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Collaborative digital library: enhancing digital collections to improve learning in educational programs

TL;DR: A universal collaborative and competitive approach is introduced for deployment of digital collections in an ideal Digital Library (DL) for future's educational system.
Abstract: In this article, a universal collaborative and competitive approach is introduced for deployment of digital collections in an ideal Digital Library (DL) for future's educational system The collaborative and open-source aspects of the system guarantee its growth and the competitive aspects guarantee the accuracy
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TL;DR: The results of the study showed significant correlations between technology literacy and pedagogical practice integration and revealed that faculty technology training may be maximized for the integration of pedagogy by using the training strategy of small group faculty forums with a trainer.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine how faculty technology literacy and technology training impact their pedagogy. This required an examination of how faculty technology literacy skills related to pedagogical practice (integrating technology into their pedagogy), while controlling for training. Respondents surveyed in this study consisted of faculty members in the US colleges of education among the fifteen peer institutions of the University of North Dakota. The results of the study showed significant correlations between technology literacy and pedagogical practice integration. The results also revealed that faculty technology training may be maximized for the integration of pedagogy by using the training strategy of small group faculty forums with a trainer.

252 citations


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  • ...RELATED WORK In [5] five main phases are proposed for web based learning: Course content design, course development, course implementation, course evaluation, and course revision....

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21 Aug 2006
TL;DR: This workshop aims to describe approaches to improve collaborative learning by giving advice how to conduct a learning session with a Wiki and an appropriate script based on the use of a Wiki.
Abstract: Learning effectiveness depends on a large range of parameters. Learners" activity has an important impact on long-term learning and comprehension of difficult concepts [1]. Collaboration is also an important parameter for learning efficiency. Collaboration does not work per se [2]; an appropriate Script is a capital factor for succeeding. We will describe our engagement in scripting advises based on the use of a Wiki. The creation of a hypertext is an integrative part of our collaborative script. A Wiki is a powerful tool for constructivist learning environments because it facilitates collaboration. The workshop aims to describe approaches to improve collaborative learning. We will give advice how to conduct a learning session with a Wiki and an appropriate script.

90 citations


"Collaborative digital library: enha..." refers background or methods in this paper

  • ...Hence, the open source aspects of the system remained useful such as wiki based web sites [9], but more considerations are needed in the form of rules, controls and limitations....

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  • ...This system can be compared with open-source software [9]....

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07 Jun 2004
TL;DR: This work investigated the problems of traditional focused crawlers caused by local search algorithms and proposed a new crawling approach, meta-search enhanced focused crawling, to address the problems and showed that the approach could build domain-specific collections with higher quality than traditional focused crawling techniques.
Abstract: Collecting domain-specific documents from the Web using focused crawlers has been considered one of the most important strategies to build digital libraries that serve the scientific community. However, because most focused crawlers use local search algorithms to traverse the Web space, they could be easily trapped within a limited sub-graph of the Web that surrounds the starting URLs and build domain-specific collections that are not comprehensive and diverse enough to scientists and researchers. In this study, we investigated the problems of traditional focused crawlers caused by local search algorithms and proposed a new crawling approach, meta-search enhanced focused crawling, to address the problems. We conducted two user evaluation experiments to examine the performance of our proposed approach and the results showed that our approach could build domain-specific collections with higher quality than traditional focused crawling techniques.

83 citations


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  • ...In the next sections, a new collaborative Digital Library [2], [8] is introduced to overcome many problems and increase learning performance....

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Proceedings ArticleDOI
07 Jun 2004
TL;DR: Three models are proposed and used as thought experiments to analyze the utility of these approaches to educational digital library design and evaluation: digital libraries as cognitive tools, component repositories, and knowledge networks.
Abstract: Educational digital libraries can benefit from theoretical and methodological approaches that enable lessons learned from design and evaluation projects performed in one particular setting to be applied to other settings within the library network. Three promising advances in design theory are reviewed - reference tasks, design experiments, and design genres. Each approach advocates the creation of 'intermediate' constructs as vehicles for knowledge building and knowledge sharing across design and research projects. One purpose of an intermediate construct is to formulate finer-grained models that describe and explain the relationship between key design features and the cognitive and social dimensions of the context of use. Three models are proposed and used as thought experiments to analyze the utility of these approaches to educational digital library design and evaluation: digital libraries as cognitive tools, component repositories, and knowledge networks.

55 citations

Proceedings ArticleDOI
11 Jun 2006
TL;DR: Theorems to indicate that browsing and searching can be converted or mapped to each other under certain conditions are developed and guide the design and implementation of exploring services for an integrated archaeological DL, ETANA-DL.
Abstract: Exploring services for digital libraries (DLs) include two major paradigms, browsing and searching, as well as other services such as clustering and visualization. In this paper, we formalize and generalize DL exploring services within a DL theory. We develop theorems to indicate that browsing and searching can be converted or mapped to each other under certain conditions. The theorems guide the design and implementation of exploring services for an integrated archaeological DL, ETANA-DL. Its integrated browsing and searching can support users in moving seamlessly between these operations, minimizing context switching, and keeping users focused. It also integrates browsing and searching into a single visual interface for DL exploration. A user study to evaluate ETANA-DL's exploring services helped validate our hypotheses.

54 citations


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  • ...CONCLUSION Today, the academic world has reached the conclusion that they need universal references for education [25] to improve the quality and the maximize quantity of educational programs [16]....

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