[publication]The Development of Two Math E-Learning Systems for Primary School Children in Android #tugraz #mlearning #research

Our publication titled “The Development of Two Math E-Learning Systems for Primary School Children in Android” for the EDMedia and Innovative Learning 2023 conference is now online available:

Abstract: Electronic learning, with all its different variations, approaches and applications, is a very relevant topic in today’s education. E-Learning is a wide field, as it affects classes in school as well as training scenarios for adult persons. This work describes the development of two E-Learning systems: EinMalEins Trainer and Division Trainer. Both applications are part of the learning lab of Graz University of Technology. This document sums up the theoretical background of the development process as well as the realization. A lot of emphasis in this work laid on applying different testing methods, therefore thinking aloud testing as well as automated testing are handled more deeply. The methodology behind these methods is explained and the results are presented.

[Preprint @ ResearchGate]
[Publication @ Publisher’s homepage]

Reference: Plieschnegger, M., Wachtler, J. & Ebner, M. (2023). The Development of Two Math E-Learning Systems for Primary School Children in Android. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 798-810). Vienna, Austria: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 19, 2023 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222581/

[publication] Development of an Amazon Alexa App for a University Online Search #alexa #research #tugraz

Our chapter about “Development of an Amazon Alexa App for a University Online Search” for the HCII 2022 conference got published.

Abstract:
Today, our homes become smarter and smarter. We started to interact with our home with Intelligent Personal Assistants, like Amazon Alexa. In this paper we want to present and give a review on the Alexa skill developed for an online search for resources like rooms, courses, and persons. The goal is to provide the users an easy-to-use way to ask for information like phone numbers, e-mail addresses, room details, … and the Alexa Skill should provide this information also in an easy understandable way. We will describe how we solved to formulate suitable search queries from spoken Alexa commands and how we presented them to the user accordingly. Other obstacles like the presentation of the search results, due to the limited context and prioritization for individual search results, to the user will be discussed.

[full article @ book’s homepage]
[draft @ ResearchGate]

Reference: Rupitz, J., Ebner, M., Ebner, M. (2022). Development of an Amazon Alexa App for a University Online Search. In: Zaphiris, P., Ioannou, A. (eds) Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Designing the Learner and Teacher Experience. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13328. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05657-4_10

[app] AddSubTrainer #tugraz #children #app

iOS-App

Für den Additions & Subtraktionstrainer gibt es nun eine neue Appversion für iOS:

Die App beinhaltet ein webbasiertes Trainingssystem für das du ein Konto benötigst. Dein Lernfortschritt wird online gespeichert, und du bekommst immer auf dich zugeschnittene Rechenaufgaben.
Weiters gibt es einen Übungsmodus der in unterschiedlichen Schwierigkeitsstufen anonym durchführbar ist, und dem Zwecke der Verbesserung der Rechenfähigkeiten der Lerner/innen dient.

[Downloadlink der App]

Wie immer sind diese Trainingsmöglichkeiten kostenfrei und offen nutzbar. Viel Spaß damit 🙂

[app] IdeRBlog Exercises #iderblog #ipad #ios

IdeRBlog iPad App

Wir haben wiedermal eine App programmiert, die unsere IdeRBlog-Projekt unterstützt – wer dabei ist, sollte sie jedenfalls ausprobieren:

Hallo, schön, dass Du dich für IDeRBlog interessierst. Um die App benutzen zu können, muss Dein Lehrer einen Account für Dich anlegen. Wenn Deine Schule noch nicht beim IDeRBlog Projekt mitmacht, kannst sich Dein Lehrer auf IDeRBlog.eu informieren.

[Link zur App im Apple Store]

[app] Mulitplikationstrainer #ios #tugraz #learninglab

Im Rahmen unseres Learninglab ist wieder eine mobile Applikation für Kinder im Rahmen einer Qualifikationsarbeit entstanden – ein Mulitplikationstrainer:

Expand your multiplication skills.
You can start a short game over ten rounds or an online game.If you reach enough points at the short game, you unlock the next level with higher complexity. Or our Online-System creates your multiplications. The system enables you to see your calculations and errors online.
So you are able to analyze your errors and improve your skills. If you play the online mode, you need an account from the learning lab of the TU Graz.

[Link zum Download der App]

[publication] School Start Screening Tool #edil21 #research #app

Our contribuation to this year ED-Media 2021 conference about “School Start Screening Tool” got published. The slides are already here online.

Abstract:
This paper concentrates on the implementation of a new screening method in Austrian schools to assess children and find out if they have any special educational needs in educational areas like phonology, counting, knowledge of letters and numbers and others. The underlying structure of the assignments was developed by developmental psychologists from the University of Graz and the University of Vienna and then implemented as a mobile application for Android tablets. For testing and evaluation purposes, the app’s prototype was first used voluntary by multiple Austrian schools. Furthermore, the mobile application had to be fully functional when offline as well as a central web application had to be developed to give the developmental psychologists access to the screening results. However, the main goal was to develop the application in a way that especially children without sufficient skills in reading and writing are able to understand the assignment’s tasks and to perform input.

[Draft @ ResearchGate]
[article @ LearnTechLib]

Reference: Krassnig, P., Ebner, M. & Ebner, M. (2021). School Start Screening Tool. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 213-226). United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 26, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/219660/.

[app] iMooX Coach App #imoox #app

iMooX Coach App

Die iMooX Coach App ist nun fertig und online verfügbar. Das Ziel der App ist nicht (!) die Online-Kurse von iMooX.at via App zugänglich zu machen, da diese sowieso über den Browser möglich ist. Es ist vielmehr die Idee eines Lerntagebuchs und soll beim Lernen mit einem MOOC gezielt unterstützen:

Die App behält einen Überblick über alle Ihre aktuellen Kurse, Termine und anstehenden Kurse. Außerdem kann die App, sofern Sie dies zulassen, Ihnen Benachrichtigungen und Erinnerungen schicken. Durch das eigene Hinzufügen von Terminen, Lernzielen und Notizen können Sie spielerisch Ihren Lernfortschritt antreiben. Laden Sie jetzt die iMoox Coach App runter und behalten Sie Ihre Kurse als auch Ihren Lernfortschritt immer im Überblick.

[iMooX Coach App für iOS]
[iMooX Coack App für Android]

[presentation] School Start Screening Tool #edil21 #research #tugraz

We were happy to present yesterday our research about “School Start Screening Tool” at this year “EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2021” conference.

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[master] School Start Screening Tool #app #mobile #tugraz

Paul hat seine Masterarbeit rund die Entwicklung von Apps für ein Screening erfolgreich abgeschlossen, hier noch seine Folien der abschließenden Verteidigung:

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[app] TU Graz Search #android #app #development

Im Rahmen einer Bachelorarbeit wurde die Android App “TU Graz Search” überarbeitet bzw. eigentlich neu programmiert. Sie steht ab sofort zum Download bereit:

TU Graz Search App

TU Graz Search enables you to quickly search and find the most important information at Graz University of Technology. This search app includes the following categories:

• people,
• lecture halls and rooms,
• departments and service units,
• lectures,
• exams,
• research publications,
• library catalogue,
• events,
• news (RSS feeds), and
• web-sites.

Moreover, it is possible to add people to your contacts on you Android device or to contact them directly.

This app requires a connection to the Internet.

Google Play Store

[Download TU Graz Search App – Android]