A LIGHT-WEIGHT SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION MECHANISM FOR A SKETCH-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Stefan Weinbrenner, Jan Engler, Pouyan Fotouhi-Tehrani, H. Ulrich Hoppe

2012

Abstract

Free-hand drawing of diagrams or sketches is a natural form of expression that is very useful in learning scenarios. It is easily supported by tablets or tablet PCs. Often such sketches are the basis of reasoning processes, also in collaborative scenarios. They can also indicate misconceptions. Therefore it is desirable to support a semantic interpretation of sketches in a way that could be easily combined with other parts of a learning environment or with an ITS. Our solution introduces a multi-agent architecture based on the blackboard paradigm. Inspired by the CogSketch system, it supports the introduction of user-defined "glyphs" as external representations of concepts, it provides a set of basic geometrical/topological primitives and allows for the addition of more domain-specific semantic relations.

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Weinbrenner S., Engler J., Fotouhi-Tehrani P. and Hoppe H. (2012). A LIGHT-WEIGHT SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION MECHANISM FOR A SKETCH-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-06-8, pages 42-47. DOI: 10.5220/0003919400420047


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Weinbrenner S., Engler J., Fotouhi-Tehrani P. and Hoppe H. (2012). A LIGHT-WEIGHT SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION MECHANISM FOR A SKETCH-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8565-06-8, pages 42-47. DOI: 10.5220/0003919400420047


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author={Stefan Weinbrenner and Jan Engler and Pouyan Fotouhi-Tehrani and H. Ulrich Hoppe},
title={A LIGHT-WEIGHT SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION MECHANISM FOR A SKETCH-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT},
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year={2012},
pages={42-47},
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doi={10.5220/0003919400420047},
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@conference{csedu12,
author={Stefan Weinbrenner and Jan Engler and Pouyan Fotouhi-Tehrani and H. Ulrich Hoppe},
title={A LIGHT-WEIGHT SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION MECHANISM FOR A SKETCH-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2012},
pages={42-47},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003919400420047},
isbn={978-989-8565-06-8},
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AU - Engler J.
AU - Fotouhi-Tehrani P.
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in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - A LIGHT-WEIGHT SEMANTIC INTERPRETATION MECHANISM FOR A SKETCH-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
SN - 978-989-8565-06-8
AU - Weinbrenner S.
AU - Engler J.
AU - Fotouhi-Tehrani P.
AU - Hoppe H.
PY - 2012
SP - 42
EP - 47
DO - 10.5220/0003919400420047