I did a short presentation for the International workshop on FUTURE FOCUSED BLENDED LEARNING IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING and adressed the topic MOOCs in general and their usage for teaching and learning in particular. Here you can find my slides:


Digitale Lehre an und rund um der Technischen Universität Graz
Im Rahmen der Veranstaltungsreihe «Bildung und Digitaliät» der PH Zürich wurde ich eingeladen rund um das Thema MOOCs & OER zu reden. Herausgekommen sind diese Folien:


Der Bildungsmobilfunker educom meldet, dass er nun bereits über 3.000 Bildungswebseites „frei geschalten“ hat. Frei bedeutet dabei, dass kein Datenvolumen angerechnet wird, wenn man Inhalte dieser Webseit konsumiert. Natürlich macht da auch gerne die TU Graz mit und hat neben seinen Webportalen auch iMooX.at dort angemeldet. Wir freuen uns natürlich über solche Aktionen und hoffen auf weitere Nachahmer:innen:
Hier geht es zur offiziellen Webseite von free e-Learning, hier gibt es noch eine Pressemeldung hierzu.
Our contribuation to this year ED-Media 2021 conference about „Making of an Open Makerspace in a Secondary Vocational School in Austria: Development, Activities, User Behaviour and Gender Balance“ got published. The slides are already here online.
Abstract:
This research shows the development process of an open makerspace on the premises of a higher secondary vocational school (HTL) in Austria from 2017 till today. It illustrates the need for this space, the acquisition of initial funding and the legal framework. User policy and machinery are presented, as well as safety and security systems. An insight on the organizational structure is given. We present regular dedicated maker classes and curricular integration of the makerspace for K-12 students. Makerspace activities like maker challenges and holiday camps for divergent participants like primary school children and girls are discussed and the role of females in engineering education and makerspaces is reviewed. Qualitative observations of different stakeholders are reproduced and supplemented by statistical data. We also show setbacks and difficulties due to the Corona crisis and give an overview of future maker initiatives.
[draft @ ResearchGate]
[final publication @ lerntechlib]
Reference: Sagbauer, N.N., Stocker, K., Pollak, M. & Ebner, M. (2021). Making of an Open Makerspace in a Secondary Vocational School in Austria: Development, Activities, User Behaviour and Gender Balance. In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 467-479). United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 1, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/219695/.
I just wrote a short essay about „MOOCs and their Role for Future Education“ for the Education Technology Insight Magazin (website). The original article has been published on their website.
[Link to article]
[article @ ResearchGate]
Reference: Ebner, M. (2021) MOOCs and their Role for Future Education. Education Technology Insights. https://distance-and-remote-learning-europe.educationtechnologyinsights.com/cxoinsights/moocs-and-their-role-for-future-education-nid-1525.html
Es freut mich sehr, dass wir im Rahmen des „Zertifikat für Hochschullehrende Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung“ auch einen Beitrag leisten können – nämlich rund um Open Educational Resources.
Persönlich find ich, dass das ein guter und wichtiger Schritt ist auch in der Hochschullehre gezielt darüber nachzudenken,einfließen zu lassen und damit auch eine Veränderung herbei zu führen.
Das ganze Programm, den Ablauf und auch die Teilnahembedingungen sind auf der Homepage hier abrufbar. Freue mich schon sehr auf unseren bescheidenen Beitrag im Dezember.

[Zertifikat „Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung“]
[Flyer .pdf]
We are happy to present our research about „How Activities Related to Maker Education Contribute to Overcome Entry Barriers for Girls into Formal Technical Education Pathways – Case Study of Holiday Camps at a Technical Secondary Vocational School in Austria“ at EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 conference.
Find here our slides of the talk:

We are happy to present our research about „The ReDesign Canvas as a tool for the didactic-methodological redesign of courses and a case study“ at EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 conference.
Find here our slides as well as the recording of the talk:
We are happy to present our research about „Patterns of quiz attempts in a MOOC. The full-points-pattern and other patterns on the way to a successful MOOC in a lecture setting“ at EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 conference.
Find here our slides as well as the recording of the talk:
We are happy to present our research about „A decade of first-semester students surveys concerning IT equipment and communication applications and effect of Covid-19 related experiences for first-year students in 2021“ at EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2022 conference.
Find here our slides as well as the recording of the talk: