The following documents pertaining to development of the CIMEL project are available to our review panel and other interested parties: Publications (most recent papers first): A STUDENT MODEL FOR OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING, CCSCNE, April 2005 (work file). Overcoming Misconceptions about Computer Science With Multimedia, SIGCSE, March 2004 (pdf file). Multimedia for Computer Science: from CS0/CS1 to Grades 7-12, Ed-Media, June 2003 (pdf file). Adapting Multimedia for Diverse Student Learning Styles, Computing Consortium for Small Colleges, October 2002 (pdf file). A Survey of Emerging Trend Detection in Textual Data Mining (gzipped postscript file). Demonstration Tools for Collaborative E-Learning, ACM Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work (CSCW 2002), Poster Seession, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 2002. Methodologies for Trend Detection in Textual Data Mining, Proceedings of the Textmine '02 Workshop, Second SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, Washington, DC, April 2002 (pdf file). Design and Evaluation of Multimedia to Teach Java and Object-Oriented Software Engineering, ASEE, June 2002, NSF Showcase paper (large PDF file). Teaching Abstract Data Type Semantics with Multimedia, ECOOP, June 2002, Teaching Object-Oriented Programming Workshop (PDF file) Integrating BlueJ into Multimedia E-Learning, SIGCSE, March 2002, BlueJ workshop (Word) Teaching Java and Abstract Data Type Semantics with Multimedia, SIGCSE 2002. An abstract and paper (Word document with graphics), presented at The 6th Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE), 25-27 June 2001, Canterbury, UK. The development plan for year 0 and year 1, updated from the original proposal, April 20, 2001. The abstract and original proposal, submitted to the National Science Foundation June 1, 2000 and granted October 1, 2000 (EIA-0087977), both PDF files (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). Multimedia analysis and design: The main web site for CIMEL Flash Development, an archive of information for our multimedia developers. Includes documentation about our development methodology, best practices, and tips on how to write high-quality multimedia. Answers to questions for preliminary requirements analysis, by Glenn D. Blank. Includes audience analysis for students in CS1 and OOSE courses, goal and content analysis for OOSE content in these courses, needs assessment, and early discussion of resources and timeline. A script for a lesson on Abstract Data Types (ADTs) for the OOSE course (Word document), by Harriet Jaffe and Glenn D. Blank. A script for a "show me" demonstrating how to use the hot topics to study emerging contents in Abstract Data Types, occurring at the end of the ADT lesson scripted above (Word document), by Soma Roy and Glenn D. Blank. Documentation for the Secure login system.
	Colloborative networking interface analysis and design: Network Interface Specification, by Drew Kessler. Outlines a collaborative user interface in which personae seamlessly connect students to human instructors and librarians via networking technologies. Hot topics data mining research plan: Detecting Emerging Concepts in Textual Data Mining, by William M. Pottenger and David R. Gevry. Summarizes our research to date in the automatic identification of emerging trends in textual data and discusses the integration of trend detection in the development of constructive, inquiry-based multimedia courseware. Evaluation surveys and data: Task for Abstract Data Types experiment, given to juniors/seniors in Software Engineering, April 2002. (See paper on Teaching Abstract Data Type Semantics with Multimedia for description and results). Results of Alpha version evaluation survey, by question. Beta prototype evaluation survey, given to juniors/seniors in Software Engineering class, April 2002. Results of Beta prototype evaluation survey, by question. Alpha prototype evaluation survey, given to graduate students in Object-Oriented Software Eng., Dec. 2001. Results of Alpha prototype evaluation survey, by question. Alpha version focus group questions, answers and reports, Dec. 2001. Project prototype survey, given March 2001. Results of survey, by question, evaluating CIMEL goals, analysis and prototype, given 2/28/2001-3/12/2001. Report on quantitative section of CIMEL survey, by Morgan Jennings and Debra Dirksen. Minutes of Review Panel meeting, discussing results of survey, March 15, 2001, Lehigh University. Review panel sound files (requires RealAudio plug-in, high-speed connection recommended): side a and side b. Post-Test for Introduction to Computing (CS1), Fall 2000, with data. Post-Test for Object-Oriented Software Engineering (OOSE), Fall 2000, with data. The fall 2000 project evaluation form was designed to get feedback from students, in CS1 and OOSE courses, who had used the multimedia for The Universal Machine. This survey is no longer actively collecting data. Spreadsheet data is available (Excel document: "Class 1" tab is CS1 data, "Class 2" tab is OOSE data, both on the left. The VARK learning styles survey, also given in fall 2000, was designed to learn about student learning styles. This survey is no longer actively collecting data. Spreadsheet data is available (Excel document: "Class 1" tab is CS1 data, "Class 2" tab is OOSE data, both on the right.). It is likely that we will use a different, appropriately validated survey for this purpose in the future. Analysis of fall 2000 VARK learning styles survey and project evaluation form, by evaluators Morgan Jennings and Debra Dirksen. Courses planned for multimedia development: Object-Oriented Software Engineering (OOSE): the syllabus includes texts, assignments and lecture notes for Fall 2000; summarized in our top-level content analysis. OOSE, a graduate level course, is the first course for which we are developing multimedia in the CIMEL framework. The official course description is: "Design and construction of modular, reusable, extensible and portable software using statically typed object-oriented programming languages (Eiffel, C++, Java). Abstract data types; genericity; multiple inheritance; use and design of software libraries; persistence and object-oriented databases; impact of OOP on the software life cycle. Our prototype covers one lesson of this course, abstract data types. Prof Glenn Blank is the instructor. Introduction to Computing (CS0/CS1): the syllabus includes text and assignments for Fall 2002; summarized in our top-level content analysis. New multimedia will complement two new books, The Universal Computer: Introducing Computer Science with Multimedia, plus a supplement introducing Java programming "objects-first". As of fall 2003, this course will be split into two distinct courses at Lehigh University: CS0: Survey of Computer Science (for non-majors), covering the breadth of CS and a light introduction to Java programming with more of an emphasis on web and user interface design. CS1: Introduction to Computer Science (for majors, minors and other students planning to continue in a Computer Science sequence), covering Java programming in more depth and the breadth of CS. Prof Glenn Blank is the instructor. Programming Languages (PL) syllabus, text and assignments for Spring 2001. PL is an intermediate level course, required of all Computer Science and Computer Engineering majors at Lehigh University (comparable courses are required in most other CS programs as well). Prof Drew Kessler is the instructor; Profs. Blank and Pottenger have each also taught this course multiple times. Corporate Sponsors (letters of support): Adam Lansing, Engineering Operations Leader, Lutron Electronics Company Allan Frank, President and CTO, answerthink Synergy Meetings: Shreeram's presentation on user interface at 2/28/03 here Saghwa's presentation on searching tools at 8/18/2003 here Shenzhi's presentation on ETD at 8/18/2003 here Tim's presentation on Security at 8/18/2003 here Sally and Fangwei(Sophia)'s ideas of showing concern proposal at 11/7/03 here Sally's presentation about ideas of showing concern proposal at 11/7/03 here
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