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Requirements for Adaptive Multimedia with VLE Integration. BPC & DEC Software Systems Research Group. VLE Integration Opportunity. BU Student Portal to range of learning resources One stop shop SUE survey interface BlackBoard v8 ISSUES Interface unintuitive, dated Lacks interactivity
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Requirements for Adaptive Multimedia with VLE Integration BPC & DEC Software Systems Research Group
VLE Integration Opportunity • BU Student Portal to range of learning resources • One stop shop • SUE survey interface • BlackBoard v8 ISSUES • Interface unintuitive, dated • Lacks interactivity • Not widely accepted in PI, by staff or students • Widely used across PIs • BPC • UCY, Yeovil • Weymouth • E.g. Moodle – Cisco unit learning materials, wide adoption, many years use, flexibility • ISSUES • Embedded course materials • In place 5+ years • Lacks uniform experience
Adding Integration & Adaptation • Stage 1: Network VLEs • Stage 2: Add Common Interface/Application • Case Study – Cisco ‘VIRTUAL TRAINING MODULE’ • Adaptive • Multimedia Presentation System • Contextual Supplemental Support • Interactive (staff/student) • Adaptive FAQ ‘Requirements for an Adaptive Multimedia Presentation System with Contextual Supplemental Support Media’
Initial Requirements • Network Laboratories at BU, BPC, Yeovil • Cisco Packet Tracer 5.1 Record animation and voice over of lab instructions • Web Browser: Flash Multimedia Platform • Embed content description as metadata in XML • Navigation: menu adapts to content description • FAQ – dynamic segmentation of VTM, tutors answers in HTML files linked to Flash timestamp in XML • Content /XML in VTM adapts to students’ needs • Interface common to BB/MyBU and Moodle
Integrate Web App in Moodle • VTM Prototype in DEC network labs • To maintain security • Isolated from BU Network/Internet • Use For Cisco Certification Courses (UG/PG/CPD, etc) • Cannot access general labs or remotely/wireless • Cannot access from inside MyBU • (Cannot create Certification/CPD cohorts on MyBU) • Add Web App VTM to Moodle
Integration with Moodle @BPC • Host Web App VTM on Moodle Server at BPC • Available to BPC (BU PI FdSc) students • learning material for any BPC network unit • Can be accessed internally via BPC Intranet/Wireless and remotely by BPC students at home • Cannot be accessed from MyBU PI accounts without second login to a moodle account • Add VTM to Moodle hosted at BPC Lansdowne
Integration with MyBU @BU • Add VTM to myContent • (quota issue?) • Add menu item ‘E-Learning’ to student menu • (File locking issue in MyBU students’ accounts) • Flash file streams within MyBU account • Can access anywhere via mybu.bournemouth.ac.uk • Next step is to create integrated ‘Building Block’
Blackboard/MyBU Building Block • ‘Building Blocks’ is a Blackboard technology to integrate a Web App into the BB menu system • BB v9 ‘tag library’ files are prepared, WIP • BBv9 test installation set up at BU • Create and test VTM as BBv9 feature • BBv9 : ‘integration with other LMS’ • Allows one login to multiple LMS • Host VTMs on either platform and run on either • Host anywhere/access from anywhere
Initial Findings • Users experience of MyBU and Moodle are very different at BU and PIs • Users experience of VTM in Moodle and Blackboard/MyBU will be the same • Slightly easier to host VTM on Moodle at PIs • Lack of LMS integration/inflexible features in BBv8 force separate hosting of the VTM on Moodle • BBv9 claims improved integration of VLEs • Further work on XML/Metadata/Ontology • Describe dynamic VTM content • Ontology based content retrieval engine
Dissemination • IEEE MMEDIA2009 First International Conference on Multimedia, July 2009, Colmar, France (Joint BU-BPC Paper accepted) • EPSRC Sandpit hosted by Southampton Uni • Digital Economy strand, £3m, joint bid • National Cisco Academy at Birmingham BCU • Integration with Packet Tracer eAssessment Tool • Enterprise Opportunity (global user base) • Enhancing the Student Experience – UG & CPD