Transactions on Edutainment IV

286 Pages·2010·9.49 MB·English

by  Bing Jia, Shaochun Zhong, Tianyang Zheng, Zhiyong Liu (auth.), Zhigeng Pan, Adrian David Cheok, Wolfgang Müller, Xiaopeng Zhang, Kevin Wong (eds.)

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NationalUniversityofSingapore,Singapore
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UniversityofEducation,Weingarten,Germany
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Preface
E-learning and digital entertainment techniques, tools and systems are becoming
popular and can be found in many real-world educational applications in many coun-
tries. The driving force behind these technologies is the rapidly growing requirements
of edutainment, especially from the perspective of the users. This has led to the
increasing interest of researchers in this area. The articles in this issue give a rich
overview of how edutainment technologies can be creatively used for training and
education purposes.
The first 12 articles of this issue represent a selection of outstanding contributions
from Edutainment 2010, the 5th International Conference on E-learning and Games,
held in Changchun, China, in August 2010. The main purpose of this event is to facili-
tate the discussion, presentation, and information exchange on the scientific and tech-
nological developments in the emerging field of digital entertainment techniques and
systems for education. These 12 papers concentrated on three aspects: e-learning sys-
tem and applications, game techniques for learning, and virtual reality techniques for
entertainment. They are closely related to the topics of this journal.
The first four papers cover e-learning systems and applications: “The Study and
Design of Adaptive Learning System Based on Fuzzy Set Theory,” “Modeling Per-
sonalized Learning Styles in a Web-Based Learning System,” “An Emotional Agent in
Virtual Learning Environment,” and “Lunar Surface Collaborative Browsing System
for Science Museum Exhibitions.” The next four papers are on game techniques for
learning: “Towards a Structural Model for Intention to Play a Digital Educational
Game,” “Case Study of FISS: Digital Game-Based Learning for a Broad Range of
Ages,” “Woodment: Web-Based Collaborative Multiplayer Serious Game,” and
“Learning with Virtual Reality: Its Effects on Students with Different Learning
Styles.” The subsequent four papers are about virtual reality techniques for entertain-
ment: “Automatic Motion Generation Based on Path Editing from Motion Capture
Data,” “Exploration of Metaphorical and Contextual Affect Sensing in an Intelligent
Agent,” “Synchronizable Objects in Distributed Multimedia Applications”, “Anisot-
ropic Cloth Modeling for Material Fabric.”
The last ten papers in this issue are regular papers, focusing on two main topics:
virtual reality and game systems for learning, and animation and interaction for enter-
tainment. In “A Virtual Reality Simulator Prototype for Learning and Assessing
Phaco-sculpting Skills,” Kup-Sze Choi presents a virtual reality-based simulator pro-
totype for learning phacoemulsification in cataract surgery. In “An Augmented Reality
Nanomanipulator for Learning Nanophysics: The ‘NanoLearner’ Platform,” Florence
Marchi et al. focus on the development and evaluation of an augmented reality nano-
manipulator, called the “NanoLearner” platform, to be used as an educational tool in
practical work for nanophysics. In “Fast Prototyping of Virtual Reality-Based Surgical
Simulators with PhysX-Enabled GPU,” Wai-Man Pang et al. present their efficient
approach in prototyping of a series of important but computation-intensive
VI Preface
functionalities in surgical simulators based on newly released PhysX-enabled GPU. In
“Dance-Based ExerGaming User Experience Design Implications for Maximizing
Health Benefits Based on Exercise Intensity and Perceived Enjoyment,” Alasdair Thin
et. al. indicate that the game play mechanics and skill demands of the dance-based
ExerGames limited the subjects’ level of physical exertion over the period of study. In
“Learning Ultrasound-Guided Needle Insertion Skills Through an Edutainment
Game,” Wing-Yin Chan et el. present a novel training system with the integration of
game elements in order to retain the trainees’ enthusiasm.
In “Sketch-Based 3D Face Modeling for Virtual Characters,” Wei Jiang et al. pro-
pose a mapping mechanism on the basis of contour lines for the use of sketch-based
interface in 3D face modeling and focus on how to map 2D sketchy features onto a 3D
model. In “A Framework for Virtual Hand Haptic Interaction,” Xiaoxia Han et al.
propose a framework for virtual hand haptic interaction, in which a virtual hand model
simulates natural anatomy in its appearance, motion and deformation, and the feature
of force feedback data gloves is reflected. In “Phone, Email and Video Interactions
with Characters in an Epidemiology Game: Towards Authenticity,” Muriel Ney et al.
show how four challenges faced by the designer of authentic games have been ad-
dressed in a game for an undergraduate course used in a medical school. In “A Real-
Time Interactive System for Facial Make-up of Peking Opera,” Feilong Cai et al. offer
a vector-based free form deformation (FFD) tool to edit patterns for facial make-up
and, based on editing, the system creates automatically texture maps for a template
head model. In “Design of Educational Games: A Literature Review,” Ting Wei et al.
point out the balance and integration between educational characters and playfulness
in educational games, and suggest limited research areas in the existing literature and
possible further research in educational game design.
The papers in this issue represent a large number of techniques and application ex-
amples of edutainment. These verify the potential and impact of digital entertainment
technologies on the education and training domain. We would like to express our
appreciation to all who contributed to this issue. They are the authors of the papers,
the reviewers, and the International Program Committee members of Edutainment
2010 for recommending high-quality articles for this issue. Special thanks to Yi Li,
Ruwei Yun and Qiaoyun Chen from the Editorial Office in Nanjing Normal University,
and to Wei Wang in Northeast Normal University. They put a lot of effort into con-
tacting authors, managing the reviewing process, checking the format of all papers,
and co-collecting all material.
May 2010 Xiaopeng Zhang
Kevin Wong
Zhigeng Pan
Adrian David Cheok
Wolfgang Müller
LNCS Transactions on Edutainment
This journal subline serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating innovative
research ideas, theories, emerging technologies, empirical investigations, state-of-the-
art methods, and tools in all different genres of edutainment, such as game-based
learning and serious games, interactive storytelling, virtual learning environments,
VR-based education, and related fields. It covers aspects from educational and game
theories, human-computer interaction, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and
systems design.
Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief:
Adrian David Cheok NUS, Singapore
Wolfgang Müller University of Education Weingarten,
Germany
Zhigeng Pan Zhejiang University, China
Managing Editor:
Yi Li Nanjing Normal University, China
Editorial Board:
Ruth Aylett Heriot-Watt University, UK
Judith Brown Brown Cunningham Associates, USA
Yiyu Cai NTU, Singapore
Holger Diener Fhg-IGD Rostock, Germany
Jayfus Tucker Doswell Juxtopia Group, USA
Sara de Freitas The Serious Games Institute, UK
Lynne Hall University of Sunderland, UK
Masa Inakage Keio University, Japan
Ido A Iurgel Universidade do Minho, Portual
Kárpáti Andrea Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary
Lars Kjelldahl KTH, Sweden
James Lester North Carolina State University, USA
Nicolas Mollet IIT, Italy
Ryohei Nakatsu NUS, Singapore
Ana Paiva INESC-ID, Portugal
Abdennour El Rhalibi JMU, UK
VIII Organization
Daniel Thalmann EPFL, Switzerland
Kok-Wai Wong Murdoch University, Australia
Gangshan Wu Nanjing University, China
Xiaopeng Zhang IA-CAS, China
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Michitaka Hirose University of Tokyo, Japan
Hyun Seung Yang KAIST, Korea
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Table of Contents
The Study and Design of Adaptive Learning System Based on Fuzzy
Set Theory...................................................... 1
Bing Jia, Shaochun Zhong, Tianyang Zheng, and Zhiyong Liu
Modeling Personalized Learning Styles in a Web-Based Learning
System ......................................................... 12
Chia-Cheng Hsu, Kun-Te Wang, and Yueh-Min Huang
An Emotional Agent in Virtual Learning Environment................ 22
Ailiya, Zhiqi Shen, and Chunyan Miao
Lunar Surface Collaborative Browsing System for Science Museum
Exhibitions...................................................... 34
Kikuo Asai, Tomotsugu Kondo, Akira Mizuki, and Mark Billinghurst
Towardsa StructuralModel for Intention to Play a Digital Educational
Game .......................................................... 44
Xu Sun and Effie Lai-Chong Law
Case Study of FISS: Digital Game Based Learning for a Broad Range
of Ages ......................................................... 56
Johannes Bufe and Detlef Kro¨mker
Woodment: Web-Based Collaborative Multiplayer Serious Game ....... 68
Viktor Wendel, Maxim Babarinow, Tobias Ho¨rl, Sergej Kolmogorov,
Stefan Go¨bel, and Ralf Steinmetz
Learning with Virtual Reality: Its Effects on Students with Different
Learning Styles .................................................. 79
Elinda Ai-Lim Lee, Kok Wai Wong, and Chun Che Fung
Automatic Motion Generation Based on Path Editing from Motion
Capture Data ................................................... 91
Xiaoyue Guo, Shibiao Xu, Wujun Che, and Xiaopeng Zhang
ExplorationofMetaphoricalandContextualAffect SensinginaVirtual
ImprovisationalDrama ........................................... 105
Li Zhang
Synchronizable Objects in Distributed Multimedia Applications........ 117
Jun Hu and Loe Feijs
Anisotropic Cloth Modeling for Material Fabric...................... 130
Mingmin Zhang, Zhigeng Pan, and Qingfeng Mi
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A Virtual Reality Simulator Prototype for Learning and Assessing
Phaco-sculpting Skills ............................................ 145
Kup-Sze Choi
An Augmented Reality Nanomanipulator for Learning Nanophysics:
The “NanoLearner”Platform...................................... 157
Florence Marchi, Sylvain Marliere, Jean Loup Florens,
Annie Luciani, and Joel Chevrier
Fast Prototyping of Virtual Reality Based Surgical Simulators with
PhysX-enabled GPU ............................................. 176
Wai-Man Pang, Jing Qin, Yim-Pan Chui, and Pheng-Ann Heng
Dance-Based ExerGaming: User Experience Design Implications for
Maximizing Health Benefits Based on Exercise Intensity and Perceived
Enjoyment ...................................................... 189
Alasdair G. Thin and Nicola Poole
Learning Ultrasound-Guided Needle Insertion Skills through an
Edutainment Game .............................................. 200
Wing-Yin Chan, Dong Ni, Wai-Man Pang, Jing Qin,
Yim-Pan Chui, Simon Chun-Ho Yu, and Pheng-Ann Heng
Sketch-Based 3D Face Modeling for Virtual Character ................ 215
Wei Jiang and Zhengxing Sun
A Framework for Virtual Hand Haptic Interaction ................... 229
Xiaoxia Han and Huagen Wan
Phone, Email and Video Interactions with Characters in an
Epidemiology Game: Towards Authenticity.......................... 241
Muriel Ney, Celso Gonc¸alves, Nicolas Blacheff,
Claudine Schwartz, and Jean-Luc Bosson
A Real-Time Interactive System for Facial Makeup of Peking Opera.... 256
FeiLong Cai and JinHui Yu
Design of Educational Game: A Literature Review ................... 266
Ting Wei and Yi Li
Author Index.................................................. 277
The Study and Design of Adaptive Learning System
Based on Fuzzy Set Theory
Bing Jia1, Shaochun Zhong1,2,3,4, Tianyang Zheng1, and Zhiyong Liu1,4
1 Ideal Institute of Information and Technology in NENU, JiLin ChangChun, 130024
2 Engineering & Research Center of E-learning, JiLin ChangChun, 130024
3 E-learning laboratory of Jilin Province, JiLin ChangChun, 130024
4 School of Software in NorthEast Normal University (NENU), JiLin ChangChun, 130024
{Bing_jia,356981}@qq.com, [email protected],
[email protected]
Abstract. Adaptive learning is an effective way to improve the learning out-
comes, that is, the selection of learning content and presentation should be
adapted to each learner's learning context, learning levels and learning ability.
Adaptive Learning System (ALS) can provide effective support for adaptive
learning. This paper proposes a new ALS based on fuzzy set theory. It can ef-
fectively estimate the learner’s knowledge level by test according to learner’s
target. Then take the factors of learner’s cognitive ability and preference into
consideration to achieve self-organization and push plan of knowledge. This
paper focuses on the design and implementation of domain model and user
model in ALS. Experiments confirmed that the system providing adaptive con-
tent can effectively help learners to memory the content and improve their
comprehension.
Keywords: Adaptive Learning System; fuzzy set theory; domain model; user
model.
1 Introduction
Along with the development and mature of network, It is accepted and approved by
people to carry on the study using E-learning system to accept day by day. But most
of E-learning system [1] generally has some problems at present, such as Piled-up
courses, mixed learning resources, lack of effective and sensitive response and feed-
back, lack of testing and evaluation system, lack of effective mechanisms for Guid-
ance, low intelligence of the system. The raise of Adaptive Learning System [2] [3] is
an effective solution about these matters. But most of intelligent E-learning system
focus on the adoption of learner’s behaviors, interests and habits to provide personal-
ized E-learning services[4], and commonly neglect to consider if learner’s ability are
matched to the content and difficulty level of learning resources. Unsuitable resources
may cause learner’s cognitive overload or disorientation [5]. This paper proposes a
new Adaptive Learning System (ALS) based on fuzzy set theory. It can effectively
estimate the learner’s knowledge level by test according to learner’s target. Then take
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