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? • Changing Trend of Learning Style • New Learning Process • Basic Architecture • Components of Virtual Campus • 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. 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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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

8. New Learning Process • Customized learning strategy

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

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

11. Basic Architecture

12. Outlook of Virtual Campus

13. Outlook of Virtual Campus (cont’)

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15. Components of Virtual Campus • 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

16. 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

17. Outlook of MWPS

18. Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

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20. Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

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

22. Conclusion Future education and training • overcome space, time, and performance demands • increasing geographical distribution • continuous updating information • effective learning Interactive, dynamic, active feedback studying environment Virtual Campus

23. Q&A Thank you