SP11 Ed Fox

Digital Library Curriculum Development:Enhancing Education and Comprehension of NDLTDEdward A. Fox, Seungwon Yang,Barbara M. Wildemuth, Jeffrey PomerantzETD 2006, Quebec Canada: 

Digital Library Curriculum Development: Enhancing Education and Comprehension of NDLTD Edward A. Fox, Seungwon Yang, Barbara M. Wildemuth, Jeffrey Pomerantz ETD 2006, Quebec Canada

NDLTD Goals: 

NDLTD Goals For Students: Gain knowledge and skills for the Information Age, especially about Digital Libraries Richer communication (digital information, multimedia, …) For Universities: Easy way to enter the digital library field and benefit thereby For the World: Global digital library – large, useful, many services

Curriculum Development Project: 

Curriculum Development Project Collaborative Research launched by: - Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech - School of Information and Library Science (SILS), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Three year (2006 - 2008) NSF-funded project Partly will help achieving NDLTD goals

Project Teams / NSF Grant: 

Project Teams / NSF Grant Project Team at VT (IIS-0535057): PI: Dr. Edward A. Fox (fox@vt.edu) GRA: Seungwon Yang (seungwon@vt.edu) Project Team at UNC-CH (IIS-0535060): Co-PI: Dr. Barbara Wildemuth (wildem@ils.unc.edu) Co-PI: Dr. Jeffrey Pomerantz (pomerantz@unc.edu) GRA: Sanghee Oh (shoh@email.unc.edu)

Project Links: 

Project Links Homepage http://curric.dlib.vt.edu/DLcurric.html - overview, other links, progress diary, news andamp; interviews Project progress diary http://tuppence.dlib.vt.edu/blogs/index.php?blog=2 - discussion summaries, meeting pictures, events, announcements

News and Interviews: 

News and Interviews WVTF Public Radio: Morning Edition, 'Interview with Dr. Fox' [January 30, 2006] VT Collegiate Times article [January 26, 2006] UNC Gazette article [January 25, 2006] Virginia Tech Computer Science Department News article [January 23, 2006] Virginia Tech News article [January 20, 2006]

Development / Evaluation ProcessJanuary 2006 – December 2008: 

Development / Evaluation Process January 2006 – December 2008

Project Timeline : 

Project Timeline

What We Do:: 

What We Do: Identify, develop and test educational DL modules, guided by - Experts and international collaborators - Computing Curriculum 2001 [6, 7] - 5S framework [1,2,3,4] (Ex) Module revision in 3/27/06 - Analysis of DL course syllabi (Ex) UNC-CH is collecting DL syllabi VT collected syllabi from DELOS member institutions in Europe - Development of module template

Experts / Advisory Board Members: 

Experts / Advisory Board Members

Selected International Collaborators: 

Selected International Collaborators India Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty – Bose Institute, Kolkata, India Brazil Dr. Ricardo da Silva Torres – State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), SP, Brazil

What We Do:: 

What We Do: Identify, develop and test educational DL modules, guided by - Experts and international collaborators - Computing Curriculum 2001 [6,7] - 5S framework [1,2,3,4] (Ex) Module revision in 3/27/06 - Analysis of DL course syllabi (Ex) UNC-CH is collecting DL syllabi VT collected syllabi from DELOS member institutions in Europe - Development of module template

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What We Do:: 

What We Do: Identify, develop and test educational DL modules, guided by - Experts and international collaborators - Computing Curriculum 2001 [6,7] - 5S framework [1,2,3,4] (Ex) Module revision in 3/27/06 - Analysis of DL course syllabi (Ex) UNC-CH is collecting DL syllabi VT collected syllabi from DELOS member institutions in Europe - Development of module template

5S Framework: 

5S Framework Developed by Digital Library Research Laboratory (DLRL) at Virginia Tech Strong foundation for DL module development Captures entities and medium involved in DLs. The five S’s - streams, structures, spaces, scenarios, societies

5S Framework (2): 

'Streams' - All types of contents (as well as communications and flows over networks, or into sensors, or sense perceptions) 'Structures' - Organizational schemes (including data structures, databases, and knowledge representations) 5S Framework (2)

5S Framework (3): 

5S Framework (3) 'Spaces' - 2D and 3D interfaces, GIS data, representations of documents and queries. 'Scenarios' - System states and events, but also can represent situations of use by human users (or machine processes, yielding services or transformations of data). 'Societies' - Both software 'service managers' and fairly generic 'actors' who could be (collaborating) human (users).

5S Examples: 

5S Examples

DL Topics in 19 Modules (original) : 

DL Topics in 19 Modules (original)

Module Revision in 3/27/06Organized using 5S framework: 

Module Revision in 3/27/06 Organized using 5S framework STREAM Collection Development Digitization Document and E-publishing Markup Harvesting Digital objects/Composites/Packages Text Resources Multimedia streams/structures, Captures/representation, Compression/coding Content-based analysis, Multimedia indexing Multimedia presentation rendering STRUCTURE Metadata, Cataloging, Author submission Thesauri, Ontologies, Classification, Categorization Bibliographic information, Bibliometrics, Citations Architecture (agents, buses, wrappers/mediators), Interoperability

Module Revision 06/01/06: 

Module Revision 06/01/06 SPACE Spaces (conceptual, geographic, 2/3D, VR) Storage Repositories, Archives SENARIOS Services (searching, linking, browsing, etc.) Info needs, Relevance, Evaluation, Effectiveness Search andamp; search strategy, Info seeking behavior, User modeling, Feedback Routing, Filtering, Community filtering Sharing, Networking, Interchange Info summarization, Visualization Archiving and preservation integrity (ILS) SOCIETIES Intellectual property rights management, Privacy, Protection (watermarking) (ILS) Social issues / Future DLs

What We Will Do:: 

What We Will Do: Each module will include - Topics - Lesson plan - Concept maps - Recommended reading list - Demos / online resources - Exercises and quizzes The first will be developed during this summer…

What We Will Do:: 

What We Will Do: Course Development (summer 2006) - 1-semester and 2-semester courses will be based on the developed modules Courses and modules will be… - Evaluated by experts - Pilot-tested in CS and LIS courses by the U.S. institutions and our international collaborators in India (Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty) and Brazil (Dr. Ricardo da Silva Torres).

Dissemination Efforts: 

Dissemination Efforts

Ascertaining Priority Topics: 

Ascertaining Priority Topics We’ve manually classified and analyzed publications using 9-Modules (revised):

Distribution of Conference Papers across Module Topics : 

Distribution of Conference Papers across Module Topics

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Analysis Results: Total of 543 proceedings: Most popular topics were architecture (module 4) and services (module 6)

Distribution of D-Lib Magazine Articles across Module Topics : 

Distribution of D-Lib Magazine Articles across Module Topics

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Analysis Results: Total of 521 articles: Most popular topics were architecture (module 4), services (module 6) and social issues (module 9)

Distribution of Session Titles across Module Topics : 

Distribution of Session Titles across Module Topics

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Analysis Results: Total of 264 session titles (JCDL, ECDL, ICADL): Most popular topic was services (module 6) followed by architecture (module 4)

What We Do:: 

What We Do: Identify, develop and test educational DL modules, guided by - Experts and international collaborators - Computing Curriculum 2001 - 5S framework (Ex) Module revision in 3/27/06 - Analysis of DL course syllabi (Ex) UNC-CH is collecting DL syllabi VT collected syllabi from DELOS member institutions in Europe - Development of module template

Resource Analysis - European DL course syllabi - : 

Resource Analysis - European DL course syllabi - DL-related course syllabi were collected from - DELOS member institutions in Austria, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, and Germany English resources (reference papers, textbooks, online demo) were retrieved from the syllabi and organized into tables. We will expand this effort to include courses in the U.S., Asia, and Oceania.

Links to Resources Excel files can be downloaded from the links below. : 

Links to Resources Excel files can be downloaded from the links below.

Selected Corpus Table: 

Selected Corpus Table

Selected Textbooks: 

Selected Textbooks

Selected Reference Papers: 

Selected Reference Papers

Online Software, Demos, Tutorials : 

Online Software, Demos, Tutorials

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Taxonomy Development: - By examining the syllabi and current DL courses, we developed a Taxonomy of DL Educational Resources

Taxonomy of DL Educational Resources : 

Taxonomy of DL Educational Resources

Textbook on DLs: 

Textbook on DLs PI Fox, along with co-author Gonçalves, is preparing a textbook on DLs based on 5S This work will rely on the 5S framework to ensure that it provides integrated coverage of the many concepts related to DLs Fox and Gonçalves are focused on a book for teaching as well as reference

Textbook Outline: 

Textbook Outline Ch. 1. Introduction (Motivation, Synopsis) Part 1 – The 'Ss' Ch. 2: Streams Ch. 3: Structures Ch. 4: Spaces Ch. 5: Scenarios Ch. 6: Societies

Textbook Outline: 

Textbook Outline Part 2 – Higher DL Constructs Ch. 7: Collections Ch. 8: Catalogs Ch. 9: Repositories and Archives Ch. 10: Services Ch. 11: Systems Ch. 12: Case Studies

Textbook Outline: 

Textbook Outline Part 3 – Advanced Topics Ch. 13: Quality Ch. 14: Integration Ch. 15: How to build a digital library Ch. 16: Research Challenges, Future Perspectives Appendix A: Mathematical preliminaries B: Formal Definitions: Ss C: Formal Definitions: DL terms, Minimal DL D: Formal Definitions: Archeological DL E: Glossary of terms, mappings

What We Do:: 

What We Do: Identify, develop and test educational DL modules, guided by - Experts and international collaborators - Computing Curriculum 2001 [6,7] - 5S framework [1,2,3,4] (Ex) Module revision in 3/27/06 - Analysis of DL course syllabi (Ex) UNC-CH is collecting DL syllabi VT collected syllabi from DELOS member institutions in Europe - Development of module template

Module Template: 

Module Template Module Design is based on the resources below and the UNC’s module template 1. Yue-Ling Wong, Jennifer Burg, and Leah McCoy, 'Integrated Digital Media Curriculum Development Project' Supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE-0340969, from Jan 2004 - Dec 2006. The project homepage URL is http://digitalmedia.wfu.edu/project/digital-media-curriculum-development/textbased-index.html 2. Ze-Nian Li and Mark S. Drew, 'Fundamentals of Multimedia' at http://www.cs.sfu.ca/mmbook/ 3. Multimedia Systems course website, Department of computer science at University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. URL: http://www.csc.uvic.ca/courses/spring2004/csc/461-561.html

Module Template (2): 

Module Template (2) VT Template + UNC Template - June 2, 2006 (draft) 1. Module name 2. Learning objectives 3. Level of effort required (in-class and out-of-class time required for students) 4. Prerequisite knowledge required (completion optional)

Module Template (3): 

Module Template (3) 5. Relationships with other modules 6. 5S characteristics of the module 7. Introductory remedial instruction (completion optional: intended to address the prerequisite knowledge/skills required) 8. Resources (textbooks, required and optional readings for instructors and students)  plan A: all resources of the module are here

Module Template (4): 

Module Template (4) 9. Body of knowledge (Theory + Practice) Topics might be skipped or studied in different orders Topic 1 Theories and background knowledge of the topic Learning activities - Chapters in the textbook / presentation slides - Interactive demo Resources  plan B: each topic has its resources - Reference papers (relevant parts might be marked with SI tool) - Advanced reading - Worksheets Topic 2 …. Topic 3 ….

Module Template (5): 

Module Template (5) 10. Concept map (created by students) 11. Exercises / Learning activities 12. Evaluation of learning outcomes 13. Glossary 14. Useful links

Multimedia Module – Example- Focus on the Body of Knowledge-: 

Multimedia Module – Example - Focus on the Body of Knowledge- 1. Module: 2.b.i Multimedia 2. Learning objective - Gain knowledge of multimedia content preservation, processing, and services in DL 3. Level of effort required 4. Prerequisite knowledge required (completion optional)

Multimedia Module – Example (2): 

Multimedia Module – Example (2) 5. Relationships with other modules 6. 5S characteristics of the module: Stream 7. Introductory remedial instruction (completion optional: intended to address the prerequisite knowledge/skills required) 8. Resources will be in each topic Digital Object /Composite/Packages Text Resources Multimedia Resources

Multimedia Module – Example (3): 

Multimedia Module – Example (3) 9. Body of Knowledge Topics: 1. Digital Data Representation and Communication 2. Digital Image Representation 3. Digital Image Processing 4. Digital Audio Representation

Multimedia Module – Example (4)- Topic Detail -: 

Multimedia Module – Example (4) - Topic Detail - 5. Digital Audio Processing Digital Audio Processing (text) File Size and Data Transfer Rate (worksheet) Audio Dithering Interactive Mathematical Modeling (worksheet) Noise Shaping Mathematical Modeling (worksheet) Non-Linear Companding and mu-Law Encoding Interactive Mathematical Modeling (worksheet) Implementing mu-Law Encoding (programming worksheet) (worksheet) Audio Processing: Adobe Audition (worksheet)

Multimedia Module – Example (5)-Topic Continue -: 

Multimedia Module – Example (5) -Topic Continue - Topics (continued...) 6. Digital Video Representation 7. Digital Video Processing 8. Multimedia Programming

Summary: 

Summary Identify, develop and test educational DL modules, guided by - Experts and international collaborators - Computing Curriculum 2001 - 5S framework (Ex) Module revision in 3/27/06 - Analysis of DL course syllabi (Ex) UNC-CH is collecting DL syllabi VT collected syllabi from DELOS member institutions in Europe - Development of module template

Conclusion: 

Conclusion We hope that this project, DL curriculum development, would help achieving NDLTD goals benefitting students, universities and the world. NDLTD Goals: For Students: Gain knowledge and skills for the Information Age, especially about Digital Libraries Richer communication (digital information, multimedia, …) For Universities: Easy way to enter the digital library field and benefit thereby For the World: Global digital library – large, useful, many services

References: 

References [1] M. Gonçalves, E. Fox, L. Watson, and N. Kipp, 'Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, Societies (5S): A Formal Model for Digital Libraries,' ACM Transactions on Information Systems, vol. 22, pp. 270-312, 2004. [2] M. A. Gonçalves, 'Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, and Societies (5S): A Formal Digital Library Framework and Its Applications,' Computer Science Doctoral Dissertation. Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech, 2004, 161 pages. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12052004-135923/unrestricted/MarcosDissertation.pdf [3] M. A. Gonçalves and E. A. Fox, '5SL - A Language for Declarative Specification and Generation of Digital Libraries,' in Proc. JCDL’2002, Second ACM / IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, July 14-18, G. Marchionini, Ed. Portland, Oregon, USA: ACM, 2002, pp. 263-272.

References: 

References [4] Q. Zhu, '5SGraph: A Modeling Tool for Digital Libraries,' Department of Computer Science MS thesis. Blacksburg: Virginia Tech, 2002. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11272002-21053 [5] NDLTD, Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. available at http://www.ndltd.org, 2006 [6] CC2001, 'Computing Curricula 2001: Computer Science (IEEE Computer Society and Association for Computing Machinery Joint Task Force on Computing Curricula),' Journal on Educational Resources in Computing (JERIC), vol. 1, 2001. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/384274.384275 [7] CC2001, 'Computing Curricula 2001 (Web Site),' vol. 2004: ACM and IEEE-CS, 2001. http://www.computer.org/education/cc2001

Thank you!: 

Thank you!