Digitale Lehre an und rund um der Technischen Universität Graz
Last week I attended the International Conference on the Potential of ePortfolios in Higher Education and made a visit at this workshop about „E-Portfolios: Didactical Challenges for Higher Education „.
Anybody who is interested in this topic should look through the slides – great work with valuable hints.
(via Sandra Schaffert)
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.
Our publication about „Trends Discovery in the Field of E-Learning with Visualization“ at this year ED-Media Conference is now online.
Abstract:
In this paper we have performed a content analysis using a collection of papers from Ed-Media conferences archive. Various current trends in research topics, change of interest in contributions from across the world in the field of e-learning have been described using our internally built visualization tool. This visualization tool reveals the evolution or decline of research themes, hot research topics and key researchers across the world. In addition to this, evolution of countries, continents and institutions across research topics has been described as well.
Reference: Khan, M. S., Ebner, M., Maurer, H. (2009) Trends Discovery in the Field of E-Learning with Visualization, Proceedings of 21st ED-Media Conference (2009), S. 4408 – 4413; World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications
Here you will get the publication.
I was wondering about, what should I write about the ED-Media Conference, but maybe I should share some impressions with you:
And of course I met many interesting people and thanks all who made our stay here such nice – cu again in future.
Walther und ich sind mitten auf der Reise zur heurigen ED-Media Konferenz.
Neben dem schönen Konferenzort wartet auch eine Menge Arbeit auf uns:
Selbstverständlich werde ich versuchen zu berichten.
Wir haben soeben die Benachrichtigung erhalten, dass unsere Einreichung für die heurige iKnow 09Konferenz in
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 🙂
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
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):
Und dann war dann noch das nette Ständchen der Monster – thanks to (@polly_stripes, @profamber, @roddyrube, @snook_bugeye, @greenwool)
Sandra and I are organising a special track “Mashups for Learning” (MASHL2009) which will take place within the “International Conference on Interactive Computer Aided Learning” (ICL) in Villach, Austria.
Here a short introduction:
Here you will find detailed informations as well as the full call for papers.
Mein Artikel, in welchem ich den technischen Aufbau und den realen Einsatz von Twitter während der letztjährigen ED-Media Konferenz beschreibe, ist nun online verfügbar.
Die Publikation mit dem Titel „Introducing Live Microblogging: How Single Presentations Can Be Enhanced by the Mass “ ist im Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching erschienen.
Abstract:
Web 2.0 technologies pervade our daily life as well as educational settings. A fairly new approach is communication through so called microblogging channels. Mobile devices with Internet access can be used to send short messages from a microblog. Combined with social network environments, applications such as Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, and Plurk enrich our ways of communication. At Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) some research work has been done to investigate using microblogging tools to improve face-to-face lectures. The study described in this paper took place at a large international conference on e-learning, where a Twitter channel was established for discussion among the participants of the conference and those from outside. This stream was also used to “tweet” (post on Twitter) statements during the keynote presentations. By viewing the tweet-channel via an additional projector, the audience was able to follow the live-blogging session synchronously to the ongoing speech.
Referenz: Ebner, M. (2009), Introducing Live Microblogging: How Single Presentations Can Be Enhanced by the Mass, Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching, 2(1), p. 108-111, ISSN
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