Virtual Campus

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A Web-based Customized Collaborative Learning
Environment
Sam K.P. Ma Michael R. LyuDepartment
of Computer Science The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
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Outline

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

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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

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Whats in Virtual Campus?

• Students
• 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

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Whats in Virtual Campus?

• Instructors
• 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)

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Whats 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 students pace

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Changing Trend of Learning Style
Educational Focus
Student-centered
teacher-centered
Teaching approach
Students monotonously
Lecturing monotonously
Learning Style
Active and collaborative learning
Passive learning
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New Learning Process

• Customized learning strategy

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New Learning Process (cont)

• Changed behavior of roles

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New Learning Process (cont)

• Relationship between demand and supply

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Basic Architecture
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Outlook of Virtual Campus
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Outlook of Virtual Campus (cont)
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Outlook of Virtual Campus (cont)
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Components of Virtual Campus

• Personal Scheduler - Smart Scheduler (S-Scheduler)

• 1. Students
• - personal preference
• - academic record
• 2. Instructors recommendation
• 3. Available resources
• 4. Other relevant factors

Update the student database (says, course
pointers for particular student)
Scheduler
S-Scheduler
Proposed Study Plan
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Components of Virtual Campus

• MWPS (Multimedia Web Presentation System)

• Construction
• Editing
• Management

Web-based presentation
HTML slides
Streaming audio and video
Synchronous
Asynchronous
Delivery of lessons
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Outlook of MWPS
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Outlook of MWPS (cont)
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Outlook of MWPS (cont)
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Outlook of MWPS (cont)
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Components of Virtual Campus

• JCE (Java Collaborative Environment)

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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
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QA
Thank you