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[publication] Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation?

Our publication about „Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation? “ at this year ED-Media Conference is now online.
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Abstract: At Graz University of Technology a survey about the hardware equipment and the Web2.0 skills among students of the first semester took place for the second time. This paper reflects the results of that two years evaluation. It answers the questions whether the net-generation already has arrived at universities or not and which consequences this fact has on the teaching and learning behaviors as well as infrastructural aspects of a university. Although young students are technologically increasingly well equipped they do not exhaust the potential of their devices or the potential of uncommon Web2.0 applications yet. Nevertheless the applications and communicational ways of a student’s average usage are signals not to be ignored by a university management. They not only indicate a dawning basic change of a typical student’s life but demand a rethinking of essential structural elements at universities right now.

Reference: Nagler, W., Ebner, M. (2009) Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation?, Proceedings of 21st ED-Media Conference (2009), S. 4344 – 4351; World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications
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[publication] Trends Discovery in the Field of E-Learning with Visualization

Our publication about „Trends Discovery in the Field of E-Learning with Visualization“ at this year ED-Media Conference is now online.
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In this paper we have performed a content analysis using a collection of papers from Ed-Media conferences archive. Various current trends in research topics, change of interest in contributions from across the world in the field of e-learning have been described using our internally built visualization tool. This visualization tool reveals the evolution or decline of research themes, hot research topics and key researchers across the world. In addition to this, evolution of countries, continents and institutions across research topics has been described as well.

Reference: Khan, M. S., Ebner, M., Maurer, H. (2009) Trends Discovery in the Field of E-Learning with Visualization, Proceedings of 21st ED-Media Conference (2009), S. 4408 – 4413; World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications
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YouTube Mobile Uploads Up 400% Since iPhone 3GS Launch

iphonevidshot…. ist zwar grundsätzlich nicht überraschend, aber wir sollten bedenken, es ist EIN Telefon, welches diesen Traffic erzeugt. TechCrunch berichtet hier:

If there was any question about the significance of the iPhone 3GS’s impressive video functionality, here’s your answer: YouTube reports that in the six days since the iPhone 3GS was released last week, the number of mobile uploads has increased by a whopping 400%. For a single phone model to have such a major impact on the site is simply phenomenal.

Es scheint als hätte Apple den Puls der Zeit wieder einmal perfekt erfasst – es war nie so einfach seine Videos online zu stellen. Und ich behaupte mal die Auswirkungen werden wir spüren – die Zunahme des digitalen Contents wird uns bald ins Unermessliche steigen und wir uns fragen wie konnten wir in einer Zeit leben wo wir alle diese Dinge nicht hatten. Es ist wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit bis andere Mobiltelefonhersteller nachziehen und dies auch ermöglichen.
Dass ich mir im Zuge von m-Learning hier große Änderungen erwarte, brauch ich nicht anführen. Es wird irgendwann einmal völlig normal sein, dass Bilder, Audios und Videos einfach Teil des Unterrichts sind und ja ich freu mich darauf 🙂 .