[publication] A Contribution to Collaborative Learning Using iPads for School Children

Our contribution about „A Contribution to Collaborative Learning Using iPads for School Children“ at this year European Immersive Education Summit is now online available.
Abstract:

Collaboration has a very positive effect on students’ learning experiences as well as their social interactions. Our research study aims towards enhancing the learning experience, stimulating communication and cooperative behavior to improve learning. Making use of recent technological advancements (tablets) and gaming as a motivational factor, a prototype application in form of a multiplayer learning game for iPads was designed and developed. In a face-to-face setting, connecting up to four devices, the players (learners) have to solve word puzzles in a collaborative way. Furthermore, a web-interface for teachers provides the possibility to create custom content as well as to receive feedback of the children’s performance. A first field study at two primary schools in Graz showed promising results for the learning behavior of school children.

Reference: Ebner, M., Kienleitner, B. (2014) A Contribution to Collaborative Learning Using iPads for School Children, European Immersive Education Summit, 2014, Vienna, pp. 87-97 [Link to article]

[publication] Digitale Lernräume an Hochschulen schaffen: E-Learning-Strategien und Institutionalisierungsaspekte

Auf der GMW 2014 durfte ich ja zusammen mit meinen Kolleginnen und Kollegen einen Workshop abhalten rund um das Thema e-Learning Strategie an Universitäten.
Zusammenfassung:

Zur Schaffung digitaler Lernräume an Hochschulen und Universitäten braucht es geeignete Supportstrukturen für Lehrende und Studierende, die die Bereitstellung von Infrastruktur und auch die mediendidaktische Unterstützung der Lehrenden z.B. bei der Entwicklung entsprechender Veranstaltungskonzepte umfassen. Hochschulen und Universitäten sehen sich nach wie vor die Aufgabe gestellt, den Herausforderungen des Einsatzes digitaler Medien in der Lehre zu begegnen.
Insbesondere ist zu klären, wie sie auf die damit verbundenen Anforderungen und Möglichkeiten reagieren wollen, um anschließend geeignete Maßnahmen zu konzipieren und umzusetzen. Während einige Institutionen sich dieser Aufgabe seit einiger Zeit stellen, setzen sich andere erst langsam mit den anstehenden Fragestellungen auseinander, mitunter wird das besondere Wissen einzelner Organisationseinheiten auch übersehen oder vergessen.
Die zentrale Dimension für eine qualitätsvolle und wirtschaftliche Nutzung ist die Einrichtung geeigneter Supportstrukturen für Lehrende und Studierende, die die Bereitstellung von Infrastruktur und auch die veranstaltungsspezifische mediendidaktische Unterstützung der Lehrenden gewährleisten.

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Zitation: Bremer, C., Ebner, M., Hofhues, S., Janoschka, O., Köhler, T. (2014) Digitale Lernräume an Hochschulen schaffen: E-Learning-Strategien und Institutionalisierungsaspekte In: Klaus Rummler (Hrsg.), Lernräume gestalten – Bildungskontexte vielfältig denken, Münster: Waxmann, S. 426-430. Online-Version URL Gesamt-PDF: https://www.waxmann.com/fileadmin/media/zusatztexte/3142Volltext.pdf; URL Beitrag (Kommentierbar): https://2014.gmw-online.de/426/

[CallForPaper] eMOOCs 2015

Bildschirmfoto 2014-11-27 um 22.45.52It’s a great pleasure to announce the Call for Papers for next year eMOOCs conference. The Stakeholder Summit will be held on 18-20 May 2015 at the Université catholique de Louvain campus in Mons (Belgium).

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and other open education concepts innovate learning: Universities are opening up education to online users and making their learning resources freely accessible. This raises many questions, e.g. how to integrate formal and informal learning settings, how to support the masses of students, and how to monitor their learning progress. The research track aims to feed the general debate on MOOCs with underpinning scientific data.

The deadline for submission will be the 12th January 2015. We are looking forward to see you there 🙂

[vodcast] MOOC und OER – wozu an österreichischen Hochschulen?

Mein Vortrag an der Universität Wien zu „MOOC und OER – wozu an österreichischen Hochschulen?“ ist nun als Aufzeichnung auf YouTube veröffentlicht worden. Viel Spaß beim Nachhören und Fragen bitte gerne 🙂

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[presentation] Mining and Visualizing Usage of Educational Systems Using Linked Data

Our presentation about „Mining and Visualizing Usage of Educational Systems Using Linked Data“ at this year 4th European Immersive Education Summit is now online available. Here are the slides:

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[presentation] A Contribution to Collaborative Learning Using iPads for School Children

Our presentation about „A Contribution to Collaborative Learning Using iPads for School Children“ at this year 4th European Immersive Education Summit is now online available. I talked about our application „Buchstabenpost„, which can be used by anyone who is interested in it. Enjoy the slides and if there is any question, just ask 🙂

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[publication] Evaluation of Augmented Reality Frameworks for Android Development

Our publication about „Evaluation of Augmented Reality Frameworks for Android Development“ has been published in the International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies.

Abstract:

Augmented Reality (AR) is the evolution of the concept of Virtual Reality (VR). Its goal is to enhance a person’s perception of the surrounding world. AR is a fast growing state of the art technology and a variety of implementation tools thereof exist today. Due to the heterogeneity of available technologies, the choice of the appropriate framework for a mobile application is difficult to make. These frameworks implement different tracking techniques and have to provide support to various constraints. This publication aims to point out that the choice of the appropriate framework depends on the context of the app to be developed. As expected, it is accurate that no framework is entirely the best, but rather that each exhibits strong and weak points. Our results demonstrate that given a set of constraints, one framework can outperform others. We anticipate our research to be the starting point for testing of other frameworks, given various constraints. The frameworks evaluated here are open- source or have been purchased under Academic License.

Reference: Marneanu, I., Ebner, M., Rössler, T. (2014) Evaluation of Augmented Reality Frameworks for Android Development. In: International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies. Vol. 8 (4), pp. 37-44 [Link to the Article]

[presentation] Ist das Schulbuch in Zukunft zwingend noch ein Buch?

Im Rahmen der Fachgruppentagung 2014 der WKO in Klagenfurt bin ich eingladen worden meine Gedanken zum zukünftigen Schulbuch zu präsentieren. Ich gebe zu ich denke hier vielleicht quer und gänzlich anders, aber vielleicht bewahrheitet sich ja das eine oder andere doch.
Hier meine Vortragsfolien:

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[publication] Do You Mind NSA Affair? Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students?

Our contribution at this year ED-MEDIA conference in Tampere, Finnland about „Do You Mind NSA Affair? Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students?“ is now online available. The slides have alreday been published here.
Abstract:

In summer 2013 the discussion about security and Internet peaked when the ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden uncovered secret details about his former employer NSA. Since then bad news and stories about government surveillance have come along daily worldwide. But did they change anything according to our way of working and living with the Internet? We wanted to know, whether there is a change of Internet behavior to be determined among freshmen coming to Graz University of Technology. On base of an annual questionnaire that is carried out by the Department of Social Learning at TU Graz since 2007 we found out that although a quarter of polled students are influenced by those disclosures there is no decrease in Internet usage to be realized compared to former years results; quite the reverse: applications working on cloud-principle like Dropbox are strongly upcoming. Apart from that, the long term survey generally mirrors new media competences and Internet usage of TU Graz freshmen. This paper discusses this year´s results and progressions of the survey.

Do You Mind NSA Affair? Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students? by Martin

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Reference: Ebner, M., Nagler, W. & Schön, M. (2014). Do You Mind NSA Affair?Does the Global Surveillance Disclosure Impact Our Students?. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2014 (pp. 2307-2312). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.