Web 2'0 Based eLearning System for CEFR

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Web 2.0 Based e-Learning System for CEFR

• Kohji Shibano
• Research Institute for Languages and Culture of
  Asia and Africa
• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• shibano_at_aa.tufs.ac.jp

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Language Education Requirements

• LL, CALL
• Unique requirements can be found in LL or CALL
• Complements traditional language
  educationHowever,
• Five skills training is needed
• listening,
• spoken interaction,
• spoken production,
• reading and
• writing
• General requirements can be found in Common
  European Framework of Reference for Languages
  Learning, teaching, assessment (Council of Europe
  2001).

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CEFR Requirements
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An Example of Comprehensive Teaching Material
(JPLANG Requirements)

• Generate e-Learning Contents Based on Complete
  Materials from Breakthrough to the University
  level (Threshold) competence
• 18 books for 900 hours of class room education
• 2,634 printed pages

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Comprehensive Japanese language text books in an
e-Learning environment

• Based on published text books written by our
  universitys Japanese Language Center.
• 900 hours of class room teaching.
• Introductory Japanese 1,754 pages of published
  textbook
• In total 2,634 pages. Published textbooks include
  three audio tapes covering about 500 pages of
  them.
• Addition of 20,500 sound files for foreign
  learners

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Trial Use of Existing Systems

• Chosen Systems
• WebCT, Blackboard, Moodle
• Can not meet our requirements
• Generation of several thousand pages is very
  difficult
• Sound/multimedia support is not sufficient for
  language learning
• Can not provide a real time monitor of learners
  actions but real time monitor can be found in
  traditional LL systems

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What is Web 2.0

• Originally
• Semantic Web proposed by W3C
• Based on RDF (Resource Description Framework)
• Reality
• 2005 Web technology revolution
• CGM (Consumer Generated Media)
• Blog, Wikipedia, Flickr, YouTube

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2005 Web Technology Revolutions

• Ajax Desktop Usability to Web Apps
• Google suggest, Google map, Google Apps
• Ruby on Rails Agile Development
• Amazon, Rakuten (Japanese Largest Internet
  Shopping Mall), Twitter
• Flash Media Server True Multimedia
• YouTube
• Using these technologies, we can develop a real
  e-Language Laboratory

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Objectives of JPLANG Project

• To develop an original Web 2.0 based e-Learning
  system for language education
• To develop complete educational materials for
  teaching Japanese from introductory Japanese to
  university level
• To use these systems and contents to improve our
  teaching in our class rooms
• To provide e-Learning services for Japanese
  learners and teachers in the world

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Current State of the Project

• An original e-Learning system using emerging
  technologies such as
• Ajax,
• Ruby on Rails, and
• Flash Media server.
• Introductory Japanese language text books
  contents
• 1,692 web pages
• 20,500 sound files
• for 300 hours of teaching and have been servicing
  for about a year
• Registered Users
• 2,519(as of 2007-09-18, 1,295 as of 2007-03-31,
  100/month new users last year, 200/month this
  year) registered users
• from more than 30 countries

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History of JPLANG Development

• Base Technologies
• Ver. 0.1
• Java PostgreSQL JavaScript Flash
• Ver. 0.2
• PHP PostgreSQL JavaScript Flash
• Ver. 0.3 ? Ver. 0.9
• Ajax Ruby on Rails MySQL JavaScript Flash
  Flash Media Server
• Current version up and running since April, 2006
• http//jplang.tufs.ac.jp/
• 2,201 users as of 2007-08-01
• 100 new users per month in 2006
• 200 new users per month in 2007

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Content Generation
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Core DTD
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Navigations and Controls
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LMS User Portal Page
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Speech recording using Flash Media Server
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Use of 2005 Technologies in JPLANG

• Ruby on Rails
• JPLANG development framework
• Monthly release of new services and content
  additions
• Ajax
• Corrections and comments feedback on Writing
  task
• Real time recording of users behavior log and of
  responses to an assignment
• Drag and drop editing of assignments
• Flash Media Server
• Server side recording of a users speaking
  production

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Demonstration
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Concluding Remarks

• We have developed
• Contents generators for large scale materials
• Complete Japanese learning contents
• Ajax and Flash based rich contents
• Web 2.0 based original LMS
• In Progress
• German
• Polish
• Future Work
• Speaking interaction support
• Voice annotation support
• Enhanced course managements

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