A Web 2.0 Personal Learning Environment for Classical Chinese Poetry

The 8th International Conference on Web based Learning (ICWL 2009)on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2009)

Yiwei CaoRalf Klamma

A Web 2.0 Personal Learning Environmentf C CRalf Klamma

Yan GaoRynson W.H. Lau

Matthias Jarke

for Classical Chinese Poetry

Yiwei Cao 曹怡蔚1, Ralf Klamma1, Yan Gao高岩1, R W H L 劉永雄2 d M tthi J k 1 Rynson W.H. Lau 劉永雄2, and Matthias Jarke1

1 Informatik 5 RWTH Aachen UniversityInformatik 5, RWTH Aachen University2Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

Aachen GermanyLehrstuhl Informatik 5(Information Systems)

Prof. Dr. M. JarkeI5-CKG*-0809-1

Aachen, Germany20.08.2009

AgendaAgenda Introduction


- Motivations and problems Related Work

Ralf KlammaYan Gao

Rynson W.H. LauMatthias Jarke

CCPLE on the Web 2.0- CCP learner community

A data model for CCP

CCP: Classical Chinese PoetryCCPLE: Classical Chinese Poetry Learning Environment

- A data model for CCP- A systematic poetry abstraction model - Learning CCP with gamesg g

CCPLE Implementation- Technologies for the implementation- Cross platform user Interfaces

Conclusions and OutlookLehrstuhl Informatik 5(Information Systems)


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IntroductionIntroduction Chinese Learning has hàn zì


gbecome a hot topic recently hàn zì

汉字Ralf Klamma


Matthias Jarke

Learning Chinese in the context:gclassical poetry as a guide

Web 2.0 based personal learning environments instead of traditionallearning processT h l i l h

Lehrstuhl Informatik 5(Information Systems)


Technologies empower learners thecontrol of what to learn and how to learn

Motivation and ProblemsMotivation and Problems

Increase of online learning communities and online knowledge


Increase of online learning communities and online knowledge repositories provides a great amount of learning material

80% informal learning (vs. formal education training) [Cros03]Ralf KlammaYan Gao


% g ( g) [ ] Media technologies support language/culture learning [BiTr96, Milt02] Web 2.0 technologies and ubiquitous media technologies manage and Web 2.0 technologies and ubiquitous media technologies manage and

promote informal learning: YouTube, Wikipedia A large amount of user generated media for learning Chinese onlineg g g Only outdated platforms for Chinese language learning are available



Software Traditional media Web 1.0

Related WorkRelated Work CCP Community is typical to reflect the principle of Community of


y yp p p yPractice (CoP) [Weng98]

Personal Learning Environment (PLE) enable learning content Ralf Klamma


Matthias Jarke

management in an effective way [Down07, OlLi01] E-Learning 2.0 [Down05]

- Web 2.0 technologies [O’Rei05] and social software [Coat03]- Learning community [Down07]

M L i [K 02 KSC 06] M-Learning [Keeg02, KSCa06]- Mobile community [HGKo02]- Mobile social software [KSCa06]- Mobile social software [KSCa06]

Serious games: game-based learning [SKC*08(ICWL’08)] Various Chinese input methods [Engb06]



Various Chinese input methods [Engb06] Support by Unicode – UTF8 [Alve98, IMCR98]

CCP Learner CommunityCCP Learner Community Novice


- Children and foreigners- No CCP experiences

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Expert Reciter- Children and foreigners, seniors

Mi ht h d t di bl

CCP R iS d

- Might have understanding problems Student

Having CCP experience CCP Community ReciterStudent- Having CCP experience

- Understanding Expert

Novice

Expert- Researchers- Sinologists



A Data Model for CCP in ERDA Data Model for CCP in ERDContent

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UploaderUpload Date


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Author_ID En_Author

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Web 2.0 related

3 Level Poetry Abstraction3-Level Poetry Abstraction Micro scale content Meso scale content Macro scale content


Micro

- Individual sentence (3, 5, 7 characters)Ralf Klamma


Matthias Jarke

- Ending with a unique punctuation Meso

micro- Some continuous sentences- A certain block

(20% or 50%) of whole poetry

micro

meso

macro (20% or 50%) of whole poetry Some continuous sentences ending with “。”

“，” between each two sentences

macro

Macro- Whole poetry



The DOM Tree for Poetry AbstractionThe DOM Tree for Poetry Abstraction Character and punctuation units


- A minimal unit of a poetry- Either a Chinese character or a Chinese punctuation

Sentence unitRalf KlammaYan Gao


Sentence unit- Consists of a certain number of

Character Units- A Chinese punctuation “。”

as ending Paragraph unit

- A certain block“ ” between - ， between sentences and a Chinese punctuation “。” as ending

Poetry unitLehrstuhl Informatik 5(Information Systems)


y- The maximal unit of a poetry

Learning CCPs with GamesLearning CCPs with Games

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Content Filtering 3-Operation for SelectionNumber of Units

Character permutationmicro #Sentences (e g 4)Ralf KlammaYan Gao

Rynson W.H. LauMatthias Jarke diff

Character permutation

Sentence permutation

Ch t t ti

micro

meso

#Sentences (e.g. 4)

#Paragraphs (e g 2)ficulty


Paragraph permutation

(e.g. 2)


Sentence permutationmacro #Poetry (e.g. 1)

Game SettingsLehrstuhl Informatik 5(Information Systems)


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Technologies for the ImplementationTechnologies for the Implementation Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers


Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers Web server: Apache Tomcat

Google Web Toolkit (GWT)Ralf KlammaYan Gao


Google Web Toolkit (GWT)- GWT Tooling

GWT E i f l id lib i- GWT –Ext is a powerful widget library as an extension- Ext JS is a JavaScript library- GWT-DnD as a third party library provides drag & drop capabilities

Database: Oracle 10g Videos from YouTube API



CCPLE User Interfaces: Web 2 0CCPLE User Interfaces: Web 2.0 Participatory and

b d l i


game-based learning Rich user experiences

Scoring users achievementsRalf KlammaYan Gao


Scoring users achievements Harnessing collective

Intelligence Linking user generated Linking user generated

multimedia content Data is the next Intel Inside



CCPLE on iPhoneCCPLE on iPhone To enable learner communities to learn CCP en route


Mobile game-based CCP learning Multimedia-based CCP learningRalf Klamma


Matthias Jarke

g Software Above the Level of a Single Device



ConclusionsConclusions A comprehensive model of CCP


p- Data modeling- CCP at micro, meso and macro levels

Ralf KlammaYan Gao


- CCP operations on paragraph, sentence and character permutations Based on Web 2.0 concepts and technologies

U t d CCP t t- User-generated CCP content- User-shared CCP knowledge

Different levels of game based learning for CCP learner communities Different levels of game-based learning for CCP learner communities Platform-independent (the iPhone version) also for mobile CCP

learning communitieslearning communities Evaluation results shows

- Game-based learning helps learning Chinese and CCPLehrstuhl Informatik 5(Information Systems)


Game based learning helps learning Chinese and CCP- Use of different game levels attract attentions of learner communities

OutlookOutlook Further evaluation across wide user communities


In the EU FP7 ROLE (Responsive Open Learning Environment) project community

Ralf KlammaYan Gao


- CoP in PLE: to generate impacts across learning communities - Learning content organization by tagging, rating, feedbacks, scores, and

comments etccomments etc.- Internationalization with multi-language user interfaces- Serious games with consideration of human computer interactiong p

In the German Excellence Cluster UMIC (Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication) project community - Deployment on various mobile platforms (Nokia, Google G1)- Monitoring learning behaviors of mobile learning communities



A web service for Kaixin Net – the Chinese localized Facebook

Thank YouThank You CCPLE: http://vermeer.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:9080/CCPLE/


p UMIC: http://www.umic.rwth-aachen.de

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E-learning 2.0? ROLE: being kept posted by joining ROLE LinkedIn Group ROLE: being kept posted by joining ROLE LinkedIn Group

http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?gid=1590487 ICWL 2009 at Facebook, LinkedIn, Friendfeed, …



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A Web 2.0 Personal Learning Environment for Classical Chinese Poetry