ED-MEDIA 2007--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
Jun 25, 2007
Editors
Craig Montgomerie; Jane Seale
Table of Contents
Number of papers: 702
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Integrating Educational Television in Malaysian Schools: Issues and Challenges
Rosnaini Mahmud, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia; Mohd Arif Ismail, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
For over two decades ETV aired locally-produced programs based on the school curricular via government-owned station, Channel 2. Later, in 1999, in an attempt to promote wider geographical and... More
pp. 1066-1070
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Indigenous Internet Representation Among the Nordic Sámi
Jeff Taylor, University of Lapland, Finland
The focus of this study specifically concerns the potentials for cultural and political empowerment of indigenous peoples through their representations on the internet, weighed against the perils... More
pp. 1071-1083
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Inventing the Digital Dashboard for Learning
Diana Bajzek, William Brown, Marsha Lovett & Gordon Rule, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Carnegie Mellon is creating a Digital Dashboard for Learning (DDL) to enable faculty and students to tune their immediate actions (lectures, assignments, study) based on rapid feedback on student... More
pp. 1084-1092
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Learning object metadata in the context of Semantic Web
Radu Balog-Crisan & Ioan Roxin, Franche-Comté University, LASELDI, Multimedia Department - Montbéliard, France
Metadata used to express learning objects are usually encoded in XML. In XML we can describe only the static structure of the document, and we have a limited freedom to express data and metadata.... More
pp. 1093-1098
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Slides to Files: Moving Art History Classes to High-resolution Digital Dual-image Projection
Ruth Bartlett & Mike Roux, Bowdoin College, United States
In 2005, Bowdoin College began work on the replacement of analog slide projectors with digital projection. The project began as a collaboration between Information Technology and the Art History... More
pp. 1099-1103
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Performance Management of E-Learning System
Sarmad Burhan, Applied Science University (ASU, Jordan
In this paper, we define a framework that can be used to evaluate the quality and completeness of the monitoring and management of e-learning web site performance which has focus on infrastructure,... More
pp. 1104-1109
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Adaptation-in-Depth Educational System within the Rule Base Reasoning
Hsiu-Ju Chang, Taipei County Zih-Ciang Junior High School., Taiwan
This paper proposes the use of 'Cognitive Object-Oriented Teaching Model' (Chang, 2005, 2006a, 2006b) as a way to enhance web-based teaching/learning via adaptive mechanism. COOTM conduct vertical ... More
pp. 1110-1115
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Tracing User Behaviour in a Virtual Community System through multi-dimensional analysis
Luigi Colazzo & Andrea Molinari, Dept. Computer and Management Sciences, Italy; Everin Orlandi, Informatics & Communication Division - University of Trento, Italy
The paper presents the solutions adopted in an e-learning system in order to trace and observe the didactic processes transmitted through its use. The e-learning system, object of this study, is a ... More
pp. 1116-1120
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The Painted Photograph: Technical Commonality Between the Digital Composite and the Pre-Modern Painting
Martin Constable, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
The deep, rich tones of The Lord of the Rings, the royal reds of Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith and the color saturation of World of Warcraft are all similar to things that can be found in... More
pp. 1121-1126
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Intelligent E-Learning Systems: Affective and Cognitive Computing
Fernando de Arriaga, Araceli Arriaga & Mohamed El Alami, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
A new generation of Intelligent E-Learning systems (ILS) has been designed and implemented by means of the construction of an agents factory, NEOCAMPUS2, able to produce "ad hoc" multi-agent... More
pp. 1127-1137
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Building Classrooms for the Future: Lessons Learned
Gregg Festa, Montclair State University ADP Center for Teacher Preparation & Learning Technologies, United States
After spending three years, thrity-two meetings and fifteen construction tours conceptualizing, designing, re-designing, building, testing and now utilizing three distinctive "Classrooms of the... More
pp. 1138-1139
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Context-sensitive and Personalized Concept-based Access to Knowledge for Learning and Training Purposes
Christian Guetl, IICM, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Educational objectives in the 21st century require efficient teaching and learning processes and enhanced learning environments. Focusing on knowledge-centered issues, an important aspect is, that ... More
pp. 1140-1149
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Development of a community site for teachers to share digital learning materials
Kenji Inoue, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences,Kumamoto University, Japan; Tadashi Inagaki, Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan; Mihoko Kamei, Sugiyama Jogakuen University, Japan
As the digital learning material through the Internet increases, it becomes crucial to support teachers and help them to select and use them efficiently. Educational portal sites have been a... More
pp. 1150-1156
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Effects of Visual-Map-based Electronic Portfolio System in Science Learning
Paul Kim, Stanford University, United States; Claudia Olaciregui, Ellis Elementary SChool, Colombia
This paper discusses one of series of studies investigating the possible merits of adopting a visual map-based interface in an electronic portfolio system for science learning activities. For this,... More
pp. 1157-1167
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A Provincial Videoconferencing Technology System to Support Education in Alberta
Cathy King & Catherine Macklam, 2Learn Educational Society, Canada
As a provincial professional development provider in Alberta the 2Learn.ca Education Society (2Learn.ca) has been helping Alberta Teachers to integrate various technologies and digital resources... More
pp. 1168-1171
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Current Development of Mashups in Shaping Web Applications
Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer & Hermann Maurer, Graz University of Technology, Austria
The WWW is currently experiencing a revolutionary growth due to its numerous social software. This paper highlights an emerging application development paradigm on the WWW, called mashups. As blogs... More
pp. 1172-1177
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Collaborative eLearning : Bridging the Digital Divide in Education "A Model of Internet Connectivity in Rural Community an African Context"
Ewaki J.Laurent Masumbuku, University of Cape Town, South Africa
The purpose of the current paper is to present the research proposal addressing the Digital Divide in Education in southern a central Africa. The goal of the project is to build a model, suitable... More
pp. 1178-1185
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A Maturity Model for Corporate Learning Environments
Paul McKey & Allan Ellis, Southern Cross University, Australia
Models abound in learning and development yet few have addressed the need for a maturity model for corporate learning that describes the unique methods and designs that can deliver competitive... More
pp. 1186-1194
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SAmgI: Automatic Metadata Generation v2.0
Michael Meire, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Xavier Ochoa, ESPOL Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador; Erik Duval, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Manual creation of metadata is tedious, error-prone and doesn't scale. As the amount of learning content continues to grow, it becomes less and less feasible to describe all available content... More
pp. 1195-1204
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Developing a Cocoon Framework for Annotating, Archiving and Retrieval of Multimedia for a Telemedical Education Trust Network
Sabah Mohammed, Lakehead University, Canada
The integration of medical informatics and e-learning systems could provide many advanced applications including telemedicine, training, knowledge management, telemedical education, etc. Currently,... More
pp. 1205-1212