services-Based Architectural Model for E-learning
Dimiter Bogdanov, Institute of Computer & Communication Systems, Bulgaria
A multi-model services-based approach for modeling the reach functionality of a learning process is presented. It allows the functionality to be split in different layers that are functionally... More
pp. 180-181
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E-Learning in College and Corporate Settings: The Present State and Beyond
Curtis J. Bonk, Indiana University, United States
Questions about e-learning abound in both corporate and college settings. Who is making the decisions about e-learning? Who owns online courses and materials? What tools and courseware are... More
pp. 182-184
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An object based system for developing and delivering e-learning content
Louis Botha, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa
The Web as a medium for the delivery of learning content is totally different from printed text. Some of the major differences are in the way content is created, formatted and presented to learners... More
pp. 185-187
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The Use of WebCT as a Course Component of the Teaching and Music Technology Undergraduate Course
Marie-Michele Boulet, Faculté de musique - Université Laval, Canada
This paper is a report on the findings of a two years study conducted on the undergraduate course "Teaching and Music Technology". First, the components of the WebCT content developed for the first... More
pp. 188-189
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A semi-automatic tool for the indexation of learning objects
Bich-Liên Doan, walid kekhia & Yolaine Bourda, Supelec, France
The aim of this paper is to present a tool designed to help teachers (or other users) to describe their learning objects with IEEE Learning Object Metadata. This semi-automatic tool proposes... More
pp. 190-191
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Exploring the development of learning communities in online settings
Ron Oliver & Chris Brook, Edith Cowan University, Australia
This paper discusses the notion of community as an outcome of working within an online environment. In particular the paper explores the concept of users' development of a sense of community as an ... More
pp. 192-197
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Web-based Interactive Visualization in an Information Retrieval Course
Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Interactive visualization is a powerful educational tool. It has been used to enhance the teaching of various subjects from computer science to chemistry to engineering. Surprisingly enough, in... More
pp. 198-203
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Group members' Cooperative Orientation and Academic Achievement as Determinants of Perceived Quality of Group Functioning.
Jan Van den Bulck, Steven Eggermont, K.U. Leuven & Herman Buelens, Belgium
Assuming that learning within project groups requires both cognitive skills and a cooperative orientation of the students involved it is hypothesized that groups describing themselves as ... More
pp. 204-207
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Interacting with Interactive Papers: A Situated Evaluation of a Computer-Supported Collaboration Tool
James Buell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
This study, currently in progress, examines how several groups of users have made use of our Interactive Paper Project (IPP) online resource (Buell & Levin, 1999; McCollum, 1999) in varied academic... More
pp. 208-209
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A Framework for the Instructional Design of Multi-Structured Educational Applications
Felix Buendia-Garcia, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
An instructional application consists of a set of resources and activities that implement interacting, interrelated and structured experiences oriented towards achieving specific educational... More
pp. 210-215
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The Construction Kit Metaphor for a Software Engineering Design of an E-Learning System
Michael Bungenstock, University of Hamburg, Dept. of Informatics, IMA Lab, Germany; Andreas Baudry, University of Hamburg, Dep. of Informatics, IMA Lab, Germany; Baerbel Mertsching, University of Hamburg, Dept. of Informatics, IMA Lab, Germany
In this paper we propose a construction kit approach that could be used as an abstract model to implement modular defined e-learning systems. The metaphor "construction kit" results from the math... More
pp. 216-217
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Collaboration by Design: Creating a Course Explicitly for a Collaborative Environment.
Michael Burke, Innovative Technology Center, University of Tennessee, United States
Abstract: In response to feedback obtained from recent graduates during a departmental program review, Dr. Janet M. Kelly, Assoc. Professor in Political Science at the University of Tennessee... More
pp. 218-219
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Assessing the Use of Technology Student Responses
Karin Camihort, Springfield College, United States
The implementation of technology in the classroom requires time and effort from faculty who need to learn the technology and design effective ways to integrate it. The purpose of the research... More
pp. 220-221
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First Year of Technology Mentoring for Teachers and Faculty: Lessons Learned
Songül Özgül & Shirley Campbell, University of Pittsburgh, United States
This paper discusses the findings of the pilot year of implementation of technology mentoring project. This PT3 project focused its first year on the personal mentoring styled support of K-12... More
pp. 222-227
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Computer Mediated Collaboration in an Academic Setting. An Experience on Web Business Models at the University of Lugano (Switzerland)
Davide Bolchini & Lorenzo Cantoni, Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland
A teaching experience merging many collaboration strategies and e-learning activities is presented. It has taken place at the University of Lugano (Switzerland), and involved 33 undergraduate... More
pp. 228-233
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A Classification of Document Reuse in Web-based Learning Environments
Henk Olivié, Erik Duval & Kris Cardinaels, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
The last few years, Information and communication technology (ICT) has been introduced in education at a very rapid pace. Large amounts of resources (time and money) are invested in the development... More
pp. 234-238
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Issues in Automatic Learning Object Indexation
Henk Olivié, KULeuven, Belgium; Kris Cardinaels, K.U.Leuven, Belgium; Erik Duval, KULeuven, Belgium
Acquiring a critical mass of pedagogical elements is a condition sine qua non for reuse. One of the main obstacles to attain a large amount of documents is the difficulty in creating associated... More
pp. 239-240
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Towards the Flexible University: conditions for change
Eduardo Cardoso, UCP, Portugal; Pedro Pimenta, Universidade do Minho * Portugal - EU, Portugal
Considering the take-up of e-learning platforms at Higher Education Institutions(HEI) as an innovation process, it is arguable that HEI have to be themselves re-designed and that innovations... More
pp. 241-242
