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Methods and Applications for Advancing Distance Education Technologies:

International Issues and Solutions

Mahbubur Rahman Syed

Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA

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Methods and applications for advancing distance education technologies : international issues and solutions / Mahbubur Rahman Syed, editor.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "This book is for academic researchers and engineers who work with distance learning programs and software systems, as well as general users of distance education technologies and methods including computational methods, algorithms, implemented prototype systems, and applications of open and distance learning"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-60566-342-5 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-60566-343-2 (e-book) 1. Distance education--Technological innovations. 2. Educational technology. I. Syed, Mahbubur Rahman, 1952-

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All work contributed to this book is new, previously-unpublished material. The views expressed in this book are those of the authors, but not necessarily of the publisher.

Associate Editors

Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA Giuliana Dettori, National Research Council, Italy

Baltasar Fernandez-Manjon, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Fernando Gamboa-Rodriguez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Vivekanand Gopalkrishnan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Denis Gracanin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Kamalanath Priyantha Hewagamage, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Jason C. Hung, The Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, Taiwan Dulal C. Kar, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA

Javed I. Khan, Kent State University, USA

Taku Komura, University of Edinburgh, UK

Yiu-Wing Leung, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Frederick Li, University of Durham, UK

Paolo Maresca, Universita‘ di Napoli Federico II, Italy Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California, USA

Max Muehlhaeuser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Maria E. Orlowska, Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology Maytham Safar, Kuwait Unviersity, Kuwait

Nicoletta Sala, University of Italian Switzerland, Switzerland

Ladislav Samuelis, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia Kosice,Slovakia Ramesh Chander Sharma, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Marc Spaniol, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Changjie Tang, Sichuan University, China Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, University of Patras, Greece Lorna Uden, Staffordshire University, UK

Son T. Vuong, University of British Columbia, Canada Kazuo Yana, Hosei University, Japan

David Yang, Southern Taiwan University of Technology, Taiwan Xun Yi, Victoria University, Australia

Cha Zhang, Microsoft Research, USA

Jianmin Zhao, Zhejiang Normal University, China

International Editorial Review Board

Hussein Abdel-Wahab, Old Dominion University, USA

Gianni Degli Antoni, Instution for Educational Technology, Italy Timothy Arndt, Cleveland State University, USA

David Asirvatham, Multimedia University, Malaysia Jinli Cao, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Debasish Chakraborty, Tohoku University, Japan Han-Chieh Chao, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Herng-Yow Chen, National Chi-Nan University, Taiwan Ming-Syan Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Zixue Cheng, The University of Aizu, Japan

William C. Chu, TungHai University, Taiwan

Pau-Choo Chung, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Chyi-Ren Dow, Feng Chia University, Taiwan

Khalil El-Khatib, National Research Council, Canada Larbi Esmahi, Athabasca University, Canada

Denis Gracanin, Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), USA Pete Holt, Athabasca University, Canada Hui-huang Hsu, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan Steven Huang, University of Houston, USA

Ren-Hung Hwang, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan Gwo-Jen Hwang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

Qun Jin, The University of Aizu, Japan

Matjaz B. Juric, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Odej Kao, Technical University of Clausthal, Germany Norihisa Komoda, University of Osaka, Japan

Larry Korb, National Research Council, Canada

Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong, HK Tak-ming Law, Institute of Vocational Education, HK Byung-Gook Lee, Dongseo University, Korea

Jong-Hyeok Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea Meng-Huang Lee, Shih-Chien University, Taiwan

Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sheng-Tun Li, Nat’l Kaohsiung 1st University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Jonathan Liu, University of Florida, USA

Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada Simon Sheu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Yoshitaka Shibata, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Mahla Strogmaier, University of Alaska, USA

Francis Suraweera, Griffith University, Australia

Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State University, USA

Chun-Chia Wang, Kuang Wu Instution of Technology and Communitions, Taiwan Te-Hua Wang, Chihlee Institute of Technology, Taiwan

Ying-Hong Wang, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Yuefei Xu, National Research Council, Canada Kazuo Yana, Hosei University Research Institute, USA

Yun Yang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Jin Tan Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan George Yee, National Research Council, Canada

Siu-Ming Yiu, The University of Hong Kong, HK

Yanchun Zhang, University of Tasmania, Australia

Table of Contents

Preface.................................................................................................................................................

xxi

Acknowledgment..............................................................................................................................

xxvi

Chapter I

 

Automatic Digital Content Generation System for Real-Time Distance Lectures..................................

1

Hiroshi Takeda, Hosei University, Japan

 

Hisashi Yaginuma, Hosei University, Japan

 

Hajime Kiyohara, Hosei University, Japan

 

Akira Tokuyasu, Hosei University, Japan

 

Masami Iwatsuki, Hosei University, Japan

 

Norio Takeuchi, Hosei University, Japan

 

Hisato Kobayashi, Hosei University, Japan

 

Kazuo Yana, Hosei University, Japan

 

Chapter II

 

E-World: A Platform for the Management of Adaptive E-Learning Processes.......................................

9

Filomena Ferrucci, Università di Salerno, Italy

 

Giuseppe Scanniello, Università della Basilicata, Italy

 

Genoveffa Tortora, Università di Salerno, Italy

 

Chapter III

 

An Efficient and Effective Approach to Developing Engineering E-Training Courses........................

26

Judy C.R. Tseng, Chung Hua University, Taiwan

 

Wen-Ling Tsai, Chung Hua University, Taiwan

 

Gwo-Jen Hwang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Po-Han Wu, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Chapter IV

 

A SCORM Compliant Courseware Authoring Tool for Supporting Pervasive Learning......................

40

Te-Hua Wang, Tamkang University, China

 

Flora Chia-I Chang, Tamkang University, China

 

Chapter V

 

An Ontology-Based e-Learning Scenario..............................................................................................

63

WenYing Guo, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China

 

Chapter VI

 

Adaptive Synchronization of Semantically Compressed Instructional Videos for

 

Collaborative Distance Learning...........................................................................................................

72

Dan Phung, Columbia University, USA

 

Giuseppe Valetto, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

 

Gail E. Kaiser, Columbia University, USA

 

Tiecheng Liu, University of South Carolina, USA

 

John R. Kender, Columbia University, USA

 

Chapter VII

 

Refining the Results of Automatic e-Textbook Construction by Clustering.........................................

87

Jing Chen, City University of Hong Kong, China

 

Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, China

 

Ling Feng, Tsinghua University, China

 

Chapter VIII

 

Chinese Brush Calligraphy Character Retrieval and Learning.............................................................

96

Yueting Zhuang, Zhejiang University, China

 

Xiafen Zhang, Zhejiang University, China

 

Weiming Lu, Zhejiang University, China

 

Fei Wu, Zhejiang University, China

 

Chapter IX

 

Grounding Collaborative Learning in Semantics-Based Critiquing....................................................

106

William K. Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

 

Anders I. Mørch, University of Oslo, Norway

 

Kelvin C. Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

 

Cynthia Lee, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

 

Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

 

Mason H. Lam, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

 

Chapter X

 

Improving the Usefulness of Learning Objects by Means of Pedagogy-Oriented Design.................

120

Giuliana Dettori, ITD-CNR, Italy

 

Paola Forcheri, IMATI-CNR, Italy

 

Maria Grazia Ierardi, IMATI-CNR, Italy

 

Chapter XI

 

Adaptive Animation of Human Motion for E-Learning Applications.................................................

134

Frederick W.B. Li, University of Durham, UK

 

Rynson W.H. Lau, University of Durham, UK

 

Taku Komura, University of Edinburgh, UK

 

Meng Wang, University of Durham, UK

 

Becky Siu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

 

Chapter XII

 

eWorkbook: An On-Line Testing System with Test Visualization Functionalities.............................

145

Gennaro Costagliola, Università di Salerno, Italy

 

Vittorio Fuccella, Università di Salerno, Italy

 

Chapter XIII

 

Choosing MOODLE: An Evaluation of Learning Management Systems at Athabasca.....................

167

Brian Stewart, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Derek Briton, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Mike Gismondi, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Bob Heller, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Dietmar Kennepohl, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Christine Nelson, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Chapter XIV

 

Enhancing the IMS QTI to Better Support Computer Assisted Marking............................................

174

Damien Clark, Central Queensland University, Australia

 

Penny Baillie-de Byl, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

 

Chapter XV

 

Streaming of Continuous Media for Distance Education Systems......................................................

190

Ali Dashti, Kuwait University, Kuwait

 

Maytham Safar, Kuwait University, Kuwait

 

Chapter XVI

 

How Did They Study at a Distance? Experiences of IGNOU Graduates...........................................

217

Manjulika Srivastava, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India

 

Venugopal Reddy, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India

 

Chapter XVII

 

Ubiquitous Computing Technologies in Education.............................................................................

230

Gwo-Jen Hwang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Ting-Ting Wu, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Yen-Jung Chen, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Chapter XVIII

 

An eLearning Portal to Teach Geographic Information Sciences.......................................................

234

S. Grunwald, University of Florida, USA

 

B. Hoover, University of Florida, USA

 

G.L. Bruland, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa, USA

 

Chapter XIX

 

A Changed Economy with Unchanged Universities? A Contribution to the University

 

of the Future........................................................................................................................................

246

Maria Manuela Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal

 

Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho, Portugal

 

Chapter XX

 

Rationale, Design and Implementation of a Computer Vision-Based Interactive

 

E-Learning System..............................................................................................................................

268

Richard Y. D. Xu, Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia

 

Jesse S. Jin, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia

 

Chapter XXI

 

Supporting Learners’Appropriation of a Web-Based Learning Curriculum.......................................

288

Dorothée Rasseneur-Coffinet, LIUM - Université du Mans, France

 

Georgia Smyrniou, University of Puerto Rico, USA

 

Pierre Tchounikine, LIUM - Université du Mans, France

 

Chapter XXII

 

Development of a Web-Based System for Diagnosing Student Learning Problems on

 

English Tenses.....................................................................................................................................

324

Gwo-Jen Hwang, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Hsiang Cheng, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Carol H.C. Chu, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Judy C.R. Tseng, Chung-Hua University, Taiwan

 

Gwo-Haur Hwang, Ling Tung University, Taiwan

 

Chapter XXIII

 

Inhabited Virtual Learning Worlds and Impacts on Learning Behaviors in Young

 

School Learners...................................................................................................................................

342

Chi-Syan Lin, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

C. Candace Chou, University of St. Thomas, USA

 

Ming-Shiou Kuo, National University of Tainan, Taiwan

 

Chapter XXIV

 

Research and Practice of E-Learning in Canada 2008........................................................................

356

Rory McGreal, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Terry Anderson, Athabasca University, Canada

 

Compilation of References................................................................................................................

364

About the Contributors.....................................................................................................................

391

Index...................................................................................................................................................

405