Schlagwort: higher education

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[publication] System for Producing and Distributing Lecture Recordings and Livestreams Using Opencast Matterhorn

Our publication about „Automatic System for Producing and Distributing Lecture Recordings and Livestreams Using Opencast Matterhorn“ got published in the Journal of Educational Issues.

Abstract:

Lectures of courses at universities are increasingly being recorded and offered through various distribution channels to support students’ learning activities. This research work aims to create an automatic system for producing and distributing high quality lecture recordings. Opencast Matterhorn is an open source platform for automated video capturing and distribution and will be integrated fully in the introduced system. Beside lecture recordings livestreams of events in lecture halls are also being distributed, so that students have access to lecture content anywhere. In this publication we describe the technical implementation as well as discuss the strength and the weakness of such solution.

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Reference: Jonach, R., Ebner, M., Grigoriadis, Y. (2015) Automatic System for Producing and Distributing Lecture Recordings and Livestreams Using Opencast Matterhorn. Journal of Educational Issues 1(2). pp. 149-158

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[publication] Why Facebook Swallowed WhatsApp! #tugraz

Our publication at this year ED-Media 2015 conference „Why Facebook Swallowed WhatsApp!“ is now online available.

Abstract:

Since 2007 Graz University of Technology has undertaken questionnaires on its first- year students. The main goal of that annual survey basically concentrates on the IT- and Web- competences as long as they are related to e-learning. The long-term results display progresses and trends that need to be taken into account for a university’s e-learning strategy. The results of this year mainly state a tremendous triumph of the application WhatsApp. It ́s influence on the usage of other applications and it’s relation to Facebook is specially focused. There is no evidence that using WhatsApp has a negative effect on Facebook. Quite the contrary; WhatsApp is another big push on the steady growing usage of modern media for learning purposes.

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Reference: Nagler, W., Ebner, M., Schön, M. (2015). Why Facebook Swallowed WhatsApp!. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2015. pp. 1383-1392 Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

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[publication] Introducing MOOCs to Middle European Universities – is it worth it to accept the challenge?

Our contribution to the Special Issue on MOOCs for the International Journal for Innovation and Quality in Learning is titled „Introducing MOOCs to Middle European Universities – is it worth it to accept the challenge?„.
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The paper deals with necessary requirements to implement MOOCs at European universities, by the example of Austria. As the respective general conditions and business environments are obviously different from the university system in the United States the analysis of advantages and obstacles of offering MOOCs is done from a local point of view including lecturers’ and students’ perspectives as well as necessary preconditions that have to be established by the universities and the government. Thereby, challenges in the fields of content creation, the supply of MOOCs, the assessment of knowledge and the development of business models are pointed out and discussed.

Reference: Kopp, M., Ebner, M., Dorfer-Novak, A. (2014) Introducing MOOCs to Middle European Universities – is it worth it to accept the challenge?, International Journal for Innovation and Quality in Learning, Vol. 2/3, pp. 46-52
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[presentation] Interaction in mass education

My keynote talk at this year SMART (Social Media in Academia: Research and Training) conference about „Interaction in mass education“ is now online available:

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[publication] Social Media Usage at Universities – How should it be done?

Our contribution to this year WEBIST conference about „Social Media Usage at Universities – How should it be done?“ is now online available.
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The social media hype these days is omnipresent, encouraging even public institutions to participate. This study seeks to reveal, which factors have to be kept in mind, when doing social media work at universities. It also is an attempt to provide a list of recommendations and possible fields of action to ensure an efficient presence in social web. Therefore we analyzed the present situation of university efforts and evaluated the success by measuring user engagement concerning different aspects of social media activities (e.g. content, publishing time, frequency of activities, existence of visual elements, additional links, etc.) The study shows, that it seems less important how many times a week a university is publishing, or how long the text messages are in detail, but that there is a significant relationship between the contents of a post, the time of its publishing and the used elements, pointing out that users actively perceive and interact with social media activities that encourage contact between both: the profile-owner with the community and the community amongst itself – especially if made in a personal, emotional or funny way, offering people ways to identify with the institution and to connect with it through well-known habits and traditions.

Social Media Usage at Universities – How should it be done? by Martin

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Reference: Frey, J.-C.; Ebner, M.; Schön, M., Taraghi, B. (2013) Social Media Usage at Universities – How should it Be Done?. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) 2013, SciTePress 2013, Karl-Heinz Krempels, Alexander Stocker (Eds.), pp. 608-616, ISBN 978-989-8565-54-9, Aachen, Germany, 8 – 10 May, 2013

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[presentation] Social Media Usage at Universities – How should it be done?

Our presentation of this year WEBIST conference is now online available:

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[publication] Automated Podcasting System for Universities

The whole podcasting team of our departemt has published our new experiences and developments about our podcasting activities. The publication titled „Automated Podcasting System for Universities“ is now published in the new issue of the International Journal of Emerging Technologies for Learning (iJET). Get here the FULL PAPER (you have to register for open access on the plattform).
Abstract:

This paper presents the results achieved at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in the field of automat-
ing the process of recording and publishing university lectures in a very new way. It outlines cornerstones of the
development and integration of an automated recording system such as the lecture hall setup, the recording hard-
ware and software architecture as well as the development of a text-based search for the final product by method of
indexing video podcasts. Furthermore, the paper takes a look at didactical aspects, evaluations done in this context
and future outlook.

Reference: Grigoriadis, Y., Stickel, C., Nagler, W., Ebner, M., Schön, M. (2013) Automated Podcasting System for Universities, International Journal of Emerging Technologies for Learning (iJET), Vol. 8, 1 (2013), p. 24-32 [.pdf]

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[publication] The Influence of Twitter on the Academic Environment

A draft version of our chapter on „The Influence of Twitter on the Academic Environment“ within the book „Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges“ is now online available. For the full chapter visit the website.
Abstract:

In the last few years, microblogging has become a phenomenon of our daily lives. Communicating, sharing media files, as well as acting on digital social communities platforms using mobile devices assist our everyday activities in a complete new way. Therefore, it is very reasonable that academic environments are influenced arbitrarily too. In this publication, different settings for the use of microblogging are pointed out – for teaching and learning as well as for further scientific purposes such as professional conferences. It can be summarized that there are different possibilities to use microblogging in an academic context; each of them are new advantages for the academic life. The publication gives a short overview and a first insight into the various ways to use microblogging.

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Reference: Ebner, M. (2013). The Influence of Twitter on the Academic Environment. Patrut, B., Patrut, M., Cmeciu, C. (ed.). Social Media and the New Academic Environment: Pedagogical Challenges. IGI Global. 2013. pp. 293-307.

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[publication] Automated Podcasting System for Universities

Our publication about „Automated Podcasting System for Universities“ at this year ICL 2012 conference is now online available.
Abstract:

This paper presents the results achieved at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in the field of automating the process of recording and publishing university lectures in a very new way. It outlines cornerstones of the development and integration of an automated recording system such as the lecture hall setup, the recording hardware and software architecture as well as the development of a text-based search for the final product by method of indexing video podcasts. Furthermore, the paper takes a look at didactical aspects, evaluations done in this context and future outlook.

Automated Podcasting System for Universities

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Reference: Grigoriadis, Y., Stickel, C., Nagler, W., Ebner, M., Schön, M. (2012) Automated Podcasting System for Universities. 15th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning. ICL 2012, Villach, Austria