Digitale Lehre an und rund um der Technischen Universität Graz
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The next and last presentation at this year’s ED-Media conference is „WhatsApp’s Reign and Email’s Consistency: A Longitudinal Study of Communication Preferences of Study Beginners at TU Graz (2011-2023)„. Find here our slides:
We are thrilled to announce that our article about „An Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Their Implementation in Higher Education Worldwide“ was published in the Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society.
Abstract:
The digitization of (higher) education has exposed copyright infringement issues, as the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials has become more visible. This article explores the importance of open educational resources (OER) in higher education, focusing on their development, how they are understood, and the opportunities they offer. OER are defined as learning materials released under open licenses, allowing no-cost access, reuse, adaptation, and redistribution. The article discusses the OER movement, its milestones, and its integration into educational practice. It also presents arguments for OER: they enable free access to education, improve teaching practice, diminish legal issues, and foster open science. In addition, it highlights criticisms, including resistance from traditional publishers and concerns about marketing influence. The article concludes by examining current OER implementation in higher education and its promise of innovation. While OER are increasingly adopted, proprietary resources still dominate. The article emphasizes the need for educators to use open licenses meaningfully and innovatively and presents research on OER acceptance and usage. The monitoring of OER development in higher education is essential, but approaches may vary across countries.
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[full article @ ResearchGate]
Reference: Atenas, J., Ebner, M., Ehlers, U.-D., Nascimbeni, F., & Schön, S. (2024). An Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Their Implementation in Higher Education Worldwide. Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.34669/wi.wjds/4.4.3
We did a workshop about „Experiences with Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom“ at this year’s ED-Media conference and had great discussions. Thanks a lot to all the participants. All notes are documented and available here.
The next presentation at this year’s ED-Media conference is „Federated virtual learning management in a European University alliance: General challenges and first experiences using LTI to connect LMS in Unite!„. Find here our slides:
The next presentation at this year’s ED-Media conference is „The Development of „Teaching Management Patterns“ from the Perspective of IT Infrastructure as a Tool for Consulting and Further Development in a European University Alliance„. Find here our slides:
Our first presentation at this year’s ED-Media conference is „The use of programming tasks in interactive videos to increase learning effectiveness at MOOCs„. Find here our slides:
I was invited to a spotlight talk at this year’s EDEN conference about „Why Do We Still Need MOOCs For Education?„. Here you can find my slides:
Issue 19(05) of our journal on emerging technologies for learning got published. Enjoy the readings as usual for free :-).
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Nevertheless, if you are interested to become a reviewer for the journal, please just contact me 🙂 .
Proudly announcing that the video of our talk within the Aalto series about Open Science is online: We talked about OER in Austria, OER at TU Graz and the Unite! OER courses project (by me, Sandra Schön and Rubén Vincente-Saez) is now online:
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Mathias did his master thesis about an innovative and new idea – using neural networks to estimate the hand pose while learning typing. Now we published his research in the International Journal of Interactive Mobile technologies.
Abstract:
This paper focuses on enhancing touch-typing skills through state-of-the-art deep learning technologies. It has been demonstrated that writing posture can be assessed using integrated keyboard detection and hand pose estimation in real-time browser environments. A unique dataset was created for training the object detection model to recognize individual keyboards. The object detection models were trained using various architectures and then assessed for both inference time and accuracy. In addition, a hand pose estimation was implemented to precisely recognize 21 knuckle points of the hand and compute their exact positions. In order to implement object detection and hand pose estimation, a stream transmission of the keyboard and hand scene is required. For this purpose, server-client communication via a QR code connection is implemented to transfer the stream between two mobile devices. Based on these deep learning technologies, a mobile web app was developed that offers 170 learning courses for touch-typing training. With the help of the Typing Learning Academy prototype, a study was conducted as part of this paper to evaluate the usability and utility of the learning app. This research demonstrates the potential for enhancing the development of writing skills through touch typing through the utilization of advanced deep learning technologies.
[full article @ journal’s homepage]
[full article @ ResearchGate]
Reference: Mattersberger, M., Wachtler, J., & Ebner, M. (2024). Handpose Estimation Based Learning Academy for Improving Typing Efficiency by Using Mobile Technologies. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 18(10), pp. 59–70. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v18i10.49037