Towards agile competence

development

Freddy LIMPENS, Denis GILLET, Evgeny

BOGDANOV

React Team, EPFL, Lausanne http://react.epfl.ch

PerEL - 8th IEEE Int. Workshop on

PervasivE Learning, Life, and Leisure

March 23, 2012

1.RATIONALE

a new approach for Agile competence development

❚make learners realize they too have competences useful for others

❚in an agile & pervasive way because:▯ anchored in context through the

notion of web space▯ based on widget technology

accessible from mobile terminals▯ set in an informal flow of action

(social media platform, tagging)

Inspiration❚P2PU.org

http://p2pu.org▯ online "peer to

peer" university▯ courses organized

in study groups (+ flexible, +involving)

▯ growing success & recognition

Inspiration❚LETS : Local Exchange and

Trading Scheme

▯ multilateral exchange of services: A helps B who helps C, etc.

▯ organized in local communities▯ created in the 80's and still

active!

A Competence Bartering Platform

❚allowing Competence advertising and searching among peers

❚competence providers give coaching sessions ...

❚.. and get reusable credits in return = Multi-lateral Bartering

2.A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM FOR COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT

ROLE project

❚promote self-directed learning ❚provide open & versatile tools easily

configurable ❚foster community exchanges (resource

bundles, web spaces)❚enable truly user-centered PLE

iGoogle used for learning

Social tools & learning

Gadgets used in Moodle.org

Social tools & learning

Social media platform + collaboration through space with graaasp.epfl.ch

http://www.slideshare.net/jianjinshu/using-social-software-for-teamwork-and-collaborative-project-management-in-higher-educationna-li

"web space" = • People + Resources + tools• bundled for a given purpose (course,

project, etc.)

=> space materialize contexts

Targeted technical contribution

Extend current SocialPlatform / Learning tools w/:❚lightweight competence management❚user search and recommendation

based on competence❚multilateral trade

Competence Bartering Platform

3.DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPETENCE BARTERING

PLATFORM

definition

competence = knowledge & skill applied autonomously in a given context*

* http://ec.europa.eu/eqf/terms_en.htm

Example : "John is Level 4 (/8) in Algebra"▪theory. + factual knowledge in a broad

context▪skills to generate sol. to specific pb▪self-management in study context

subject to change + responsibility for evaluation and improvement

standard scale for

competences...

... but lightweight (tags) description !

EQF scale (/8)

web design

▯ pluggable in any OpenSocial compatible env.=> fully portable to mobile terminals

▯ incentive by providing simplified Europass CV editor and get competence data in return

▯ compatible with growing standard Europass (10M CV generated)

CV Builder widget

Seamless competence management with CV Builder

see and try at http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/europass-cv-builder

http://graaasp.epfl.ch/#item=widget_1177

Seamless competence management with CV Builder

❚Competences globally available for▯ search ▯ recommandation in context (web

spaces)

search / recommend people's competences

Coaching sessionsWhen sought-for competence is found, trading peers can arrange a meeting, exchange resources, etc through:

graasp.epfl.ch

+ Communication widgets (e.g FlashMeeting, Chat, Google docs widgets, etc. see ROLE Widget store: (http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tools/Collaborate%20%2526%20Communicate)

decentralized credit model

❚Coaches get community currency credits in return (fixed hourly-based rate or freely agreed, depending on chosen policy and results of evaluations in ROLE testbeds)

❚transactions are supported by a decentralized peer-2-peer credit network (each member grant credit) for ..▯ robustness over central (possibly faulty)

structure ▯ cross-communities transfer

❚Implementation based on Ripple-project.org model

CONCLUSION

conclusion

GOAL:

extend social container to foster self-directed learning,

build communities of mutual coaching exchanges

fueled by decentralized community currency

conclusion

ROLE Competence Bartering Platform features:❚Competence management:

▯ extend OpenSocial container (shindig)▯ low-barrier entry (CV Builder)

▯ exploit search & recommendation mechanisms

❚trade & coaching with remote work and communication widgets

❚credit system based on p2p Ripple system

Thanks for your attention !

Questions to :denis.gillet@epfl.ch

freddy.limpens@epfl.ch

RIPPLE-PAY PRINCIPLESHidden track

decentralized credit model

❚use Ripple system with Educational Credit Unit (ECU) currency

Ripple video

decentralized credit model

cold-start : use intermediary third party nodes before trust is developed enough

trusted authoritytrusted authority

trusted authoritytrusted authority

step 1:no mutual trust

step 2:+&+ transactions bypass central nodes

Typical scenario

1. Tom starts a Master in Web Development

2. First project => Tom needs an update on Ruby

3. Tom discovers the Competence Bartering Platform (CBP):

1. CV Editor widget2. search "ruby" and find Alice3. Alice coach Tom in ruby4. Tom pays Alice with ECU (Educational

Credit Unit

Typical scenario

4. Multilateral exchange : Tom coach other peers

5. Tom graduates: reuse remaining credits in his new job

competence management

❚Standardization▯ OpenSocial Data Specification▯ RDF : Cognitive Characteristic Ontology

❚interface idea (from LinkedIn):

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