Development of Context-aware CMS under Ubiquitous Computing Environment

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Thursday, July 13, 2006
This presentation is part of 3: Poster Sessions
Development of Context-aware CMS under Ubiquitous Computing Environment

Description: This poster session will describe the ULAN (Ubiquitous Learning Architecture for Next-generation) Project to develop a context-aware CMS. The ULAN Project is a research and system development project involving Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, and CSK Systems Corporation in Japan.
Presentation Format: Poster
Topic: Incorporating innovative tools: breakthrough technologies and WebCT
Target Audience: System Administrators, Senior Administrators
Appropriate Audience Level: Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version: WebCT Vista
Abstract Text: This presentation describes the current status of ULAN (Ubiquitous Learning Architecture for Next-generation) Project that develops next-generation architecture and tools under ubiquitous computing environment. Recently, end-users' situation in accessing to Course Management System like WebCT is becoming diverse more and more. For example, students want to use cellar phones and PDA to access CMS, and also faculty may want to deliver their content using Podcasting. In addition, network bandwidth is very wide in the case of ADSL and FTTH (Fiber To The Home) but very narrow and sometimes disconnected in the case of cellar phone. To react these diverse conditions effectively, CMS has to need to know what kind of devices users is using and how fast their network bandwidth and so on. Furthermore, more granular user's action acquisition like “mouse pointing” and “keyboard typing” could enhance student learning and help faculty's teaching, beyond the limitation of Web browser. To realize these context-aware functionalities in CMS, ULAN Project is developing Eclipse-based Rich Client System for CMS and Context-aware client-server framework for CMS tools. ULAN Project is performed under the collaboration of Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University and CSK Systems Corporation in Japan, and supported by Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture for five years. In poster session, we introduce our recent results for two years and show some examples in terms of the use with WebCT Vista.

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Description:	This poster session will describe the ULAN (Ubiquitous Learning Architecture for Next-generation) Project to develop a context-aware CMS. The ULAN Project is a research and system development project involving Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University, and CSK Systems Corporation in Japan.
Presentation Format:	Poster
Topic:	Incorporating innovative tools: breakthrough technologies and WebCT
Target Audience:	System Administrators, Senior Administrators
Appropriate Audience Level:	Experienced WebCT users
WebCT Version:	WebCT Vista
Abstract Text:	This presentation describes the current status of ULAN (Ubiquitous Learning Architecture for Next-generation) Project that develops next-generation architecture and tools under ubiquitous computing environment. Recently, end-users' situation in accessing to Course Management System like WebCT is becoming diverse more and more. For example, students want to use cellar phones and PDA to access CMS, and also faculty may want to deliver their content using Podcasting. In addition, network bandwidth is very wide in the case of ADSL and FTTH (Fiber To The Home) but very narrow and sometimes disconnected in the case of cellar phone. To react these diverse conditions effectively, CMS has to need to know what kind of devices users is using and how fast their network bandwidth and so on. Furthermore, more granular user's action acquisition like “mouse pointing” and “keyboard typing” could enhance student learning and help faculty's teaching, beyond the limitation of Web browser. To realize these context-aware functionalities in CMS, ULAN Project is developing Eclipse-based Rich Client System for CMS and Context-aware client-server framework for CMS tools. ULAN Project is performed under the collaboration of Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Osaka University and CSK Systems Corporation in Japan, and supported by Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture for five years. In poster session, we introduce our recent results for two years and show some examples in terms of the use with WebCT Vista.