[paper accepted] Will Personal Learning Environments become ubiquitous through the use of Widgets?

Wir haben soeben die Benachrichtigung erhalten, dass unsere Einreichung für die heurige iKnow 09Konferenz in Graz als short paper akzeptiert wurde:

We are pleased to inform you that your paper
Title: Will Personal Learning Environments become ubiquitous through the use of Widgets?
has been accepted for publication as short paper (max. 6 pages) in the conference proceedings on condition of integrating the recommendations of the reviewers.

Jetzt freuen wir uns natürlich auf viele TeilnehmerInnen und tolle Diskussionen 🙂

[presentation] Lernen in Zukunft

Im Rahmen der Vorlesung „Gesellschaftliche Aspekte der Informationstechnologie“ halte ich heute den Vortrag zu: e-Learning, m-Learning, p-Learning, u-Learning – wie lernen wir morgen?

Dabei habe ich erstmals auf das Präsentationstool prezi zurückgegriffen und meine Inhalte damit umgesetzt. Bin also schon gespannt wie es sich bewährt.

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Wer den Realeinsatz live miterleben möchte den verweise ich auf die Liveübertragung um ca. 16.15 Uhr live auf unserem Streamingsserver (https://curry.tugraz.at).

[announcement] Vorträge von Peter Purgathofer und Erik Duval

Im Rahmen unserer Lehrveranstaltung „Gesellschaftliche Aspekte der Informationstechnologie“ freut es uns sehr, dass wir am Mittwoch zwei sehr prominente Gastredner begrüßen dürfen:

  • Peter Purgathofer wird das Thema „Privatssphäre und Überwachung“ aufgreifen und
  • Erik Duval über „Snowflake Effect and e-Learning“ referieren.

Die Vorträge werden auch live ins Internet übertragen und können dort verfolgt werden.
Zeitpunkt ist Mittwoch, 13. Mai 2009 von 16.15 – 17.45 Uhr und die Streams sind unter https://curry.tugraz.at zu erreichen.

[publication] How People are Using Twitter during Conferences

Together with my colleagues we researched about how People are using Twitter during conferences. This publication was presented at this year EduMedia conference.
Abstract:

The popularity of microblogging, with special emphasis on twitter, the most famous application of the kind, is growing rapidly. This kind of tools for micro-exchange of information and communication is changing the daily life of knowledgeable worker as well as
Internet savvy people. From this perspective this paper aims to show how Twitter can be used during conferences, and furthermore how different people are using it. With the help of a survey and analysis of the collected data, benefits regarding the use of a microblogging tool
such as Twitter can be presented. The publication shows evidence on how Twitter can enhance the knowledge of a given group or community by miStatistical data was also used to support this research.

Here you will find the Draft-Version.
Reference: Reinhardt, W., Ebner, M., Beham, G., Costa, C. (2009) How People are Using Twitter during Conferences, Hornung-Prähauser, V., Luckmann, M. (Ed.), 5th EduMedia conference, Salzburg, p. 145-156

Rückschau EduMedia 2009

Bin also wieder zuhause von der Reise nach Salzburg – mittlerweile ist es ja fast Tradition daran teilzunehmen. Neben meinem Vortrag gab es natürlich auch weitere Höhepunkte.
Neben der sehr spannenden Keynote von Peter Gloor mit seinem netten Analysetool COIN, dem Powerpoint Karaoke am Abend, traf ich natürlich viele Twitter-Kollegen (@MAMK, @e_trude, @digiom, @estudykills, …). Und es ist doch immer wieder schön nach langer Online Phase sich wieder einmal face-to-face auszutauschen.
Danke auch an Mark der einige Momente festhielt (man beachte das T-Shirt, welches ich überreicht bekam – danke, danke, danke):

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Und dann war dann noch das nette Ständchen der Monster – thanks to (@polly_stripes, @profamber, @roddyrube, @snook_bugeye, @greenwool)

New Education Wave (N-Ed Wave)?

After my talk at the Online Round Table about „EduPunk a really interesting debate started online. Fascinating how many people agreed and some other disagreed. I am quite happy with such a situation due to the fact the scientific discussions help to improve future education.
However I would like to list all the statements on the Web:

  • Stephen mentioned „Martin is seeking to open up the VLE and apply the ideas of edupunk in an institutional context [and not as] as subversive or a challenge to the establishment but rather as a way of enhancing the teaching and learning environment,“ I want to call it N-Ed Wave or some such thing. [Link]
  • Graham disagreed „I am not convinced about the movement from punk to New Wave. But as I said in my original article, we need to establish edupunk as having a meaning in its own right. The music analogy is getting stretched and has limited further purchase.“ [Link]
  • Frances pointed out „Having checked out these and previous responses on Edupunk, I realise that I have missed a dimension that Chris Sessums captures in his response to a blog post on a previous Edupunk sessions“[Link]
  • And of course also Steve shares his opinion „No, Edupunk promises to do for education what Punk did for music. Punk gave the British music industry a much need shot in the arm and saved it from stagnation. I also said that sometimes you need to be destructive in order to be creative“ [Link]
  • Gemma summarized my ideas as „While Ebner isn’t as revolutionary as he tries to find a way to open VLE to free contents and tools.“ [Link]

I like to thank again for discussing this important topic and I am sure that we are all on the right way to enhance our education. If anyone likes to more know about all the stuff we are doing right now there is also a publication online available.