Robert defended his master thesis about „Open Badges for Certification of Lecturers and Universities“ successfully. Find here his slides:
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[presentation] Der Einsatz von Pocket Code in einem offenen Unterrichtskonzept #PocketCode #tugraz
Bettina Höllerbauer hat den MOOC „Learning to Code: Programmieren mit Pocket Code“ als Grundlage genommen und damit einen innovativen Schulunterricht konzipiert. Dabei hat sie auch ein offenes Unterrichtssetting erstellt und erfolgreich umgesetzt. Die Unterrichtsmaterialien stehen dabei wiederum als Moodle-Kurs zum freien Download zur Verfügung. Schön zu sehen wie aus einem OER-Kurs ein weiterer OER-Kurs entstand 🙂
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[presentation] Konzept für die OER-Zertifizierung von Hochschulen #OER #fnma #oana18
Im Rahmen der 4. Informationsveranstaltung des OANA-Netzwerkes bin ich gebeten worden über die Ergebnisse der OER-Arbeitsgruppe zu berichten. Das Konzeptpapier ist übrigens hier nachlesbar und nun auch die Folien des Vortrages:
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[publication] Mobile Applications for Encyclopedias #AustriaForum #mobileLearning
Paul developed within his master thesis mobile applications for the Austria Forum. We summarized this work in a chapter about „Mobile Applications for Encyclopedias“ within the book „Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education“.
Abstract:
In this research work a survey of tested mobile applications will be summarized, which were selected by a few defined prerequisites, and a brief overview is given of what is available in the corresponding stores. It will also be shown how the individual mobile applications for encyclopedias are presenting and providing information to users. This cover its visual representation and the manner in how information is retrieved. Additionally a new smart way will be introduced in which we can deal with information with a special focus to encyclopedias and mobile devices. The prototyped application carries out special features, which makes usage of mobile devices capabilities. The presented approach follows a slightly more aggressive way on how to bring information to users. For example it requires the permission of user and tells him/ her actively that there is an interesting piece of information close by his/ her location. Communication between the device and users is done using the notification system. To satisfy the needs of users a set of options will be presented so that they can customize time and number of notifications. Those settings shall also prevent the battery from draining to fast and give the user control about it. The outcome is a a prototype with a set of features which allows users to retrieve information based on their mood and their willingness of spending effort. If he/ she is eager to learn the application provides ways to support that. If he/ she just want some quick information there are ways to get it. And if he/ she wants a new way of information retrieval via mobile applications for encyclopedias the prototype offers the above mentioned possibility to do so
Reference: Neuhold P., Ebner M., Maurer H. (2018) Mobile Applications for Encyclopedias. In: Yu S., Ally M., Tsinakos A. (eds) Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education. Springer, Singapore. pp. 229-247 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-6144-8_14
[video] Mehrwerte durch digitale Medien #tugraz
Im Rahmen des internen Digitalisierungsprozesses für die Hochschule, durfte ich eine Video erstellen und meine Gedanken zum Thema präsentieren. Einmal schauen, wie sehr es der TU Graz hilft, die nächsten Schritte zu unternehmen
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Damit darf ich allen meinen Leserinnen und Lesern einen schönes & besinnliches Weihnachtsfest 2017 und auch einen guten Rutsch wünschen. Wir lesen uns dann hoffentlich gesund und munter wieder im Jahr 2018 🙂
[interview, press] Kleine Schritte zur digitalen Hochschule #tugraz
Im Rahmen eines Sommerinterviews hat mich APA-Science interviewt, wie ich derzeit die Lage der Digitalisierung in der Hochschullehre sehe. Das ganze wurde dann in einen Text unter dem Titel „Kleine Schritte zur digitalen Hochschule“ gegossen und steht nun online zum Nachlesen zur Verfügung.
[presentation] Informatische Grundbildung #bildungsinformatik
Im Rahmen unseres Seminars Technology Enhanced Learning hatten wir in der sechsten Einheit das Thema „Informatische Grundbildung„. Dabei zeigte Maria Grandl in einem Schnelldurchlauf was wir bereits an Aktivitäten gestartet haben und duchführen. Hier sind ihre Folien:
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[presentation] E-Learning & Informatische Grundbildung #tugraz #bildungsinformatik
Markus hat im Rahmen des Vernetzungstreffen der NMS-KoordinatorInnen eine kurze Präsentation über unsere Aktivitäten im Rahmen der informatischen Grundbildung gehalten. Hier dazu der Foliensatz:
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[publication] Enhancements in Engineering Design Education at Austrian HTL #reseach #SecondaryEducation
Our contribution to this year International Conference on Engineering Design in Vancouver was titled „Enhancements in Engineering Design Education at Austrian HTL“
Introduction:
In 2007, a research partnership program between Austrian schools and universities called „Sparkling Science“ was founded by the Austrian federal ministry of Science, Research and Economy (Birke, 2013). The main objective has been to bring science and schools together, in particular, to increase interest for STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The reason for this project is because of huge demand for engineers both in Austria and in Europe. Through such projects, students of Austrian schools are able to work together with scientists of universities or universities of applied sciences on defined project tasks (Probst et al., 2016). Since 2007 the Austrian vocational school HTL Linz LITEC has conducted three Sparkling Science projects with TU Wien, with two projects focusing introducing product data management (PDM) to engineering design education and the other project focusing on systems engineering.
Reference: Probst, A., Gerhard, D., Ramseder, N., Ebner, M. (2017) Enhancements in Engineering Design Education at Austrian HTL. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), Vol. 9: Design Education, Vancouver, Canada, 21.-25.08.2017. pp. 1-8
[publication] Social Semantic Search: A Case Study on Web 2.0 for Science #semanticweb #tugraz
The outcome of the research work of Laurens and Selver got published now in the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS) using the title Social Semantic Search: A Case Study on Web 2.0 for Science.
Abstract:
When researchers formulate search queries to find relevant content on the Web, those queries typically consist of keywords that can only be matched in the content or its metadata. The Web of Data extends this functionality by bringing structure and giving well-defined meaning to the content and it enables humans and machines to work together using controlled vocabularies. Due the high degree of mismatches between the structure of the content and the vocabularies in different sources, searching over multiple heterogeneous repositories of structured data is considered challenging. Therefore, the authors present a semantic search engine for researchers facilitating search in research related Linked Data. To facilitate high-precision interactive search, they annotated and interlinked structured research data with ontologies from various repositories in an effective semantic model. Furthermore, the authors‘ system is adaptive as researchers can synchronize using new social media accounts and efficiently explore new datasets.
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Reference: De Vocht, L., Softic, S., Verborgh, R., Mannens, E., & Ebner, M. (2017). Social Semantic Search: A Case Study on Web 2.0 for Science. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), 13(4), 155-180. doi:10.4018/IJSWIS.2017100108