Kategorie: Web 2.0

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[publication] How Web 2.0 Enhance Knowledge Construction in Civil Engineering

Our research article about the use of Web 2.0 technologies in Civil Engineering Education „How Web 2.0 Enhance Knowledge Construction in Civil Engineering“ has been published.
Abstract:

At Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) lots of experience using multimedia or internet based applications in higher education has been gathered. Especially in the field of civil engineering we can refer to a seven year long practical employment. During the very first e-Learning boom at universities in Austria in 2001 some projects in the field of civil engineering have been started in order to investigate the possibilities of web-based education. Nowadays a radical change of the Web, often called Web 2.0, offers possibilities, which can change the e-Education dramatically. The use of Wikis and Weblogs lead to a more collaborative teaching and learning process. Podcasts, in the same way as web based software helps to support the learner of today in a much more efficient way as in the years before.
This paper will discuss how modern technologies can be used in the field of Civil Engineering Education and will show a lot of practical examples of today’s effort in this field at TU Graz. The authors conclude that e-Education will play a very important role in the future of higher education. Bearing in mind that learners of today are the working society of tomorrow this change leads to arbitrarily new situations. Has industry to prepare for a new kind of generation?

Reference: Ebner, M. (2009) How Web 2.0 Enhance Knowledge Construction in Civil Engineering, A. Starcic and M. Kovac (ed.), University & Industry – Knowledge Transfer and Innovation, WSEAS Press, Athen, 2009, p. 77-101

Here you will get the Draftversion.

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[publication] Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation?

Our publication about „Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation? “ at this year ED-Media Conference is now online.
Abstract:

Abstract: At Graz University of Technology a survey about the hardware equipment and the Web2.0 skills among students of the first semester took place for the second time. This paper reflects the results of that two years evaluation. It answers the questions whether the net-generation already has arrived at universities or not and which consequences this fact has on the teaching and learning behaviors as well as infrastructural aspects of a university. Although young students are technologically increasingly well equipped they do not exhaust the potential of their devices or the potential of uncommon Web2.0 applications yet. Nevertheless the applications and communicational ways of a student’s average usage are signals not to be ignored by a university management. They not only indicate a dawning basic change of a typical student’s life but demand a rethinking of essential structural elements at universities right now.

Reference: Nagler, W., Ebner, M. (2009) Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation?, Proceedings of 21st ED-Media Conference (2009), S. 4344 – 4351; World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications
Here you will find the publication.

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YouTube Mobile Uploads Up 400% Since iPhone 3GS Launch

iphonevidshot…. ist zwar grundsätzlich nicht überraschend, aber wir sollten bedenken, es ist EIN Telefon, welches diesen Traffic erzeugt. TechCrunch berichtet hier:

If there was any question about the significance of the iPhone 3GS’s impressive video functionality, here’s your answer: YouTube reports that in the six days since the iPhone 3GS was released last week, the number of mobile uploads has increased by a whopping 400%. For a single phone model to have such a major impact on the site is simply phenomenal.

Es scheint als hätte Apple den Puls der Zeit wieder einmal perfekt erfasst – es war nie so einfach seine Videos online zu stellen. Und ich behaupte mal die Auswirkungen werden wir spüren – die Zunahme des digitalen Contents wird uns bald ins Unermessliche steigen und wir uns fragen wie konnten wir in einer Zeit leben wo wir alle diese Dinge nicht hatten. Es ist wohl nur eine Frage der Zeit bis andere Mobiltelefonhersteller nachziehen und dies auch ermöglichen.
Dass ich mir im Zuge von m-Learning hier große Änderungen erwarte, brauch ich nicht anführen. Es wird irgendwann einmal völlig normal sein, dass Bilder, Audios und Videos einfach Teil des Unterrichts sind und ja ich freu mich darauf 🙂 .

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Weblog Technology Enhanced Learning

Nach Abschluss meiner Lehrveranstaltung „Technology Enhanced Learning“ stehen nicht nur die Unterlagen (wie bereits hier angekündigt) zur Verfügung, sondern auch der Weblog der Studierenden.
Sie haben über 6 Wochen verschiedene Publikationen rund um die Themen gelesen und kurz dargestellt. Ich denke für e-Learning Interessierte ist es eine schöne Fundgrube und es lohnt sich wirklich ein Blick hinein – viel Spaß und danke für die großartige Vorlesung und die Arbeit.