Sam K.P. Ma Michael R. Lyu Department of Computer Science

1. A Web-based Customized Collaborative Learning Environment Sam K.P. Ma Michael R. LyuDepartment of Computer Science The Chinese University of Hong Kong

2. Outline • What is Virtual Campus? • Logic Architecture • Technical Flow • Basic Interface • Why is scheduling worth studying? • Differences from the used time tabling problem • Personal Scheduler - Smart Scheduler (S-Scheduler) • Future Work • Conclusion

3. Delivery the “own-paced” material to the right person in any time. What is Virtual Campus? • Ideal study environment for the “life-long” learners • Providing • up-to-date demanding learning materials • personal study guide • Students can customize their study in own pace

4. Logical Architecture

5. Technical Flow

6. Basic Interface

7. Basic Interface

8. Why is scheduling worth studying? • Practical • Expensive when it is done manually • Not require real-time response • Not need to handle noisy sensors and effectors

9. Differences from the used time tabling problem • Less limitations in resources No more restrictions in lecturers, rooms and the restrictions of their use Time restrictions still exist but in a relax manner

10. Differences from the used time tabling problem • Different purposes Used Time Table: Arranging periods, modules, rooms and lecturers to all courses in an academic year Scheduling in Virtual Campus: Producing a customized study guide for each students

11. Personal Scheduler - Smart Scheduler (S-Scheduler) 1. Student’s - personal preference - academic record 2. Instructor’s recommendation 3. Available resources 4. Other relevant factors Update the student database (says, course pointers for particular student) Scheduler S-Scheduler Proposed Study Plan

12. Future Work • Continue to Implement the mentioned functionality • Make use of JCE to build the communication channels between people in Virtual Campus • Study and implement the S-scheduler

13. Conclusion • State out the importance of customization • Describe the basic logical and technical flow • Describe the basic interface of Virtual Campus • Introduce the S-scheduler

14. Q&A Thank you

15. What’s in Virtual Campus? • Students • fully engage in the learning process through an interactive, dynamic environment • study personal scheduled on-line materials • accomplish group project and discussion • seek help/advice from instructors

16. What’s in Virtual Campus? • Instructors • Delivery the lectures as usual, BUT through the WWW (Internet) to access students • Answer the questions from students in real-time mode (just like in traditional classroom) OR non-real mode (by email or notice broad) • provide a channel for personal communication with students (collaboration - just like tutorial)

17. What’s in Virtual Campus? • Learning material provider • shorten the distance with students • gather the demanding materials • Personal scheduler • consultant/counseller for each student • re-arrange the order of the course material according to each student’s pace

18. Changing Trend of Learning Style Educational Focus teacher-centered Student-centered Teaching approach Lecturing monotonously Students’ monotonously Learning Style Active and collaborative learning Passive learning

19. New Learning Process • Customized learning strategy

20. New Learning Process (cont’) • Changed behavior of roles

21. New Learning Process (cont’) • Relationship between demand and supply

22. Outlook of Virtual Campus

23. Components of Virtual Campus • MWPS (Multimedia Web Presentation System) Construction Editing Management Web-based presentation HTML slides Streaming audio and video Synchronous Asynchronous Delivery of lessons

24. Outlook of MWPS

25. Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

26. Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

27. Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

28. Components of Virtual Campus • JCE (Java Collaborative Environment)