Advances in Web-Based Learning - ICWL 2004

With the rapid development of Web-based learning and new concepts like virtual cla- rooms, virtual laboratories and virtual universities, many issues need to be addressed. On the technical side, there is a need for effective technology for deployment of W- based education. On the learning side, the cyber mode of learning is very different from classroom-based learning. How can instructional developmentcope with this new style of learning? On the management side, the establishment of the cyber university - poses very different requirements for the set-up. Does industry-university partnership provide a solution to addressing the technological and management issues? Why do we need to standardize e-learning and what can we do already? As with many other new developments, more research is needed to establish the concepts and best practice for Web-based learning. ICWL 2004, the 3rd International Conference on Web-Based Learning, was held at the Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) from August 8th to 11th, 2004, as a continued attempt to address many of the above-mentioned issues. Following the great successes of ICWL 2002 (Hong Kong) and ICWL 2003 (Australia), ICWL 2004 aimed at p- senting new progress in the technical, pedagogical, as well as management issues of Web-based learning. The conference featured a comprehensive program, including a tutorial session, a keynote talk, a main track for regular paper presentations, and an - dustrial track. We received 120 papers and accepted only 58 of them in the main track for both oral and poster presentations.

e-Learning Platforms and Tools. - Learning Algorithms with an Electronic Chalkboard over the Web. - The Agile Teaching/Learning Methodology and Its e-Learning Platform. - Activity Theory as Tool for Analyzing Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN). - An Agent- and Service-Oriented e-Learning Platform. - Automatically Generating an e-Textbook on the Web. - Prioritized Admission Control in Multimedia Network-Based e-Learning. - CUBES: Providing Flexible Learning Environment for Virtual Universities. - Dinosys: An Annotation Tool for Web-Based Learning. - Web-Based Multimedia Authoring and Presentation Framework for Children s Art Cultivation. - A Progressive Content Distribution Framework in Supporting Web-Based Learning. - Technologies to Support Collaborative Learning over the Multimedia Home Platform. - Proposal for KML Designer with Web-Based Environment. - AI-Based Teaching Package for Open Channel Flow on Internet. - Efficient Methods for Skimming the Web-Based Synchronization Multimedia Lectures. - Web-Based Collaborative Learning Focused on the Study of Interaction and Human Communication. - PKUSpace: A Collaborative Platform for Scientific Researching. - Learning by Seamless Migration A Kind of Mobile Working Paradigm. - XML-Based Agent Communication in a Distributed Learning Environment. - Hook and Screen Division Based Screen Compression for the Real-Time Multimedia Transformation of e-Learning System. - Design for a Learner-Oriented Tracking. - Web-Based Adaptive Collaborative Learning Environment Designing. - A CATV and Internet Combined Framework for Distance Learning. - MPEG-4 Based Interactive 3D Visualization for Web-Based Learning. - An Adaptive Distance Learning System Based on Media Streaming. - Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management. - CDAL: A ScalableScheme for Digital Resource Reorganization. - An Approach to the Use and Automatic Generation of Web-Based Learning Materials. - e-Learning Services Provision and Management. - A Modular Approach to e-Learning Content Creation and Maintenance. - Using a Knowledge-Based Management to Design a Web-Based Creative Problem Solving System. - Context-Based Classification for Link Data. - Build Presentation Layer for Semantic Contents. - e-Learning Content Management Based on Learning Object. - Improving Web-Based Learning: Automatic Annotation of Multimedia Semantics and Cross-Media Indexing. - Practice and Experience Sharing. - Multimedia Distance Learning Application on Embedded End Device. - Web-Based Collaborative Learning System Design for Navigation Education and Training. - Aphasics Communities Learning on the Web. - Crossing Boundaries with Web-Based Tools for Learning Object Evaluation. - Web-Based Handwriting Education with Animated Virtual Teacher. - From e-Learning to Virtual Learning Community: Bridging the Gap. - A Web-Based CAD System for Learning and Laboratory Purpose. - A Web-Based Teacher Assisting Agent System. - An Application-Oriented e-Learning System with Self-monitoring and Adaptive Exercises. - Methodologies of the Personalized Courseware Construction Tools for e-Learning. - Agent-Based Web Learning System Applying Dynamic Fuzzy Petri Net. - Design and Implementation of Virtual Computer Network Lab Based on NS2 In the Internet. - Semantics-Based Answers Selection in Question Answering System. - e-Learning Standards. - Learning Content Recommendation Service Based-on Simple Sequencing Specification. - Learning Object Models and an e-Learning Service Infrastructure for Virtual e-Learning Communities. - Implementation Issues on the Quality Evaluation of Web-Based Courses andDigital Learning Resources. - Reusable Learning Object and Its Strategies for e-Learning. - An Implementation of Learning Objects Management System. - Specification for Service Quality Management System of e-Learning. - Pedagogical Issues. - Personalized Education: An Exploratory Study of Learning Pedagogies in Relation to Personalization Technologies. - Guidelines towards Effectively Sharable LOs. - Articulation of Learners Requirements for Personalised Instructional Design in e-Learning Services. - Comparison of Pronunciation Scores in Spoken Language Learning System. - Community Knowledge Building Environment with Concept of KBC. - Student Participation Index: Student Assessment in Online Courses.