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Personal Learning EnvironmentGeneration 2.0
Martin Ebner, Behnam Taraghi, Clemens Kroell
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http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
Technology enhanced Learning
http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273//
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/141381675
uLearning = {u-Environment, u-Contents, u-Behaviour, u-Interface, u-Service}
What is a PLE ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/2441359074
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
a future learning environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skippytpe/256929499
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
not an institutional or coporate application but a learning center
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
where content is reused and remixed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
according to the student‘s own needs and interests
Why we need a PLE ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toru_okada/1377360600
University a closed castle?
http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif (Scott Leslie, PLE Diagram)
But how can we integrate the WWW ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghz/407109888/
and combine it with university‘s services?
The general concept
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetoad01/2677459596
7 crucial aspects for the shift (Schaffert&Hilzensauer, 2008)
Role of learner
Personalisation
ContentSocial Involvement
Ownership
Educational &organisatioal culture
Technological aspects
Technological concept
MashUp Principle - Use of Widgets
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/mashup_2/
Comparable to iGoogle
Widget
• Follow a W3C Widget Specification• Inter-widget Communication supported
„Widgets are full-fledged client-side applications that are authored using Web
standards. They are typically downloaded and installed on a client machine or device where
they typically run as stand-alone applications outside a Web browser“
Defintion of W3C
First Design
First conceptual ideas
Main former GUI Elements
Former Workflow
WidgetZone
Dashboard FullScreen
Widget Zoom
Mashup of Widgets
Usability Tests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdolishny/2760207306
Personalization in foreground
E.g. own desktop background image, look & feel etc.Different UI structures & themesTotal control of own environment is desired!
Resemblance btw. Real and virtual world
More than one Personal Desktop vs. An unlimited DesktopFree widget arrangement on UIFlexible widget dimensionsDrag & Drop effects vs. simple clicksSharing, collaboration, networking
Ubiquitous PLE
Mobile and desktop views
PLE Concept (What)
Unknown to all test users
PLE Workflow (How)
Not easy to get started withDue to unfamiliar conceptIntroduction, tutorials for novel users strongly recommended
PLE Competences
Self-organizationSelf-cognition….
A Change from Teacher-Controlled to Coaching needed!
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New Conceptual Design: App-like GUI
Text
Main new GUI Elements:Spaces (Personal Desktops)
Space ManagementWidget Store
Settings
Space Management
Widget Store
„Slideshare“ Widget (full sized view)
Inter-Widget CommunicatiounCMS widget <=> Exam Planer widget
Main Outcomes of Generation 2.0
- ... more than 3000 registered users
- ... about 30% of active users
- ... observed more activity, resemblance to mobile apps
- ... learners classify their widgets using spaces
- ... widgets can send notifications
- ... Inter-Widget communication actively used.
Mac OS X Dashboard WidgetsWindows 7 Desktop Gadgets
Die Welt der WidgetsEin wichtiger Schritt zur personalisierten Lernumgebung
Ebner M., Taraghi B., Altmann T.
http://www.tugraz.athttp://www.zid.tugraz.athttp://elearning.tugraz.athttp://ple.tugraz.athttp://elearningblog.tugraz.at
Abt. Vernetztes LernenTechnische Universität GrazA-8010 Graz - Steyrergasse 30/ITel: +43 316 873 8540Email: [email protected]
Personal Learning Environment - Graz University of Technology
Next Steps
Mobile PLENative AppsUbiquitous PLE Desktop widgets
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supersonic_look/1307679752
Recommendation
Integration of more Learning Objects (LO)
Learning Scenarios
Future
Shared PLECollaborative Learning
Graz University of Technology
SOCIAL LEARNINGComputer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
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Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
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