ReMarkable Texts: A Digital Notepad for the NSDL

这一有针对性的研究项目正在调查一种创新的笔式数字笔记本的功能，使用户，特别是学生，能够以个性化的方式使用NSDL的数字材料并与之互动。该系统的主要特征包括查看、做笔记、注释(例如，手写墨水、便利贴笔记和双向细粒度超链接)、组织多媒体文档以及就多媒体文档进行协作，所有这些都具有在制作笔记的上下文中重放笔记的时间顺序的能力。还支持白板活动以及音频设施，以便以数字方式捕获语音评论并将其锚定到特定的文档位置。主要的目标设备是轻便、高分辨率的平板电脑，用于在经常访问的区域(例如，大学校园)具有无处不在的无线局域网和用于其他区域的广域网的环境中。然而，为了确保广泛使用，该系统也适用于标准的台式机和笔记本电脑。最后，该系统包括用于个性化组织文档和笔记的工具，例如文件夹和大纲视图、搜索，以及由基本注释和链接工具提供的对个人空间超文本的默认支持。这项研究工作在协作、细粒度超链接、多文档日志和同步以及文档和笔记组织方面扩展了Microsoft Research的DISC项目(分布式教室)。除了与微软合作外，PI和团队还与其他NSDL项目合作，如卡内基梅隆大学通过NSDL视频的线程信息路径，以帮助将该系统与NSDL现有和未来的服务和基础设施集成。有了这个项目的功能，NSDL的用户能够更好地使NSDL的可用材料成为他们自己的，从他们的数字图书馆体验中形成一个个性化的、超链接的投资组合，支持一个自然和愉快的学习过程。

This Targeted Research project is investigating capabilities for an innovative pen-based digital notebook to enable users, particularly students, to work and interact with NSDL's digital materials in a personalized manner. The main features of the system include viewing, taking notes on, annotating (e.g. freehand ink, post-it notes, and bidirectional fine-grained hyperlinks), organizing, and collaborating on multimedia documents, all with the ability to replay the temporal sequence of one's notes in the contexts in which they were made. Whiteboarding activities are also supported along with audio facilities to capture voice commentary digitally and anchor it to a specific document location. The primary targeted device is a lightweight, high-resolution tablet computer used in an environment with ubiquitous wireless LAN in frequented areas (e.g., on a college campus) and a WAN for other areas. However to ensure widespread usage, the system also works on standard desktop and laptop computers. Finally, the system includes facilities for personalized organization of documents and notes, for example folder and outline views, search, and default support for personal spatial hypertext provided by the basic annotation and linking facilities.This research effort extends Microsoft Research's DISC project (DIStributed Classroom) in the areas ofcollaboration, fine-grained hyperlinking, multidocument journaling and synchronization, and documentand note organization. In addition to partnering with Microsoft, the PI and team are working with other NSDL projects, such as Carnegie Mellon University's Threading Information Pathways Through NSDL Video, to help integrate the system with the NSDL's existing and future services and infrastructure. With the capabilities of this project in hand users of the NSDL are much better able to make the available materials of NSDL "their own", forming a personalized, hyperlinked portfolio from their digital library experience that supports a natural and enjoyable process of learning.