# Production rules can be reorganisaed for efficient pattern matching. # The RETE algorithm creates a decision tree that combines the patterns in all the rules of the knowledge based. # Designed by Forgy (CMU) it was first used in OPS5 and is now widely u
The last few years have witnessed a growing recognition of the educational potential of computer games. However, it is generally agreed that the process of designing and deploying technology enhanced learning resources generally and games for mathematical learning specifically is a difficult task. The Kaleidoscope project Learning patterns for the design and deployment of mathematical games aims to investigate this problem. We work from the premise that designing and deploying games for mathematical learning requires the assimilation and integration of deep knowledge from diverse domains of expertise including mathematics, games development, software engineering, learning and teaching. We promote the use of a design patterns approach to address this problem.
Our latest outcome is a draft pattern language, which addresses both the process of designing and deployning games for learning and the structure of such games. Our pattern language is suggested as an enabling tool for good practice, by facilitating pattern-specific communication and knowledge sharing between participants. We provide a set of trails as a 'way-in' to using the learning pattern language.
In this talk we review the theoretical foundations of our work, demonstrate the language by following one of the 'trails' through it, and illustrate how this language could be used in a participatory design methodology. We also direct participants to our on-line interactive tools, which allow them to engage with our work beyound the scope of the talk.
A "Zafu" is a round meditation cushion, often used with a "Zabuton" (mediation mat) to cushion the knees and ankles. A "Seiza Bench" is what Christians may call a "prayer bench" -- much kinder to the knees than a kneeler, [as] it supports one's backside.
"Each pattern describes a problem which occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice
In the Java community there's been a rush of lightweight containers that help to assemble components from different projects into a cohesive application. Underlying these containers is a common pattern to how they perform the wiring, a concept they refer
The Warm Up America Foundation provides an organized program and both knitting and crochet patterns for groups and individuals interested in making afghans and blankets for people in need. Adult-sized blankets (approx. 49" x 63") are usually made of 49 r
We're writing about computer programs in a new stylistic form called pattern languages. The form has many internal references which map well to hypertext links. We've added links to published (or soon to be published) documents. Short summaries appear in
Strategies of online moderation
This is a space for studying strategies of moderation in groups that conduct some or all of their communications online. The principal content of this wiki is a proposed "pattern language" -- a description of the common patterns of these moderation systems -- for developers to consider when deploying or altering social software.