Presented by SamSupervised by Prof. Michael Lyu

Outline What is Virtual Campus? Changing Trend of Learning Style New Learning Process Basic Architecture Components of Virtual Campus Future Work Conclusion

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

Delivery the ‘own-paced’ material to the right person in any time.

What’s in Virtual Campus?

Student 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

What’s in Virtual Campus?

Instructor 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)

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

Changing Trend of Learning Style

Student-centeredteacher-centered

Students’ monotonously

Lecturing monotonously

Active and collaborative

learning

Passive learning

Educational Focus

Teaching approach

Learning Style

New Learning Process

Customized learning strategy

Components of learning strategy Expected achievement

Choice of individual/group learning Depend on personal style(selection of synchronized/asynchronized mode lecture)

+ Collaboration Learn to solve problem together(social interaction)

+ Customized learning progression Instructor/ scheduler advisedpace (personal pace control)

+ Efficient personal support Establish closer relationshipbetween instructor and students

Delivery the right knowledge to right people in right time

New Learning Process (cont’) Changed behavior of roles

Role Changes Expected behaviorStudent From

passive toactive

state out what they need and want decide which learning mode fit themselves encourage participation

Instructor

Instructor present the material answer the question from the students

about the material relatively less leader character from “chalk-and-talk” role to “guide-on-

the-side” rolePersonalScheduler

analyze the learning pattern of each student give study advice to the student listen to the student personal consultant

New Learning Process (cont’)

Relationship between demand and supply

Consequence Status

Demand >Supply Not fulfill theenthusiasms of learning

Present

Demand =Supply Just in time deliverywhen knowing the

demand

Hard to seek andprepare the

material in time

Demand <Supply Customize switchingresource

Proposed

Basic Architecture

Learner

Studentdatabase

Teacher

CourseAuthor

CourseCoursedatabase

survey ofdemand

Scheduler

CourseGenerator

MWPS

prepare slide setand make

presentation

provide content

closerelationship

Learner

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JCE

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JCE

make a set ofpointer to content

Customizedre-order

JCE/MWPS

gather informationfrom learners

interaction between learner andinstructor/scheduler

JCE

interaction betweenlearner and learner

attendcourse

Server side Client side

CourseDeliveryPlatformWWW/MWPS

Components of Virtual Campus

Construction

Editing Management

Web-based presentation

HTML slides

Streaming audio and

video

Synchronous

Asynchronous

Delivery of lessons

MWPS (Multimedia Web Presentation System)

Outlook of MWPS

Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

Outlook of MWPS (cont’)

Components of Virtual Campus

JCE (Java Collaborative Environment)

Future Works

Building a integrated Virtual Campus with a user-friendly interface;

Implementing the component of customized re-scheduler, by adding pointers to course material and stored in learner’s personal profile;

Providing the status of log-on people, which enables others know who are available;

Hacking the source codes of MWPS and JCE in order to optimal the facilities of Virtual Campus;

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

Q&A

Thank you

Traditional Learning Environment

teaching materials are planned in a non-dynamic order

instructors/teachers have to select the teaching materials beforehand

After preparation, instructors/teachers present the material to students at the same time and they receive responses and queries from the students

Traditional Learning Environment

a class of small size (20-40 people)

hard to handle all those questions immediately when the course is running. In these situations, most students just sit in class passively, and some may even be “tuned out”

Ideal Educational Environment

Responsive AND Developmental

Providing effective responses to enquiries

Concerning with the student’s overall progress, across all courses and study programmes

Ideal Platform - Internet

Compatible technology platforms reducing the transaction cost minimizing the switching cost

Provides a platform for delivering text materials audio and video streams

Increases distribution efficiency

Major Features in Design Orientation - clarify the next steps User-friendly - information delivery Material - “Just in time” Tracking & feedback - important

elements Establishing & maintaining new study

habits and ways of working explicit advice for the ‘beginning’

student