Post on 17-Dec-2015
Academic TechnologyAcademic Technology
Academic Technology (AT) at Tufts is Academic Technology (AT) at Tufts is a university-wide resource that a university-wide resource that provides consultations, collaborative provides consultations, collaborative partnerships, and faculty development partnerships, and faculty development focusing on the use of instructional focusing on the use of instructional technology to support teaching and technology to support teaching and research initiativesresearch initiatives..
OverviewOverview Teaching and Learning with Digital Resources Teaching and Learning with Digital Resources
– The Problem– The Problem Educational FoundationsEducational Foundations Concept Maps in Education Concept Maps in Education VUE – The SolutionVUE – The Solution VUE – ArchitectureVUE – Architecture VUE – ImplementationsVUE – Implementations
FedoraFedora ArtifactArtifact
DemoDemo Future DirectionFuture Direction
Teaching & Learning with Digital Teaching & Learning with Digital Resources – The ProblemResources – The Problem
Valuable digital resources for teaching and Valuable digital resources for teaching and learning have grown exponentially over learning have grown exponentially over the past several years. the past several years.
Custom digital libraries hold these Custom digital libraries hold these collections of digital resourcescollections of digital resources
Lack of tools that provide the flexibility and Lack of tools that provide the flexibility and responsiveness required to support critical responsiveness required to support critical and creative thinking with digital and creative thinking with digital resources.resources.
Educational FoundationsEducational Foundations
Constructivism – Students learn best when Constructivism – Students learn best when they are actively engaged in constructing they are actively engaged in constructing their knowledge – in structuring and their knowledge – in structuring and restructuring informationrestructuring information
Individual Differences – Cognitive Individual Differences – Cognitive differences among people influence their differences among people influence their approach to learning.approach to learning.
Educational FoundationsEducational Foundations
Learning takes place by the assimilation of Learning takes place by the assimilation of new concepts and prepositions into new concepts and prepositions into existing concept prepositional frameworks existing concept prepositional frameworks held by the learnerheld by the learner
Meaningful learning occurs when it is Meaningful learning occurs when it is relatable to the learner’s prior knowledge.relatable to the learner’s prior knowledge.
Concept maps are useful tools to bring Concept maps are useful tools to bring about meaningful learning.about meaningful learning.
Concept Maps in EducationConcept Maps in Education
Tools for organizing and representing Tools for organizing and representing knowledge.knowledge.
Concepts are semantic units of learningConcepts are semantic units of learning Include concepts usually enclosed in Include concepts usually enclosed in
circles or boxes of some type and circles or boxes of some type and relationships between concepts indicated relationships between concepts indicated by a connecting line between the two. by a connecting line between the two.
Words on the line specify the relationship Words on the line specify the relationship between the twobetween the two
Concept Mapping ToolsConcept Mapping Tools
CMap CMap SmartdrawSmartdraw VisioVisio KmapKmap InspirationInspiration
From Concept Maps to Content From Concept Maps to Content MapsMaps
Linking content to concept enhances value Linking content to concept enhances value of concept maps and transforms them into of concept maps and transforms them into content maps.content maps.
Digital content sources:Digital content sources: Local DrivesLocal Drives World Wide WebWorld Wide Web Remote DrivesRemote Drives Digital librariesDigital libraries
Teaching & Learning With Digital Teaching & Learning With Digital Resources - The ProblemResources - The Problem
Valuable digital resources for teaching and Valuable digital resources for teaching and learning have grown exponentially over learning have grown exponentially over the past several years. the past several years.
Custom digital libraries hold these Custom digital libraries hold these collections of digital resourcescollections of digital resources
Lack of tools that provide the flexibility and Lack of tools that provide the flexibility and responsiveness required to support critical responsiveness required to support critical and creative thinking with digital and creative thinking with digital resources.resources.
VUE - A SolutionVUE - A Solution
A visual environment for structuring, presenting A visual environment for structuring, presenting and sharing digital information that allows faculty and sharing digital information that allows faculty and students to integrate digital resources into and students to integrate digital resources into teaching and learningteaching and learning
A way to access different kinds of digital A way to access different kinds of digital resources stored in different digital repositories resources stored in different digital repositories
Has tools for teachers and learner to navigate Has tools for teachers and learner to navigate through these resources to support critical and through these resources to support critical and creative thinking. creative thinking.
Leveraging Open StandardsLeveraging Open Standards
It leverages open and extensible development platform of OKI and FEDORA digital repository to facilitate collaborative open source development.
Goals for VUEGoals for VUE1.1. In support of teaching, provide faculty with a flexible, visual tool In support of teaching, provide faculty with a flexible, visual tool
for semantically structuring and creating pathways through for semantically structuring and creating pathways through digital materials in a manner most consistent with the ideas and digital materials in a manner most consistent with the ideas and concepts that they must communicate to their students.concepts that they must communicate to their students.
2.2. In support of active learning, provide students with a flexible In support of active learning, provide students with a flexible tool for manipulating and extending existing instructional tool for manipulating and extending existing instructional presentations (concept/content maps) in support of personal presentations (concept/content maps) in support of personal reflection on course topics as well as support for the creation reflection on course topics as well as support for the creation and communication of new, personally meaningful and communication of new, personally meaningful concept/content maps. concept/content maps.
3.3. Extend the value of FEDORA-based digital libraries and their Extend the value of FEDORA-based digital libraries and their collections by providing a flexible, visual tool for viewing and collections by providing a flexible, visual tool for viewing and organizing digital content in pursuit of individual learning and organizing digital content in pursuit of individual learning and research goals.research goals.
4.4. Leverage OKI technical standards to enable the sharing, Leverage OKI technical standards to enable the sharing, distribution and integration of this new educational tool in distribution and integration of this new educational tool in educational environments and systems beyond Tufts University.educational environments and systems beyond Tufts University.
VUE
OKI
FEDORA
DRAPI
Learning Theories- Constructivism - Active Learning - Individualized Learning
DigitalRepository
OKI-FEDORA Bridge
VUE Overview
Technical Infrastructure
Support- Faculty needs- Learners needsExtend- Digital Libraries- OKI Standards
DR Implementations
DigitalRepository
VUE – ArchitectureVUE – Architecture Concept map componentsConcept map components
NodesNodes LinksLinks PathwaysPathways
Resource componentsResource components Resource objectsResource objects Data sourcesData sources
Auxiliary componentsAuxiliary components PanelsPanels Drawing toolsDrawing tools MenusMenus Tool barsTool bars
Resource InterfaceResource InterfaceResource Interface•getTitle•getSpec•getPreview•getProperties•getExtension•displayContent
MapResource(implements all the above methods
for VUE map)
AssetResourceget/setAsset(oki.dr.Asset)
CabinetResource(oki.filing.Cabinet)
Data Source InterfaceData Source InterfaceDataSource Interface•getId•getDisplayName•getAddress•getPublishMode•isAutoConnect
VueDataSource(implements all the above methods
for VUE )
FedoraDataSource(connect to Fedora)
GoogleDataSource(Conduct google
search)
artifact.DataSource(connect to artifact
repository)
Local/RemoteDataSource
(oki implementations)
VUE ImplementationsVUE Implementations
FedoraFedora Digital Repository ArchitectureDigital Repository Architecture
ArtifactArtifact Art History database at TuftsArt History database at Tufts
VUE ImplementationVUE Implementation - Fedora - Fedora OKI BridgeOKI Bridge
Fedora Object ModelFedora Object Model OKI.DR API OKI.DR API OKI.DR asset modelOKI.DR asset model Fedora – OKI bridgeFedora – OKI bridge
Fedora OKI BridgeFedora OKI BridgeFedoraFedora OKIOKIPIDPID Shared.IdShared.Id
DRDR DigitalRepositoryDigitalRepository
FedoraObjectFedoraObject AssetAsset
FedoraObjectIteratorFedoraObjectIterator AssetIteratorAssetIterator
BehaviorInfoStructureBehaviorInfoStructure InfoStructureInfoStructure
BehaviorBehavior InfoRecordInfoRecord
DisseminationInfoPartDisseminationInfoPart InfoPartInfoPart
DisseminationDissemination InfoFieldInfoField
ParameterInfoPartParameterInfoPart InfoPartInfoPart
ParameterParameter InfoFieldInfoField
DataOutputStreamInfoPartDataOutputStreamInfoPart InfoPartInfoPart
DataOutputStream(MIMETypeStream)DataOutputStream(MIMETypeStream) InfoFieldInfoField
VUE Implementations - ArtifactVUE Implementations - Artifact
ASP, MS SQL Based web application to ASP, MS SQL Based web application to organize art history contentsorganize art history contents
Developed XML object generator for Developed XML object generator for ArtifactArtifact
Design and develop resource and data Design and develop resource and data source classes in VUE to work with Artifact source classes in VUE to work with Artifact object modelobject model
Future DirectionFuture Direction
Interface for any datasourceInterface for any datasource Federated search Federated search Front end to course management toolsFront end to course management tools User interfaces to view complex mapsUser interfaces to view complex maps
Semantic zoom Semantic zoom Fish eye viewFish eye view 3- dimensional views3- dimensional views
VUE
Datasource Interface
Learning Theories- Constructivism - Active Learning - Individualized Learning
Fedora Digital Repository
FedoraImplementation
VUE Overview
Technical Infrastructure
Support- Faculty needs- Learners needsExtend- Digital Libraries- OKI Standards
DR Implementations
DigitalRepository