MINE SCORM Authoring Tools and Mobile LMSs

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MINE SCORM Authoring Tools and Mobile LMSs

• Timothy Shih, Wen-Chih Chang, Nigel H. Lin,
  Te-Hua Wang, Hsuan-Pu Chang
• MINE Lab
• Tamkang University
• Taiwan

Presentation Plugfest 9, Wednesday, February 23,
2005 at 230 PM in Lecture Room C
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Collaboration

• Video Conference with Academic ADL Co-Lab
• Judy Brown, David Wirth, John Toews, and Doug
  Hamilton
• Discussion with Education Training Division, 
  Institute of Information Industry, Taiwan
• Sponsored by National Science Council, Taiwan
• Developed by MINE Lab, Tamkang University, Taiwan
• Wen-Chih Chang, Nigel H. Lin, Te-Hua Wang,
  Hsuan-Pu Chang, Hsiau Wen Lin, Wen-Chieh Ko,
  Kuan-Hao Huang, Yun-Long Sie, Mon-Tin Tzou, and
  Linus Jan

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SCORM Related Tools

• The MINE SCORM Authoring Tool V 3.0
• The Hard SCORM Authoring Tool V 1.0
• Metadata Wizard
• Searching on Repository (database)
• Video Presentation
• Flash Playback
• The Pocket SCORM Reader V 2.0
• PDA, Cellular Phone
• The Hard SCORM LMS V 1.0
• PC, PDA, Cellular Phone, Hyper Pen

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The MINE SCORM Authoring Tool

• Presented in Plugfest 8 and Intl Plugfest 1
• See the SCORM 3rd Party Tools Website of ADL
• Based on ADL SCORM 2004
• Drag-and-Drop Courseware Design
• Define Sequence Rules and Metadata
• Define Reusable Content Aggregation and
  Sequencing Templates

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See the SCORM 3rd Party Tools Website of ADL

• PowerPoint and Video Presentation
• Recording, Editing, and Delivery
• Add Metadata to Video and Each Slide

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Computer, Communication, and Content
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Reading SCORM Courseware on Hardcopy books

• OCR-like Pen Device and Pattern Recognition
• Multimedia Feedback on PDA or PC
• Requirements
• Authoring Tool
• LMS

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Hard SCORM Bridging the Gap
A 3-year joint research project supported by
National Science Council, Taiwan
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Ubiquitous e-Learning
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The Hard SCORM Authoring Tool

• Automatic Generation of Hard SCORM Tags
• Print Hardcopy Textbooks
• Tags Are Recognized by Hyper Pens which is
  Connected to LMS

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Hard SCORM Tags

• Navigation Tags for Navigation
• Reference Tags for Multimedia References
• Answer Tags for Exams
• Auxiliary Tags Turn on/off or Control Hard
  SCORM LMS

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Design Issues

• Authoring Hard SCORM Tags
• The Metadata Wizard Metadata Generation
• Searching on Repository
• Supporting Pre-fetching of Learning Objects
• Video Presentation and Flash Playback

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Authoring Hard SCORM Tags

• Function ICONs
• Content Aggregation
• Resource Pool
• Hard SCORM Tags
• Windows for Designing Asset Layout, Metadata, and
  Sequence Rule

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Reference Tags

• Multimedia References
• Video
• Audio
• Flash
• URL
• Copy Resources in the New Content Aggregation and
  PIF

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The Metadata Wizard

• Metadata is useful for object reuse
• Time consuming to fill in metadata
• Background of Users
• Need tools to help the user
• A user profile is filled only once
• Interactive questions may or may not be asked by
  the authoring tool
• Deduction rules can be designed by professionals
  and customized to individual needs
• The author makes a final confirmation of metadata

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Examples of Metadata Generation

• Environment and Platform Dependent
• 1.3 Language, 2.3.3 Date, 4.1 Format, etc.
• User Profile (provided at login time)
• 2.3.1 Role, 2.3.2 Entity, etc.
• Deduced by Interactive Questions
• Who are the target readers? ?
• 5.6 Context, 5.7 Typical Age Range
• Deduced by Structural Relations
• 5.9 Typical Learning Time, 4.2 Size, etc.

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Copy and If-Then Rules

• Copy via information retrieval techniques
• If-Then Rules User Defined (by educational
  professionals)
• If 5.2 Learning Resource Type diagram figure
  graph table Then 1.8 Aggregation Level 1
• If 5.3 Interactivity Level very low low
  medium Then 5.4 Semantic Densityhigh very
  high
• If 5.3 Interactivity Level very high high Then
  5.1 Interactivity Type active
• If 5.3 Interactivity Level very low low Then
  5.1 Interactivity Type expositive
• Subjective Rules (optional and user dependent)
• If no rule is used, the user need to provide
  metadata

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System Architecture of the Wizard
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Implementation of the Wizard

• Users make a final confirmation to use the
  generated metadata

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Searching on Repository

• Local Search
• Server Search

Search by Metadata
Add to Resource Pool
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Pre-fetching Learning Objects

• Sizes of Learning Objects are Computed
• A Content Aggregation is Divided into Clusters
• Pre-fetching on PDAs and Smart Phones

• An intelligent caching policy will be designed
  based on sequencing and navigation definitions

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Printing Hardcopy Textbooks

• Reference Tags are Embedded in between Words
• Different Navigation Tags are Generated for
  Different Sequencing Specifications

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Video Presentation and Flash Playback

• Video and Slide Synchronization
• Recording, Editing, Post Processing, and Delivery
• Add Metadata to Video and Each Slide
• Support Flash Playback

Video Stream
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Presentation Recording

• Select PowerPoint file
• Adjust Camera
• Select Style File
• Start Recording

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Presentation Editing and Delivery

• Add/Delete Slides
• Combine Presentations
• Authoring Metadata
• Playback and Delivery

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Alternative Post Process

• Adding Slides and Flash Objects

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Demonstration of Authoring Tool
Video Clip Available at http//www.mine.tku.edu.tw
/SCORM/
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The Hard SCORM LMS

• Using Web Service with Different Devices
• Encapsulate SCORM APIs by Using Web Service
  Technology

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Revised ECMA Script for Web Service

• Extend ECMA Script to Cope with off-line Learning
  Model
• Use Service Queue and Result Queue
• Use SOAP to Encapsulate Messages

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Pocket SCORM 2004

• Capacity Limitations on PDAs and Smart Phones
• Cluster Caching
• Automatic Re-flow
• Personalized Notes
• User Profiles and Learning Progress
• Data Store on PDA
• Sync with Database of Hard SCORM LMS
• Developing Environment
• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1

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Reading SCORM Examples on PDA
Linear
Knowledge Paced
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Auto Re-Flow and Personalized Notes
Before Re-Flow
After Re-Flow
Adding Notes
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Reading on Smart Phone
Login
Register
Unpack
Select
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PDAs and Smart Phones Supported

• Running on PDAs
• Dopod 700, HP iPAQ 5550, and AnexTEK SP230
• Running on Cellular Phones
• Dopod 565 and Mio8390

Dopod 565
Mio 8390
AnexTEK SP230
Dopod 700
HP iPAQ 5550
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Demonstration of Pocket SCORM LMS on PDA
Video Clip Available at http//www.mine.tku.edu.tw
/SCORM/
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Demonstration of Pocket SCORM LMS on Smart Phone
Video Clip Available at http//www.mine.tku.edu.tw
/SCORM/
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Reading by Using Hyper Pen

• Using Hyper Pen as Input Device
• Reading on Hardcopy Textbooks
• Using Audio Records for Navigation Control
• Using Multimedia Clips as References

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Reading on PCs

• Integrated with Pocket SCORM Reader
• Consistent Learner Records on PC, PDA, Smart
  Phone, and Hyper Pen

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Demonstration of Hard SCORM LMS
Video Clip Available at http//www.mine.tku.edu.tw
/SCORM/
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Demonstration of Hard SCORM LMS on PC
Video Clip Available at http//www.mine.tku.edu.tw
/SCORM/
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A Joint Research Project

• MP Supporting Self-Regulated e/m-Learning via a
  Wireless Hyper-Interaction Platform
• SP1 Hard SCORM
• SP2 Development of Hyper-Interaction Tools for
  Supporting e/m Learning
• SP3 A Self-Regulation System and Administration
  Interface for e/m-Learning
• SP4 The Theory, Design and Evaluation for
  Scaffolding Self-Regulated e/m-Learning
• International Joint Research Project with NRC,
  Canada
• Privacy and Security for the Hyper-Interaction
  Platform

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Summary

• We are working on SCORM tools on different
  devices from different perspectives
• Please visit our demonstrations in the Plug N
  Play section
• Part of our system will be demonstrated in WoSSN
  from 230 PM 315 PM, February 24
• We are seeking for collaboration opportunities,
  especially with ADL Co-Labs
• Free tools are available upon request

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Acknowledgement
We will like to thank the following people for
their discussion and suggestions

• Judy Brown, Director of Academic ADL Co-Lab
• David Wirth, Deputy Director of Academic ADL
  Co-Lab
• John Toews, Academic ADL Co-Lab
• Doug Hamilton, Academic ADL Co-Lab
• Lichieh Lin, Director of e-Learning Technology
  Center, III, Taiwan
• Andy Tsai, Section Manager of e-Learning
  Technology Center, III, Taiwan
• Henry Hu, e-Learning Technology Center, III,
  Taiwan
• Vega Chiang, e-Learning Technology Center, III,
  Taiwan
• Chiehwen Cheng, e-Learning Technology Center,
  III, Taiwan

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Thank You
E-Learning Team, MINE Lab, Tamkang University

• Timothy Shih, Advisor
• Wen-Chih Chang, Ph. D.
• Nigel H. Lin, Ph. D. Student
• Te-Hua Wang, Ph. D. Student
• Hsiau Wen Lin, Ph. D. Student
• Hsuan-Pu Chang, Ph. D. Student
• Kuan-Hao Huang, MS Student
• Yuan-Hsiang Hsu, MS Student
• Yun-Long Sie, MS Student
• Mon-Tin Tzou, MS Student
• Linus Jan, MS Student