INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION

1997

PROCEEDINGS OF ICCE97Edited by

Zahran HalimThomas Ottmann

Zaidah Razak

Organised byAsia-Pacific Chapter of AACE

&Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia December 2-6,1997UB/TIB Hannover 89122 071 670

^Invited Papers)

Using the WWW as a Cognitive Tool in HigherEducationThomas C. Reeves 1

Evolution of Complex Systems by SupportingCollaborating Communities of PracticeGerhard Fischer 9

Learner Know Thyself: Student Modelsto Give Learner Control and ResponsibilityJudy Kay 18

Digital Libraries and their Impact onDistance Learning: A European PerspectiveHans-Georg Stork 27

Development of Multimedia Web Environmentfor Distance Education ApplicationsAH Jafari 36

How Modern WWW Systems SupportTeaching and LearningH. Maurer & Th. Dietinger 37

Virtual University: A New Generation ofNet-Based Educational SystemsG. Schlageter, P. Buhrmann,F. Laskowski & S. Mittrach 52

Future Virtual ClassroomsS. Suave Lobodzinski 62

A Model for Designing ConstructivistLearning EnvironmentsDavid H. Jonassen 72

Toward Social Constructivism: Changingthe Culture of Learning in SchoolsYam San Chee 81

Authoring on the Fly: A New Way of IntegratingTelepresentation & Courseware ProductionCh. Backer, R.Muller, Th Ottmann & M. Will 89

The Information Age Paradigm: Interactive-Learning-Environments for All - Including theDisabledJ.R. Isaac 97

Multimedia for Understanding: StatPlay andStatistical IdeasGeoff Cumming & Neil Thomason 98

The Race to Educate the World -Multimedia in Higher EducationZawawi Ismail 106

cTeaching - Learning Strategies^& Environments ^J

An Exploration Space Control asIntelligent Assistance in Enabling SystemsAkihiro Kashihara, Kinshuk, ReinhardOppermann, Rossen Rashev& Helmut Simm 114

Some Knowledge Structures and theirUse in A Stand-By System for Secondary SchoolMathematicsPeter Schmidt 122

The Application of a Modified PIE Model to theDevelopment of Coached Training SystemsGerman Nemirovski & Gunter Schlageter 130

Knowledge Landscapes: A Topographyof LearningBarry Fenn & Jennifer Lennon 139

EPIGAME : An Environment For LearningEpistemic GamesChee-Kit Looi & Hiok-Chai Quek 147

Situated Learning in a Hypermedia-SupportedEnvironmentShwu-Ching Young 155

The Session Manager in aMulti-Strategic TutorRoger Nkambou & Claude Frasson 166

Learning in Shared Immersive VirtualEnvironmentsWilliam Winn 174

The Web as an Integrated EducationEnvironmentRussell Beale & R.J. Hendley 178

Both Sides of the Coin - BlendingCognitive and Motivational Aspectsinto a Tutoring StrategyAndreas Harrer 188

Designing a Multi-Agent InteractiveLearning EnvironmentEvandro de Barros Costa &Angelo Perkusich 196

An Architecture for a Rapidly PrototypedIntelligent Tutoring System with a SoundPedagogical DesignPam Woods & James Warren 204

Virtual Consulting and Training MadeConcreteAlejandro Martins, Andrea V. Steil,Roberto C.S. Pacheco & Ricardo M. Barcia 212

Web Instruction: Searching for aTheoretical BasisGeoff Ring & Mark McMahon 220

Visualizations for Proof Presentation inTheoretical Computer Science EducationChristian Pape & Peter H. Schmitt 229

Virsicle: A Virtually SimulatedEnvironment for Collaborative LearningQun Jin, Yingzhi Shao, YoshihiroShirakusa & Yoneo Yano 237

Using the Internet to Redesign AdministrativePrograms as Learning CommunitiesCathy C. Kaufman 245

Computer Mediation of Peer Interaction: ChoosingRecommendationsMatt Smith & Susan Bull 251

An Investigation into High-Achieverand Low-Achiever Knowledge Organizationand Knowledge Processing in ConceptMapping - A Case StudyMary Wong Siew Lian 259

The GNOSIS Technologies for the SocialConstruction of KnowledgeChen, Der-Thanq , Hung, W.L. David& Cheung, Wing Sum 271

The Infotech ILE: an Integrated LearningEnvironment for Foundation Year IT StudentsGeorge Mohay, John Hynd, HasmukhMorarji & Philip Sinfield 279

Social Construction of Ideas and StrategiesHung, Wei Loong; Chen, Der-Thanq;& Cheung, Wing Sum 287

Hypertext Story Writing in Schools:Elements and Implications of a PedagogyGlenn Russell 295

A Learning Environment for Synchronousand Asynchronous Group LearningToshihiro Hayashi, Yoshinari Nakanishi& Yukuo Hayashida 303

Proltus: An Analysis-Based ALGOL-likeProgramming Language Tutoring SystemNammee Moon & Kiho Lee 311

Do Combined Teaching, Learningand Inquiry Strategies ssing ComputerTechnology Maximise the CognitiveDevelopment of At-risk Students?Ai Yen Chen, Chee-Kit Looi & Soo Sin Tsu 319

An Object Oriented Programming EnvironmentEspecially for Young ChildrenRekha Govil 328

WWW-Based Peer CollaborativeLearning SystemsJiun-Chao Chen, Fong-Lok Lee,Steven Liang, Baw-Jhiune Liu& Tak-Wai Chan 336

A Model of Web-based Cooperative DistantTeachingShang Ming 344

A Negotiation Mechanism for Forminga Learning Group in CSCLShogo Go, Mitsuru Ikeda &Riichiro Mizoguchi 349

Smart Learning: Multimedia DesignBeyond ObjectivismAbtar Kaur 354

Application of Theories of MeaningfulLearning to English Composition InstructionJames E. Martin & Brian L. Millhoff 364

An Interactive System for Teaching andLearning of Prime Numbers in PrimaryMathematicsSiu-Cheung Kong; Kin-Ping Leung &Chi-Keung Leung 373

WWW-Based Mentoring SystemYuan-Te Yu, Hwai-Ling Shan,Chih-Yueh Chou & Tak-Wai Chan 381

Technologies & Innovative Applications)

Internet Technologies for Teleteaching -Report on an Internet-based Seminar inthe Virtual UniversityThomas Berkel, Silke Mittrach,Gunter Schlageter 390

Designing EPSS for the Marine IndustryAshok Banerji & Rajan Bhandari 398

An Investigation fFor Conducting RemoteSeminars through an ATM NetworkAkira Takeuchi, Hidenobu Kunichika,Noriyuki Iwane & Setsuko Otsuki 406

The Web Based Long-Distance AcupunctureInstructionWeiguo Feng, Xu Ping 414

The Design and Development of AdvancedNetwork Services over the Patras UniversityCampus NetworkAntoniou J, Basiliadis B, Bouras C,Garofalakis J., Kappos P,Karageorgopoulos D 420

A Web Interface for Teaching Sight-SingingRodger J. McNab & Lloyd A. Smith 428

Advising Children in Choosing Sports: AKnowledge-Based ApproachMarko Bohanec, Vladislav Rajkovi,Bojan Leskosek & Venceslav Kapus 432

A Multimedia System for Teaching DataCommunications Using Animated SimulationsSteven K. Chan & R.C.T.Cheung 440

Hypermedia CAL Systems - An Integrationof Concepts and PracticeR. C. T. Cheung & Steven K. Chan 445

Effectiveness of Electronic Books asa Training ToolJanez Jereb, Eva Jereb & Brane Smitek 452

COCOA: A Communicative CorrectionAssisting System for Composition StudiesHiroaki Ogata, Yoneo Yano & Riko Wakita 461

Simulated Interviewing for TechnicalLanguage LearningIan Douglas & Connor Graham 469

A Diagram Tailoring for Supporting KnowledgeExternalizationAkihiro Kashihara, Norio Matsui, TsukasaHiroshima, & Jun'ichi Toyoda 477

On Analysis of Novice Pascal ProgramsBased on Simulation to Extract Informationfor EducationRyoji Itoh, Masaki Nishizawa, TatsuhiroKonishi & Yukihiro Itoh 485

Introducing Computer-Based LearningMaterial To Accounting Distance EducationStudentsAbdel K. Halabi 493

An Implementation of the Pen BasedInterface for an ITS for Guiding FractionCalculationTeisuke Yamaguchi, Kenzi Watanabe, YasuhisaOkazaki, Hirofumi Nakahara, Yasutaka Ikeda,Joe Ito, Hiroki Kondo, Masayoshi Okamoto,Takatoshi Yoshikawa & Hiroshi Horii 504

The World ORT Global CampusMichael Shain 512

Cost Effective Interactive MultimediaProduction with Lotus Screencam and aMultimedia Command CentreStuart Garner 520

Facilitating Web Navigation: IntegratedTools for Active and Cooperative LearnersR.Zeiliger, T.Reggers, L. Baldewyns& V.Jans 529

A Multi-User Situated LearningGames on InternetGwo-Dong Chen, Gee-Yu Shen,Yuan-Jen Tai & AlfLai 538

GEORGE Becomes RECTOR - LinearProgramming Tutor Extended to alsoInclude Other Operations ResearchTechniquesS.A. du Plesis & H.C de Kock 546

Gathering and Indexing Rich Fragmentsof the World-Wide WebGeoffrey Holmes & William J.Rogers 554

Technology-Based Approach forManaging Large Classes: A Case StudyFarid Meziane &Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer 563

Exam Spreading in Timetabling ProblemsYousefMoh'd Kilani 573

Learning to Identify Fin Flash SymbolsCompetitivelyJianping Zhang, David G.Twitchel& Donlad H. Cooley 581

An Online Database System for Managing,Supporting and Administering WebBased CoursesT.Craig Montgomerie, Dwayne Harapnuik& Kyle Palmer 589

Design Issues of A Web-Based Training AndAssessment System: From a Monolithic to aDistributed ArchitectureAhmed Seffah, Ramzan Khuwaja & MichelDesmarais 596

A Model of World-Wide Education WebTak-Wai Chan, Wing-Kwong Wong,Jihn-Chang Jehng & Jia-Sheng Heh 605

A Modular Computer Literacy CourseSally Jo Cunningham, William Rogers& Philip Treweek 612

^Education Reform & Support)

Technology in Teacher Education: UsingMultimedia to Enhance their Experience withTechnology EducationBrian Ferry & Christine Brown 616

Implementing Accounting EducationChange through Computer-AssistedLearning Technology: Efficiency,Effectiveness and the Human DimensionGordon Boyce 624

The Virtual Teacher's Lounge: EnhancingPublic Education through Social Capital,Community Memory and the Digital LibraryDarin L. Stewart 635

What's Changed ? Criteria for MeasuringChange in Classroom Practice in Relation toComputer UsePeter Twining 647

Assessment of the Use of Computer AssistedLearning (CAL) and Multimedia in KuwaitiHigher EducationAhmed Al-Hunaiyyan, Jill Hewitt,Sara Jones & David Messer 655

Informatization of Education in SloveniaContinuous VisionVladimir Batagelj, Vladislav Rajkovic,Tomaz Skulj & Teja Valencic 665

Implementation of an IT Program fForGrades 5-8 in KuwaitSuad Al-Furaih, H.B. Al-Sadoun& William Ebeid 673

Approaching Digitization - Dealing with theReform of Chinese Educational TechnologyWeiguo Feng, Yuren Wu, Mu Gu & Dakai He 682

A Reconceptualization of the Problem ofinstructional Technology in Post SecondaryEducationMichael Szabo & Terry Anderson 690

Extensive Programme on EducationalDevelopment in SwedenGunnar Backman & Hakan Levin 698

Cooperative And Contributive Learning asa Real Challenge for Developing ProfessinalEducation in Networking InformationTechnologies in Countries with EmergingTechnologiesDemchenko Yu.V 706

Singaporean Pre-Service Teachers'Experiences and confidence in Using ComputerTechnologyYin Mee, Cheah & Wing Sum, Cheung 710

The Internet in the Australian PrimaryClassroomSeryn Wyld & John Eklund 719

Implementing Tasmanian Visions : A ProposalYoung J. Choi & Soon-Ja Yeom 733

& Cultural Issues)

The Dyslexic Pupil and the Computer InterfaceGarry Patterson & Cheryl Jones 737

A Study on the Quantitative Analysis of theDevelopment and Implementation for EPSS inBusiness OrganizationsSamuel Chi-Cheng Chang 745

Women in Computing, New Zealand: AnExamination of Enrolment Patterns in Three NZUniversitiesSally Jo Cunningham 752

Design Issues in Interactive MultimediaGeoff Ring & Janette Ring 762

Passing the Pinch Test: The Reality Factor inComputer Based Learning EnvironmentsCarolyn Dowling 771

Designing Interfaces For InstructionalMultimedia with Motivation in MindSue Stoney & Martyn Wild 781

Do Students and Lecturers Feel the Same AboutComputers ?Roger W. Harris, & Robert Davison 790

Utilisation of the Internet and SomeRelated IssuesJamaludin Mohaiadin 802

Beliefs and Attitude Toward Computer AmongMalaysian Lower Secondary School StudentsZulkifli A. Manaf Zoraini Wad Abas, AbdulHamid b Abdul Rahman 814

A Review on Studies of ComputerAnxiety in the 90'sChua Siew Lian & Der-Thanq Chen 822

Survey Report on Counseling on Future CoursesUsing Campus Local Area Network (LAN) inJapanese Technnical CollegeMatsumoto Tutomu, Shimokawa Yoshihiko,Tanaka Koji, Hayashi ToshihiroNga Mike 830

A Western Perspective on Malaysian StudentsFacing the Age of Information TechnologyNancy Hunt & Alison Kuiper 838

An Investigation of Attitudes of University Studentsto Computing : A Philippines PerspectiveSim Kim Lau, Ang Yang Ang& Cenie Malabanan 846

A Social Perspective on Learningand Using TechnologyBrian Hudson 854

Language Use in SoftwareAlvin Yeo & Robert Barbour 862

C Posters)

FITS/CL: A System to Initiate Individualand Collaborative LearningKanji Ryomoto, Shogo Go, Mitsuru Ikeda& Riichiro Mizoguchi 871

Information SharingUsing CollaborativeInformation NetworksDavid Ibsen 874

The Hypertextual Paradigm and the ConceptualNetwork: Education StrategiesFranich A., Gentile E. & Plantamura P. 877

Knowledge Based Tools: An Examplein Knowledge ModellingMaja Pivec & Vladislav Rajkovi 881

Interactive Learning Environment to AidMathematical Word Problem SolvingB. Abidin, & K. Tait 885

Writing in a Virtual OrganisationRuss Pennell, Marsha Durham,Conrad Ozog & Alison Spark 894

Web-CD: An Interactive Learning Experiencefor Distance Education Students StudyingInteractive MultimediaJeremy Pagram & Mark McMahon 897

Navigational Patterns in InteractiveMultimedia and Their Effect on LearningSue Fenley 900

One Approach to Multi-Agent Internet DistanceLearning EnvironmentTatiana Gavrilova & Tatiana Sankina 909

A Visualizing Method for Self ExplanationSupport EnvironmentKazuhide Kanenishi, Takahiko Mendori& Yoneo Yano 913

Evaluation of Novice Programs Based onTeachers' Intentions Independent of ProgrammingLanguagesTatsuhiro Konishi, Akira Sugiyama,Hiroshi Suzuki & Yukihiro Itoh 916

An Approach to Design of an Online LearningEnvironmentChris Groeneboer 919

Why Provide Scaffolded Support OnlineDenise Stockley 922

User Interaction in Web-Based TelelearningTom Calvert, Chris Groeneboer, Lyn Bartram& Denise Stockley 926

ATEEG, An Intelligent Simulation BasedLearning Environment for Air Traffic ControllersDong Mei Zhang, Leila Alem& Kalina Yacef 929

Marketing on InternetFong-Lok Lee & Edwin Tang 932

Managing Instruction in Cyberspace: Setting theStandard for University Teaching in the World WideWebVivian Rossner & Denise Stockley 936

Learning OnlineAnne A'herran 939

Strategies and Experiences of Using Newsfor Discussion ToolKou-Liang Ou, Gwo-Dong Chen,Baw-Jhiung Liu 949

On-Web-Visualizing How Programs Run forTeaching 2,300 StudentsHiroyuki Sato, Tsunenori Mine, TakayoshiShoudai, Hiroki Arimura& Sachio Hirokawa 952

Using Email, Listserv and the Internet for Teaching:Beside Face- to-face Teaching, Not Instead.Angelika Lange & Elaine O.Patrikas 955

A Hypertext Approach College English WritingYou Lifa & Hao Mingli 960

An Interactive Computerised InformationTechnology Tutor (ICITT) to Aid the Learning ofStudents in Higher EducationGarry Patterson & Roisin Donnelly 963

The GNOSIS Instructional ActivitiesCheung, Wing Sum, Hung, Wei Loong David,Chen & Der-Thanq, Victor 966

Curriculum Representation for CollaborativeLearning Systems on WWW.Chih-Kai Chang & Gwo-Dong Chen 968

Development of a CAI System for Management ofClasses on Information ProcessingToshihiro Hayashi, Hidekazu Ishiuchi, YukuoHayashida & Hirofumi Eto 971

Adaptive Planning Method of TutoringInstructions Based on Tutoring-Text Model.Hiroyuki Ohnuma & Toyohide Watanabe 974

Using Computers in the Developing Countrie'sSchools: Where Should We StartIbrahim Mohaissin 977

Examples-in-practice )

Hypernote: A Multimedia Course DesignEnvironment and Metacognitive ToolRobert McNeill & Peter Twining 987

Interactive Multimedia Courseware forGeography and Basic CalculusNorshuhada Shiratuddin 989

A Prototype of a Stand-by System for SecondarySchool Mathematics Within the Context of theMotion Tasks.Johanna Berewinkel, Manfred Knott,Guido Korwers & Peter Schmidt 992

Sequential Logic: A Computer-BasedSimulation Environment for Novice LearningHsiu Mei Lin 994

Demonstration of a multimedia Encyclopediain CD-ROM Produced by Kids.Brito, Homero J.A.;Brito, Gerly A.C.,Abreu& Claudia B.R. 996

Games, Simulations, Tutorials: Is all thisPossible in Distance Education? The Computer:A Tool for Distance Education,Experiences Report.Laura Maria Coutinho Lopes 999

The Human Brain: A Multimedia Tutorialfor the Independent LearnerMarion Hall, David Robinson &K.S.R. Anjaneyulu 1003

Euroland: A Collaborative EuropeanCross-Curricular Project using CD ROMBrian Hudson, Peter Schurz& Alison Hudson 1006

Smart Courseware for Smart ClassroomRozinah Jamaludin 1008

Virtual-U: An Example-In-PracticeTom Calvert, Chris Groeneboer& Denise Stockley 1011

-Hypercal- A Proposed Conceptual Model forEffective Individualized Learning via theInternetWan Salihin Abdullah 1013

Galapagos - A Virtual Scientific FieldStudy for Independent LearnersDavid Robinson & Marion Hall,Nicholas Watson & Cameron Balbirnie 1015

Problem Based Learning over the InternetUKyawTinHla 1018

Incidental Music: Developing a SoundTherapy for Children with SpecialEducational NeedsPhil Ellis 1021

Kids as Global Scientists: An EyewitnessAccount of a Classroom Participating in aWorldwide Internet-integrated CurriculumRosalind Kam 1023

Interactive Multimedia on the Interpretationof Adult Chest X-RaysI. Treadwell 1027

Knowledge in the Head vs. Knowledge inthe World: Where Does Learning Occur?David H. Jonassen& Lucia Rohrer-Murphy 1029

(Author Index) 1039

(Addendum)

The Information Age Paradigm: Interactive-Learning-Environments for All - Including theDisabledJ.R. Isaac 1043

Attempts to Populate the Internet: EvaluatingExisting PrototypeTom Gross & Roland Traunmueller 1054

Evaluation of VRML as a Delivery Systemsfor American Sign Language: FingerspellingDiane Brentasi & Sarah Geitz 1062

The Development of a "Multimedia Engine" for theMalaysia MSC and the Smart School InitiativesTajul Arus b. Noh & AH Jafari 1069