Memex Metadata (M 2 ) for Reflective Learning

1. Memex Metadata (M2) 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

2. Overview • Show pretty pictures • M2 (Memex Metadata) • Motivation, goals, and design • Metadata components • Project accomplishments • More images • Conclusions and next steps

3. Tulip tree; Tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) Dogwood (Cornus florida)

4. Dogwood; Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), UNC Herbarium

5. Plant Characters and Character States Leaf ShapeLeaf Margin Serrate Cordate Entire Fan-shaped Crenulate Palmate DC/RLG,SDD-structured descriptive data, TDWG – taxonomic data, SKOS

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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 memory

9. The Memex“As We May Think” Atlantic Monthly (1945) Vannevar Bush memory  augmentation theoretical analog computer

10. Microsoft Research (MSR) Digital Memories (Memex) Program/ MLB Memex shell, Tablet PC SenseCam

11. 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 Memex Metadata (M2) for Student Portfolios

12. 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?

13. 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

14. M2 Metadata Framework Context Structure • Where? (GPS, RFID) • Who with? (Student, faculty…, FOAF) • What? (Class, study group, meeting, lab) MLB/Student Digital Store (images, notes, Webpage, SenseCam digital memories/course material etc.) XML OWL RDF SOUPA LOM/IEEE Data types: documents, happenings, people

15. M2 Metadata Framework

16. Base-component for Documents and Events Key Generation methods A = Automatically generated D = Derived H = Harvested M = Manually generated Requirement R = Required O = Optional metadata *The R/O designation only refers to manually generated metadata .

17. Metadata Log Timestamp 06/05/06: 12:00:00 13:00:00 14:00:00 Datatypes and Events Metadata Event 1:BIO 54 001: Local Flora Coker Hall Event 1: 06:05:06:12:02:45 Data type 1: 06:05:06:12:45:03 Data type 1:BIO 54 001 - Local Flora Coker HallLecture: Gymnosperms Event 2: 06:05:06:13:30:11 Data type 2: 06:05:06:14:18:33 Data type 3: 06:05:06:14:51:00 Student Context: Student Schedule (from Student Central) • Recording context: Calendar: Example: Meeting at Davis Library Timestamp: 06:05:06:13:30:11

18. SenseCam Images all Manual Shutter

19. SenseCam ImagesAutomatic • XXX • XXXX Specimen label/sign TabletPC

20. MLB Digital Memories Shell Annotation

21. Ranking Items

22. Species 1 OneNote Images

23. 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

24. Metadata, overall - Jane Greenberg, Eva Mendez CAF - John Oberlin Botany - Peter White PIM - Deborah Barreau Behavioral, learning approaches Technology, CAF - Michael Shoffner Team contact informationhttp://ils.unc.edu/mrc

25. 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]