Markus did his masterthesis about „Development of a learning diary for a MOOC platform“ and developed the iMooX Coach.
Here you can find his slides for the defense:
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50 Mio. Euro für Digitalisierung an unseren Universitäten und iMooX ist dabei #imoox #mooc
Seit gestern ist nun offiziell, iMooX ist eines der geförderten Projekte in der nun laufenden Ausschreibung des Bundesministeriums. Dabei ist das Ziel des Projektes folgendermaßen definiert:
iMooX wird derzeit von der TU Graz betrieben und soll im Rahmen des Projektes sowohl technisch als auch organisatorisch, logistisch und mediendidaktisch so ausgebaut werden, dass mittelfristig alle österreichischen Hochschulen auf der Plattform MOOCs anbieten können.
Auszug aus dem Projekantrag
Kurzum wir wollen, dass jeder österreichische Hochschule iMooX nun nicht nur passiv, sondern aktiv nutzen kann. Daher haltet uns die Daumen, dass wir das in den nächsten Jahren schaffen und wir freuen uns natürlich auch, dass viele Lernende vom Angebot profitieren können 🙂
[publication] Designing a Makerspace for Children – Let’s Do It #makereducation #research
Our contribution to the Edurobotics conference 2018 got published right now. According to the title „Designing a Makerspace for Children – Let’s Do It“ we described our first Makerdays 2015.
Abstract:
Abstract of the publication
When makerspaces are designed for children, special motivation and reasoning needs to be made. Within this article, we describe a case study: A temporary four-day open makerspace for about 40 children per day. Motivation, considerations and the development process as well as the actual realization are described and discussed. We comment on how such a space for children and adolescents should be arranged for future studies. As described, considerations in terms of participation, peer tutoring and gender mainstreaming influence the design of the space, the methods used, as well as the general setting.
[article @ publisher’s homepage]
[draft @ ResearchGate]
Reference: Schön S., Ebner M., Grandl M. (2020) Designing a Makerspace for Children – Let’s Do It. In: Moro M., Alimisis D., Iocchi L. (eds) Educational Robotics in the Context of the Mak-er Movement. Edurobotics 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 946., pp. 3-15 Springer, Cham
[publication] Open educational resources in continuing adult education: development in the German-speaking area #OER #research
Our article about „Open educational resources in continuing adult education: development in the German-speaking area“ got published in the Journal „Smart Learnining Environment„. We aimed to give a short overview about the situation in the german-speaking area.
Abstract:
Website Smart Learning Environment
Open Educational Resources (OER) allow many different uses in educational work that are excluded from traditional materials by copyright laws, such as modifying and republishing existing materials. This article examines the current role of OER in the field of adult education in German-speaking area, especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Although nowadays the topic of digitization is given a high strategic importance in continuing education in Switzerland, OER plays just a subordinate role there.
[full article @ publisher’s homepage]
[full article @ ResearchGate]
Reference: Schön, S. & Ebner, M. (2019) Open educational resources in continuing adult education: development in the German-speaking area. Smart Learn. Environ. (2019) 6: 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-019-0111-4
[publication] The Missing Link to Computational Thinking
Congratulations to my PhD-student who did his first publication about a literature research to computational thinking. His work got published right now in Future Internet, enjoy the great reading.
Abstract:
After a lengthy debate within the scientific community about what constitutes the problem solving approach of computational thinking (CT), the focus shifted to enable the integration of CT within compulsory education. This publication strives to focus the discussion and enable future research in an educational setting with a strong focus on the Austrian circumstances and the goal to allow wide international adoption later on. Methodically, a literature review was conducted to gain knowledge about the current strands of research and a meta study to show the diversity of proposed and materialized studies. Three main questions were answered, establishing that CT as an idea is rooted in scientific literature dating back to the 1980s and grew in popularity after Wing introduced the concept to a broader audience. A number of authors contributed to the current state of the field, with the most cited review coming from Grover and Pea. The challenge to integrate CT in curricula around the world was met by many experiments and case studies but without a conclusive framework as of yet. Ultimately, this paper determines that expert integration is a blank spot in the literature and aims to create a strong, inclusive path to CT education by inviting practitioners.
[Full article @ journal’s homepage]
[Full article @ ResearchGate]
Reference: Pollak, M.; Ebner, M. (2019) The Missing Link to Computational Thinking. Future Internet 2019, 11, 263.
Seven teaching and learning scenarios with MOOCs | Sieben Lehr- und Lernszenarien mit MOOCs
We produced a folder as a short overview about our research work with MOOCs called „Seven teaching and learning scenarios with MOOCs„. The research based on interviews with educational experts and their work with MOOCs over 5 years.
The folder is available in english and german on slideshare (for embedding) as well as .pdf (for download):
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[Download folder (english) (.pdf)]
[Download folder (german) (.pdf)]
[publication] Development of a Quiz – Implementation of a (Self-) Assessment Tool and its Integration in Moodle #elearning #eassessment
Our publication about „Development of a Quiz – Implementation of a (Self-) Assessment Tool and its Integration in Moodle“ got published in the new issue of the Journal of Emerging Technologies for Learning (i-JET).
Abstract:
(Homepage i-JET)
Technology Enhanced Learning has become more popular in recent times and many organizations and universities use it as a key instrument in various teaching and training scenarios. At the University of Technology of Graz, some courses require randomized quizzes where question variables can be assigned by arbitrary mathematical functions and this feature is missing in the current solutions. This article describes the development of a quiz application that can be integrated into Moodle by utilization of the Learning Tools Interoperability protocol (LTI). The PHP application is built to support programmable questions that can contain JavaScript and HTML code. Teachers are able to build interactive, randomized quizzes, in which the random variables can be assigned with complex mathematical functions. Furthermore, the application provides a programmable grading mechanism. With this mechanism, it is possible for students to self-assess their performance, as well as for teachers to formally assess their students‘ learning success automatically and send the results back to Moodle (or other LTI compatible consumer applications).
[Full article @ ResearchGate]
[Full article @ Journal’s Homepage]
Reference: Schweighofer, J. , Taraghi, B., Ebner, M. (2019) Development of a Quiz – Implementation of a (Self-) Assessment Tool and its Integration in Moodle. Journal of Emerging Technologies for Learning, 14(23). pp. 1414-151
[presentation] Implementation of Interactive Learning Objects for German Language Acquisition #master #tugraz
Marko hat seiner Masterarbeit rund um das Thema Interactive Learning Objects für das Projekt IDeR-Blog geschrieben. Hier die Folien seiner Verteidigung:
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Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch / Merry Christmas and happy New Year
I would like to thank all our readers and say goodbye to my Christmas holiday with following words: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2020.
I am very curious what the new decade will bring and where we will be in 2030
[project] Digitale Kompetenzen für Studierende #dikos
Ich komme erst jetzt dazu, das Projekt „Digitalte Kompetenzen für Studierende“ – kurz dikos – vorzustellen. Dabei handelt es sich um ein Vorhaben, durchgeführt von allen steirischen Hochschulen, um festzustellen über welche digitalen Kompetenzen Studienanfängerinnen und -anfäger im entsprechenden Hochschulraum verfügen. Bedanken müssen wir uns auch beim Land Steiermark, welches das Projekt fördert und finanziert 🙂 .
Um in einer Gesellschaft bestehen zu können, die gerade einen digitalen Wandel vollzieht, sind digitale Kompetenzen von essentieller Bedeutung. Dies gilt besonders für den Bildungsbereich und damit auch für den Hochschulsektor. Das von der Steirischen Hochschulkonferenz koordinierte Projekt „Analyse und Förderung des Erwerbs digitaler Kompetenzen von Studierenden“ konzentriert sich darauf, die digitalen Kompetenzen von Studienanfängerinnen und -anfängern an allen neun steirischen Hochschulen zu erheben. Die damit gewonnene Datenbasis wird genutzt, um effiziente digitale Lehr-/Lernsettings zu entwickeln, die Studierende nicht nur in ihrem Studium unterstützen, sondern sie auch auf die digitalen Herausforderungen ihres zukünftigen Berufslebens vorbereitet.
[Webseite dikos.at]
In diesem Jahr haben wir gemeinsam unter der Federführung der Karl-Franzens-Universität (Institut für Wirtschaftspädagogik) den Fragebogen erstellt und die Befragung innerhalb des erste Monats durchgeführt. Ich darf verraten, dass der Rücklauf der Paper-Pencil-Befragung sehr sehr hoch war und man auf die Ergebnisse 2020 gespannt sein darf 🙂