2. Gold Peach Web Community 2000: A Research on Developing Web-Based Interactive Learning Environment Wu, Tung-Xiung; Yui-Liang Chen Dept. of Information Management, Shih Hsin University Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

3. ‘Wu’ in Chinese

4. Objective and Significance u Series research from 1996 to 2000 u A Web Community service for children u Cultural and Cultivation u A quasi experiment including 3 schools u Four user interfaces developed

5. Web Community  Organization of community  Learning activity  Learning material  Moderation and moderator  NEW: integrated interaction model

6. Website Model: radiation

7. Web Community Model: ii

8. Culture  Internet brings the world into a village  Pluralistic colors are also vanishing?  Grow similar faces, wear same uniforms  Interactions are in consistent pattern  Young generation is losing their heritage  Ignored or forgot cultural imagination

9. Cultivation  Media sociology F The medium is the message F Recognition, attitudes, and behavior  ‘TV cultivation theories’ in 70s ~80s F ‘Media reality’ v.s. ‘Real reality’ F ‘TV children syndrome’ F Positive angle: inspire one’s mental potential  WWW is the most powerful media next to TV F Web design is a community more than mechanism F Cultivation found by a two-way feedback system

10. Methodology u Literature reviews u Depth interviewing with focus group u Web systems analysis and design u Field study on focus group u Quasi experiment

11. Results: Community Environment u Gold peach is a magic fruit to navigate u The story of the venture tour to west  Role playing: magic monkey, pig monk,etc.  Gold peach garden: www navigation  Monsters’ forbidden area: CAI  Flower island: chat rooms with moderators u Community moderators system  Teacher or expert users to be in charge  South heaven palace: verification

12. Result: Interactive Learning

13. Discussion u Web Community: A progressive idea  Improve traditional one-way teaching  Realize total peripheral participation  Learn and solve problems  Share knowledge

14. Discussion u Culture: an introspective trace  Deficiency  Excess  Integration

15. Deficiency

16. Excess

17. Integration

18. Discussion u Cultivation: a ferment attempt  Feedback systems  Users learning behaviors and achievement  Suitable and interesting materials  Time series effect than a sudden change u Future:  A large scaled and longitudinal experiment

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