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DC2006 Manzanillo, Colima Memex Metadata (M 2 ) for Reflective Learning Dublin Core 2006 Manzanillo, Colima Jane Greenberg, Abe Crystal, Anuj Sharma, SILS, Metadata Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC/CH) Eva Méndez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid John Oberlin, Michael Shoeffner, ITS Technology Assessment and Planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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DC2006Manzanillo, Colima

Memex Metadata (M2) for Reflective Learning

Dublin Core 2006Manzanillo, Colima

Jane Greenberg, Abe Crystal, Anuj Sharma, SILS, Metadata Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC/CH) Eva Méndez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid John Oberlin, Michael Shoeffner, ITS Technology Assessment and Planning. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Overview

1. Show pretty pictures

2. M2 (Memex Metadata)► Motivation, goals, and design

3. Metadata components

4. Project accomplishments► More images

5. Conclusions and next steps

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Tulip tree; Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Dogwood (Cornus florida)

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Dogwood; Flowering dogwood

(Cornus florida), UNC Herbarium

Plant Characters and Character StatesLeaf Shape Leaf Margin

Cordate

Fan-shaped

PalmateCrenulate

Serrate

Entire

DC/RLG,SDD-structured descriptive data, TDWG – taxonomic data, SKOS

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Learning Science Knowledge

Traditional lecture/exam model, memory Engagement/active learning, self-monitoring

(McCormick, 2003) – Reflection– Promotes critical thinking, a higher order of cognition,

metacognition (Boud, Keogh & Walker, 1985)

Information Technology Services

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21st Century student’s digital store

Student resources generated individually or collaboratively, specifically for a class (e.g., notes taking during class, paper drafts, project work).

Standard course resources (e.g., professors’ slides and lecture notes, whiteboard notes, readings, assignments, quizzes, exams, course evaluations)

Personal digital educational memories, captured via digital cameras, cell phones, email, IM (instant messenger) technology, and other pervasive technologies.

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Summary of Motivating Factors

We want to stimulate reflection, metacognitive learning…

We want to be proactive in testing new technologies

Help students deal with information overload

Augment student memoryAugment student memory

The Memex “As We May Think”

Atlantic Monthly (1945)

Vannevar Bush

memory augmentation

theoretical analog computer

Microsoft Research (MSR) Digital Memories (Memex) Program/ MLB

SenseCam

Memex shell, Tablet PC

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Memex Metadata (M2) for Student Portfolios

SILS/Metadata Research Center <MRC>

Information Technology Services (ITS)

Biology Department

Jane Greenberg, Associate Professor, SILS

Eva Mendez, Visiting Scholar, University Carlos III of Madrid

John Oberlin, Associate Vice Chancellor, ITS

Peter White, Professor Biology Dept. Deborah Barreau, Assistant Professor Michael Shoffner, Systems Specialist, ITS Abe Crystal, Ph.D. student, SILS Anuj Sharma, MSIS student, SILS Steve Seiberling, UNC Herbarium

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Memex Metadata (M2) for Student Portfolios

To advance work in the areas of student learning, contextual IR, and digital portfolio management

Metadata issues►What metadata is needed to support ….?►What is the most efficient and effective means

generating metadata in this new learning environment?

– What metadata is required for an effective Memex?

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Project Design and Accomplishments Information behavioral study biology students Developed a working system for field testing

– Tablet PC, w/ standard software—MSWord, OneNote, MLB, SenseCam, GPS device, Digital Camera).

– Pilot tested, usability study

Developed a metadata framework– Content, structure, context

– Emphasis on automatic metadata generation

– Extends UNC CAF (Context Awareness Framework)– OWL ontologies (person, room, context agents)

» SOUPA: Standard Ontology for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Applications

– Metadata use for contextual retrieval, annotation

M2 Metadata Framework

MLB/Student Digital Store (images, notes, Webpage, SenseCam digital memories/course material etc.)

Structure

XML

OWL

RDF

SOUPA

LOM/IEEE

Context

Data types: documents, happenings, people

Where? (GPS, RFID)

Who with? (Student, faculty…, FOAF)

What? (Class, study group, meeting, lab)

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M2 Metadata FrameworkContexts

–Determine education related context of students. Answering questions such as:

►What is the student’s location? (Physical location, from country to campus room number) (GPS metadata, RFID tags)►Who they are with? (Students, faculty, staff ) (FOAF)►What activity are they engaged in? (A meeting, study group, class, lecture, lab)

Data types►Happenings/Events: Lecture, Conversation, Project►Documents: Slides, Handouts, Student notes Quizzes, Exams, Papers, (have a format: text, html/text, gif, mpg, etc.) ►People (Student, faculty, staff profile)

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Base-component for Documents and Events

Element Name Description Example Code

Object collector/owner

Name of person who will store memory in MLB

Doe, Jane D

Class Dept. Code

Four letter department code BIOL, INLS M/R

Class Number Three digit class number 096, 156, 157 M/R

Class Section Two digit code 01 A

Class Name Course name Local Flora A

Professor Last name and first name combination.

Smith, Paul A

Scope Note Automatic summary or keywords Fieldtrip report from the arboretum tour (Automatically extracted from document text)

A,D, + H

Annotation Field used by student at their discretion.

Focus of fieldtrip was gymnosperms M/0

Starred Item Designates an implied importance to the content

Binary value: Star or no star. M/0

Location Location where data type was created.

Derived using GPS of RFID A

KeyGeneration methodsA = Automatically generatedD = DerivedH = HarvestedM = Manually generated

RequirementR = Required O = Optional metadata*The R/O designation only refers to manually generated metadata

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Metadata Log

Timestamp

06/05/06:

12:00:00

13:00:00

14:00:00

Event 1: 06:05:06:12:02:45

Student Context: Student Schedule (from Student Central)

Data type 1: 06:05:06:12:45:03

Event 2: 06:05:06:13:30:11

Data type 2: 06:05:06:14:18:33

Datatypes and Events Metadata

Data type 3: 06:05:06:14:51:00

Event 1:BIO 54 001: Local Flora Coker Hall

Data type 1:BIO 54 001 - Local Flora Coker HallLecture: Gymnosperms

• Recording context: Calendar: Example: Meeting at Davis Library Timestamp: 06:05:06:13:30:11

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SenseCam Images

all Manual Shutter

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XXX XXXX

SenseCam Images

Automatic

Specimen label/sign

TabletPC

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MLB Digital Memories Shell

Annotation

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Ranking Items

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Species 1OneNote Images

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Conclusions and next steps

Progress in understanding use of technology– Excitement and conflicts– MLB Limitations

Pilot testing, refining our test methods Continue to develop evaluation methods

for SenseCam use, MLB usability– Reflective learning– Metadata generation and use

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Team contact informationhttp://ils.unc.edu/mrc

Metadata, overall - Jane Greenberg, Eva Mendez

CAF - John Oberlin Botany - Peter White PIM - Deborah Barreau Behavioral, learning approaches Technology, CAF - Michael Shoffner

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Publications and Presentations Barreau, D., Crystal, A., Greenberg, J., Sharma, A., Conway, M., Oberlin, J., Shoffner,

M., and Seiberling, S. (in press). Augmenting Memory for Student Learning: Designing a Context-Aware Capture System for Biology Education. ASIST 2006 Annual Meeting:  Information Realities: Shaping the Digital Future for All. Austin, TX, November 3-8, 2006. [Poster Paper]

Barreau, D., Crystal, A., Greenberg, J., and Sharma, A. (forthcoming, August 2006). Now that we're talking, what are we learning? Personal Information Management in Context Workshop, poster presentation. 29th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference Seattle, Washington, August 10-11, 2006: http://pim.ischool.washington.edu/pim06/index.htm. Corresponding poster paper Barreau, D (2006), publication place to be announced.

Crystal, A. (2006). Design research for a context-aware capture system to support biology education. Abstract for DIS 2006 doctoral consortium in Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2006), University Park, PA, June 24-28, 2006: http://ils.unc.edu/~acrystal/crystal_DIS2006_doctoral_consortium_abstract_final.pdf.

Greenberg, J., Shoffner, M., and Sharma, A., (June 9, 2006). Memex Metadata (M2): Extending Microsoft MyLifeBits with Context Metadata. TAP Talks, Freaky Fridays: http://aster.its.unc.edu/blog/?p=37.

Greenberg, J., Oberlin, J., and Barreau, D. (forthcoming, July 2006). Memex Metadata (M2) for Personal Educational Portfolios. Microsoft Faculty Research Summit. Seattle, WA, July 19, 2006.

Greenberg, J., Sharma, A., Mendez, E., Oberlin, J., and Shoffner, M. (forthcoming, October 2006). Memex Metadata (M2) for Reflective Learning International. Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, Colima, Mexico, October 3-6, 2006. [10 manuscript pages]

Mendez, E. and Greenberg, J. (forthcoming, 2006) Metadata Ontologies for Organizing Students’ Memories and Learning: Standards and Convergence Models for Content Awareness. International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and Technologies, InSciT2006. Merida, Spain, October 25-28, 2006: http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/. [5 manuscript pages]