MECCA-learn: A Community Based Collaborative Course Management System for Media-Rich Curricula in the Film Studies

Thomas Waitz, Marc Spaniol, Ralf Klamma

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Abstract

Even with a large number of course management systems at the market and already established in some universities, impact of these systems on the curricula design in the humanities and the cultural sciences is still marginal. Instead of complaining about the reluctance against technology in the non-technical disciplines we try to contribute to establishing an e-learning culture in these faculties. First we introduce on the one hand existing theories on knowledge creation and social learning in information systems research and on the other hand media-specific theories developed in the humanities. By combining these both approaches we achieve a deeper understanding of the underlying scientific methodologies and information systems’ needs. Then we analyze the existing course management systems in the humanities and the cultural sciences with respect to these requirements. Our study indicates that no
course management system covers all of these needs. Thus, we introduce MECCA-learn on top of the Movie E-learning Combination and Categorization Application (MECCA) as a basic course management system.
It is deployed for a web based community of learners in a media-rich curriculum that allows a tight interaction between multimedia artifacts, their situational context and discourses on them.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Web-Based Learning
Subtitle of host publicationICWL 2005
EditorsRynson W. H. Lau, Qing Li, Ronnie Cheung, Wenyin Liu
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherHeidelberg: Springer
Pages131-143
Volume3583
ISBN (Electronic) 978-3-540-31716-6
ISBN (Print) 978-3-540-27895-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Event4th International Conference on Web-Based Learning - ICWL 2005: ICWL 2005 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 31 Jul 20053 Aug 2005

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Number3583

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Web-Based Learning - ICWL 2005
Abbreviated titleICWL 2005
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period31/07/053/08/05

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 508011 Media theory

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