The 3rd International Workshop of Modeling, Management and Generation of Problems/Questions in Technology-Enhanced Learning

at ICCE 2009 in Hong Kong, on December 1, 2009.
Conference web page: http://www.icce2009.ied.edu.hk/
Workshop web page: http://www.icce2009.ied.edu.hk/program_wp5.html

Academic assessment, either in the form formative evaluation so as to improve teaching/learning or summative evaluation so as to evaluate the end result of schooling, often takes the form of questions and problems to be solved by students. As such, solving problems/questions is one of the most indispensable and important elements in the teaching and learning process. To allow students to reach a satisfactory mastery level, a sufficient amount of questions/problems are needed to enable students to apply learned knowledge to various situations. To deal with the demands, metadata of problems/questions, authoring or automatic generation of problems/questions, and adaptive exercise are pertinent issues.

Besides, a number of observations have been made about how student-generated questions can be of value and be a valuable strategy if realized on web-based learning environments. How various interventions of problems/questions and its claimed effects can be better understood and appreciated in light of different theories (such as test theory and metacognition) are in urgent need of further investigation and elaboration.

In ICCE2006 and 2007, we held successful workshops where we paid special attention to “questions/problems” in technology-enhanced learning. This is the 3rd workshop focusing on the same topic. This continuous workshop will provide a good and timely opportunity to present and share the results and issues of investigations about "problems/questions" in ICCE community. We cordially invite presenters and participants who are interested in further exploring the many facets and potential uses of "problems/questions" in education/learning from a theoretical, technological, pedagogical, sociological or administrational point of views.

Workshop Program

9:00-9:20	Sign-In, Equipment Hook-up & Opening
9:20-10:10	Session-1: Automatic Problem-Generation/Selection (Chair: Tsukasa HIRASHIMA)
(1) Automatic Text-Coherence Question Generation Based on Coreference Resolution
Yi-Ting Lin, Meng Chang Chen, Yeali S. Sun
(2) Problem Generation as Structure Simplification Following Problem-Solving Process
Tsukasa Hirashima, Takuya Ueno, Sho Yamamoto
(3) Question Repository Model on Open Source LMS: A Case Study of LEARNSQUARE
Orrawin Mekpiroon, Pornchai Tammarrattananont, Neetiwit Buasroung, Narasak Apitiwongmanit, Tammatisthan Jaengchuea, Thatsanee Charoenporn
10:10-10:45	COFFEE BREAK
10:45-12:00	Session-2: Problem-Posing by Learners(I) (Chair: Fu-Yun YU)
(4) Any Effects of Different Levels of Identity Revelation for Online Student-Generated Questions Activities?
Fu-Yun Yu
(5) Analysis of the Learners' Assessment Activity in a Collaborative Learning Support System Based on Question-posing
Yuuki Hirai, Yusuke Takagawa, Tomoo Inoue
12:00-13:30	LUNCH TIME
13:30-14:45	Session-3: Problem-Posing by Learners(II) (Chair: Tomoko KOJIRI)
(6) Changing Students' Perceived Value and Use of Learning Approaches for Online Student-Generated Questions via an Integrative Model
Chun-Ping Wu, Fu-Yun Yu
(7) The Effect of the Game-based Problem-Posing System for Mathematical Learning
Lin-Jung Wu, Sheng-En Weng, Kuo-En Chang, Yu-Ju Lan, Yao-Ting Sung
14:45-15:30	COFFEE BREAK
15:30-16:20	Session-4: Problem Solving Practice (Chair: Tanja MITROVIC)
(8) Insertion Training with Computer Acupuncture Education System
Ren Kanehira, Weiping Yang, Hirohisa Narita, Atsushi Shoda, Hideo Fujimoto
(9) A Map-based Assessment System Supporting History Education
Wen-Chih Chang, Jui-Yu Chiu, Sheng-Lin Chen
(10) Development and Evaluation of a Computer-based Training of Questioning
Frauke Kaemmerer, Helmut M. Niegemann
16:20-16:30	Closing

Presentation Instructions

• For each talk, 20 minutes will be allocated for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. Please keep the presentation within the time limit set.
• Please strictly follow the assigned schedule for paper presentation.
• The Conference will provide a projector, a microphone and a desktop computer with Windows XP and Office 2007 in all the lecture theaters for paper presentations.
• Presentation files should be transferred to the desktop computer in the lecture theater before the presentation session starts. You are strongly advised to make a backup of your presentation file in your own flash drive.
• If you use your own laptop for the paper presentation, please check the connection of your own laptop with the projector in the lecture theater before the presentation session starts.
• Please note that electricity in Hong Kong is 220V / 50Hz, UK plug. You are advised to bring power converters or adapters for your own laptop and other electric equipment if necessary.

Workshop Organizers

• Tsukasa Hirashima (Hiroshima University, Japan)
• Tomoko Kojiri (Nagoya University, Japan)
• Tanja Mitrovic (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
• Fu-Yun Yu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)

Executive PC members

• Nilufar Baghaei(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia )
• Kazuaki Kojima (Waseda University, Japan)
• Tomoko Kojiri (Nagoya University, Japan)

PC Members

• Hideo Funaoi (Hiroshima University, Japan)
• Tomoya Horiguchi (Kobe Univeristy, Japan)
• Kazuhide Kanenishi (Tokushima University, Japan)
• Akihiro Kashihara (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
• Tatsuhiro Konishi (Shizuoka University, Japan)
• Hidenobu Kunichika (Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan)
• Noriyuki Matsuda (Wakayama University, Japan)
• Yao-Ting Sung (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)