Our presentation about “Personal Learning Environment for Higher Education – A MashUp Based Widget Concept” within the MUPPLE 09 Workshop at this year ECTEL conference is now online available:
[publication] Personal Learning Environment – A Conceptual Study
Our publication about “Personal Learning Environment – A Conceptual Study” at the Special Track on “MashUps for Learning (MASHL09)” within the ICL 2009 conference is now online available.
Abstract:
The influence of digital technologies as well as the World Wide Web on education rises dramatically. In former years Learning Management Systems (LMS) were introduced on educational institutes to address the needs both their institutions and their lecturers. Nowadays a shift from an institution-centred approach to a learner- centred one becomes necessary to allow individuality through the learning process and to think about learning strategies in general. In this paper a first approach of a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) is described. The technological concept is pointed out as well as a study about the graphical user-interface done at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz). It can be concluded that PLEs are the next generation environments, which help to improve the learning and teaching behaviour.
Reference:Taraghi, B., Ebner, M., Till, G., Mühlburger, H. (2009) Personal Learning Environment – A Conceptual Study, International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning (ICL 2009), Villach, AT
[presentation] Personal Learning Environment – A Conceptual Study
My presentation about “Personal Learning Environment – A Conceptual Study” at the Special Track on “MashUps for Learning (MASHL09)” within the ICL 2009 conference is now online available – comments are highly welcome:
[ebook, workshop] e-Learning, Lernen heute/morgen
Ich bin gebeten im Rahmen des 30. österreichischen Bibliothekertag hier in Graz einen Workshop rund um das Thema e-Learning, Technology Enhanced Learning und wie Lernen in Zukunft ausschaut zu halten.
Die Unterlagen habe ich in ein eBook rund um das Thema zusammengefasst und diese sind hier öffentlich zugänglich. Weiters gibt es auch ein .pdf mit dem Nachteil dass die vielen Filme und eingebetteten Präsentationen nicht abgebildet sind.
[article] Weaving Social E-learning Platforms Into The Web of Linked Data
My colleague Behnam Taraghi and his friend also contributed to this year i-Know Conference and presented a publication on “Weaving Social E-learning Platforms Into the Web of Linked Data“. I think who is interested in this topic it’s worth to take a look.
Abstract:
In this paper we present an approach for interlinking and RDFising social e-Learning Web 2.0 platforms like ELGG based on semantic tagging and Linked Data principles. A special module called SID (Semantically Interlinked Data) was developed to allow existing tagged and published user generated content an easy entrance into the Web of Data and to enrich it semantically on the other hand. Our approach uses commonly known vocabularies (FOAF, SIOC, MOAT and Tag Ontology) for modelling and generation tasks along with DBPedia as reference dataset for interlinking.
[presentation] Will PLEs Become Ubiquitous through the Use of Widgets?
Social Learning (TU Graz) auf Facebook
Wir haben uns entschieden, dass wir auch auf Facebook unsere Aktivitäten darstellen und vor allem für Studierende zugänglich machen wollen (Homepage). Damit folgen wir dem Beispiel vieler englischsprachichger Universitäten.
Neben unseren beiden bestehenden Twitter-Accounts –
also ab sofort auf auf Facebook:
Social Learning (TU Graz) on Facebook
u:book WS 2009/2010
Auch im heurigen WS 2009 / 2010 beteiligt sich die TU Graz an der u:book Aktion um Studierenden zu ermöglichen kostengünstig Laptops zu kaufen. Das Verkaufsfenster ist vom 21.09 – 18.10.2009 geöffnet.
Seit 2008 gibt es u:books – Notebooks von hoher Qualität und mit einem umfangreichen Serviceangebot, die von Studierenden, MitarbeiterInnen und Organisationseinheiten zahlreicher österreichischer Universitäten zweimal jährlich zu Semesterbeginn günstig erworben werden können.
In 3- bis 4-wöchigen Verkaufsfenstern um den Semesterbeginn werden jeweils mehrere Notebook-Modelle angeboten, die auf Basis einer externen Evaluation ausgewählt werden.
Hier gibt es alle Details.
Online Round Table – In preparation for Educamp Graz
I am very happy that I can announce again three very exciting Online Round Tables in preparation for our EduCamp here in Graz:
As we have grown used to, the Online Round tables, in preparation for the upcoming Educamp Event (November 6-7, in Austria), are back!
Once again, the online sessions will be supported by the JISC sponsored EVOLVE Community. Graham Attwell and Cristina Costa, two of the co-founders of EVOLVE, will co-moderate the online events. Together with Martin Ebner they will organise these events. Three sessions will be offered prior to the face to face event in Graz, Austria.
Please found all details here – the date, the theme and the exciting speakers.
Furthermore the registration for Graz at edumixxt is open till now.
[abstract accepted] Geo-Tagging in Archaeology: Practical Experiences with the TUGeoWiki
Zusammen mit meinem KollegInnen haben wir ein Abstract zum heurigen “International Congress “Cultural Heritage and New Technologies” (Workshop “Archäologie & Computer”)” eingereicht. Wir zeigen im Rahmen der Präsentation “Geo-Tagging in Archaeology: Practical Experiences with the TUGeoWiki” Möglichkeiten und Nutzen von Geotagging im Bereich der Lehre auf und freuen uns auf viele Diskussionsbeiträge.
Abstract:
Introduction and Motivation: The wide spread availability of sophisticated and cheap mobile phones, providing internet access nearly everywhere, have led to advances in the application of new technologies to support field studies and Archaeological documentation. Established tools include Wiki-based mobile geospatial information systems, so called GeoWikis.
Background and Related Work: The primary objective of a GeoWiki is to provide the integration of photographs into an external map via an Application Programming Interface such as the Google maps API. Such MashUps are both a concept and a technology for merging content, services and applications from multiple sites. Experiences gained in civil engineering at Graz University of Technology made it apparent that the creation of a special GeoWiki was necessary: the TUGeoWiki.
Methods and Materials: As a use case we will be evaluating the TUGeoWiki during an archaeological documentation of Roman stones in churches. Relevant issues include both the usability and the usefulness of this application when being utilized in the archaeology domain. During this study the usefulness will be evaluated using heuristic evaluation methods. According to ISO 9241-11 there are three key aspects of usability: efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction; In order to evaluate the TUGeoWiki against a standardized benchmark, we are applying the System Usability Scale (SUS), a ten-item attitude Likert scale, which isconsidered a valid method of evaluation for mobile devices.
We report on the practical experiences and lessons learned during the use and evaluation of the TUGeoWiki and discuss advantages and disadvantages and possible solutions. Advantages include: taking annotated, geotagged photographs, in a secluded area where the archaeologist has little equipment; the immediate exchange of information and the ability to cooperate with other archaeologists etc.; Disadvantages include the relatively low resolution dependent on the mobile device used; the relative inaccuracy of the GPS location data; and the deviation between the distance of the camera and the object; data protection against tomb raiders etc.
Hier der Link zu unserem Beitrag.