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[ijet, journal] Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning Vol. 13 / No. 1 #ijet #research

Issue 13(1) of our journal on emerging technologies for learning got published. Enjoy the readings as usual for free :-).

Table of Contents:

  • Building Learning System for Content Knowledge and Social Knowledge
  • Big Data Emerging Technology: Insights into Innovative Environment for Online Learning Resources
  • SPOC-based Flipped Classroom of College English: Construction of an Effective Learning Model
  • Learning Analytics Through Serious Games: Data Mining Algorithms for Performance Measurement and Improvement Purposes
  • Modelling Online Course Services and Comparison of its Major Providers
  • The Role of Infographics for the Development of Skills for Cognitive Modeling in Education
  • Role and Value of Learning Theories in the Area of Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems Incorporating Learning Styles
  • Effects of the Gamification Supported Flipped Classroom Model on the Attitudes and Opinions Regarding Game-Coding Education
  • Designing and Evaluating the Use of Smartphones to Facilitate Online Testing in Second-Language Teacher Education (SLTE): An Auto-Ethnographic Study
  • Recent Developments in Game-Based Virtual Reality Educational Laboratories Using the Microsoft Kinect
  • Collaborative Learning at Engineering Universities: Benefits and Challenges
  • Constraint-based Student Modelling in Probability Story Problems with Scaffolding Techniques
  • Enhanced Peer Assessment in MOOC Evaluation Through Assignment and Review Analysis
  • On China’s English Teaching Reform: From Micro-lesson and MOOCs to Flipped Class
  • The Development of STEM Literacy Using the Learning Process of Scientific Imagineering through AR

[Link to Issue 13/1]

Nevertheless, if you are interested to become a reviewer for the journal, please just contact me :-).

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[publication] Digital social innovation within education: Five insights on the role of digital tools in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) projects #OER

Our publication titled „Digital social innovation within education: Five insights on the role of digital tools in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) projects“ got published in the new volume of „Progress in Education„.

Abstract:

Open Educational Resources (OER) are regarded as one of the main digital social innovations (DSI) of the last centuries. OER is defined as open licenced learning content or software for learning and teaching, e.g. textbooks, courses, or learning management systems. Building on the authors‘ experiences in OER within the projects, this contribution describes four OER projects as case studies for OER. Based on a general case outline, involved partners, funding, development and organisation, used digital tools, results and impact of the projects are characterised. The final chapter addresses the main issues on tools and software needed in OER projects. According to the experiences in the case studies five assumptions about digital tools in OER projects are postulated and open for discussion.

[Draft @ ResearchGate]

Reference: Schön, S., Ebner, M., Hornung-Prähauser, V. (2017) Digital social innovation within education: Five insights on the role of digital tools in the field of Open Educational Resources (OER) projects. In: Nata, R. V. (ed). Progress in Education. Vol. 49. pp. 167-188. Nova publisher

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[publication] Mobile Applications for Encyclopedias #AustriaForum #mobileLearning

Paul developed within his master thesis mobile applications for the Austria Forum. We summarized this work in a chapter about „Mobile Applications for Encyclopedias“ within the book „Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education“.

Abstract:

In this research work a survey of tested mobile applications will be summarized, which were selected by a few defined prerequisites, and a brief overview is given of what is available in the corresponding stores. It will also be shown how the individual mobile applications for encyclopedias are presenting and providing information to users. This cover its visual representation and the manner in how information is retrieved. Additionally a new smart way will be introduced in which we can deal with information with a special focus to encyclopedias and mobile devices. The prototyped application carries out special features, which makes usage of mobile devices capabilities. The presented approach follows a slightly more aggressive way on how to bring information to users. For example it requires the permission of user and tells him/ her actively that there is an interesting piece of information close by his/ her location. Communication between the device and users is done using the notification system. To satisfy the needs of users a set of options will be presented so that they can customize time and number of notifications. Those settings shall also prevent the battery from draining to fast and give the user control about it. The outcome is a a prototype with a set of features which allows users to retrieve information based on their mood and their willingness of spending effort. If he/ she is eager to learn the application provides ways to support that. If he/ she just want some quick information there are ways to get it. And if he/ she wants a new way of information retrieval via mobile applications for encyclopedias the prototype offers the above mentioned possibility to do so

[Full article @ Springer]

[Draft @ ResearchGate]

Reference: Neuhold P., Ebner M., Maurer H. (2018) Mobile Applications for Encyclopedias. In: Yu S., Ally M., Tsinakos A. (eds) Mobile and Ubiquitous Learning. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education. Springer, Singapore. pp. 229-247 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-6144-8_14

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[ijet, journal] Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning Vol. 12 / No. 12 #ijet #research

Issue 12(12) of our journal on emerging technologies for learning got published. Enjoy the readings as usual for free :-).

Table of Contents:

  • Application of Digital Music Technology in Music Pedagogy
  • Music Solfeggio Learning Platform Construction and Application
  • The Effects of the CALL Model on College English Reading Teaching
  • The Construction of Intelligent English Teaching Model Based on Artificial Intelligence
  • Design and Implementation of English Reading Examination System Based on WEB Platform
  • On Spoken English Phoneme Evaluation Method Based on Sphinx-4 Computer System
  • Computer Multimedia Assisted English Vocabulary Teaching Courseware
  • Multi-Interactive Teaching Model of College English in Computer Information Technology Environment
  • Design Flow of English Learning System Based on Item Response Theory
  • Application of Kinect Technology in Blind Aerobics Learning
  • Discovery and Recommendation of First-Hand Learning Resources Based on Public Opinion Cluster Analysis
  • Evaluation of Sports Visualization Based on Wearable Devices
  • Application of Data Mining in Library-Based Personalized Learning
  • A Personalized Recommender System Based on Library Database
  • Music Learning Based on Computer Software

[Link to Issue 12/12]

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[publication] Mögliche Wege zum Schulbuch als Open Educational Resources (OER) #OER #research

Im November 2017 veröffentlicht das österreichische Bundesministerium für Bildung unsere Machbarkeitsstudie zu OER-Schulbüchern in Österreich, die wir unter der Leitung der Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft durchgeführt haben. Kooperationspartner bei der Erstellung der Studie im Auftrag des Bundeskanzleramts und des Bundesministeriums für Bildung war auch noch die Universität Innsbruck.

Zur Neuerscheinung:

„OER“ hat sich in den letzten Jahren, auch im deutschsprachigen Raum, als Abkürzung für „Open Educational Resources“ (engl. für offene Bildungsressourcen) etabliert. OER-Schulbücher bieten unter anderem die Möglichkeit der rechtssicheren Nutzung, des kostenlosen Zugangs auf die digitale Version sowie die Möglichkeit der Modifikation und Wiederveröffentlichung der Materialien. Von OER-Schulbüchern wird erwartet, dass sie sich mittelbar auch positiv auf die Bedingungen, Gelegenheiten und Möglichkeiten des Lernens und Lehrens und damit auch auf den Wissenszuwachs und Kompetenzaufbau von Schülerinnen und Schülern auswirken. Zudem eröffnen sie mithilfe digitaler Unterrichtsmaterialien vielfältige Gestaltungsspielräume für innovative Pädagogik.
Die Machbarkeitsstudie zu OER-Schulbüchern in Österreich zeigt potentielle Veränderungen, Chancen und Herausforderungen sowie mögliche Szenarien für die Einführung von OER-Schulbüchern auf. In der Machbarkeitsstudie werden dazu sechs Szenarien für OER-Schulbücher in Österreich, ausgehend von möglichen Aktivitäten der zuständigen österreichischen Bundesministerien, beschrieben. Darauf aufbauend geben die Autorinnen und Autoren der Studie auch Empfehlungen für eine nationale Strategie zur Umsetzung von OER-Schulbüchern und OER allgemein.
Die Studie wurde von der Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.B.H. in Kooperation mit der Universität Innsbruck und der Technischen Universität Graz im Auftrag des Bundeskanzleramts und des Bundesministeriums für Bildung durchgeführt. Sie erscheint als Band 6 der Reihe „InnovationLab Arbeitsberichte“, herausgegeben vom Forschungsbereich InnovationLab der Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH (Salzburg: Salzburg Research) und gleichzeitig als Band 15 der Reihe „Beiträge zu offenen Bildungsressourcen (O3R.eu), herausgegeben von Martin Ebner und Sandra Schön.

[Offizielle Seite des Bundesministeriums für Bildung]

[Studie @ ResearchGate]

Referenz: Sandra Schön, Katharina Kreissl, Leonhard Dobusch und Martin Ebner (2017). Mögliche Wege zum Schulbuch als Open Educational Resources (OER). Eine Machbarkeitsstudie zu OER-Schulbüchern in Österreich. Band 6 der Reihe „InnovationLab Arbeitsberichte“, herausgegeben vom Forschungsbereich InnovationLab der Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Salzburg: Salzburg Research; gleichzeitig erschienen als Band 15 der Reihe „Beiträge zu offenen Bildungsressourcen (O3R.eu), herausgegeben von Martin Ebner und Sandra Schön

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[publication] Einsatz von OZOBOTs zur informatischen Grundbildung #Bildungsinformatik

Im Rahmen der Sonderausgabe der Zeitschrift Erziehung & Unterricht rund um das Thema „Lernen und Lehren mit Technologien: Vermittlung digitaler und informatischer Kompetenzen“ habe ich zusammen mit Gerald einen Beitrag rund um die Verwendung von OZOBOTs im Unterricht beigesteuert.
Die dabei entstandenen Unterrichtsbeispiele stehen bereits unter einer offenen Lizenz hier zur Verfügung.

Zusammenfassung:

Einsatz von OZOBOTs zur informatischen Grundbildung Summary: Die informatische Grundbildung ist eine der wesentlichen Kompetenzen in der Gesellschaft von morgen, eigentlich schon von heute. Daher ist es zwingend notwendig, entsprechende Feldstudien durchzuführen, um nachhaltige Unterrichtsszenarien zu entwicklen. Diese Publikation stellt den Einsatz von Mini-Robotern (sog. Ozobots) vor, welche einerseits durch farbige Linien am Papier gesteuert werden können oder andererseits direkt in einer ersten Programmierumgebung Ausführungsbefehle erhalten. Die Studie wurde in einer steirischen Schule in einem Umfang von zehn Schuleinheiten durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich die kleinen Devices nicht nur gut für das Schulsetting eignen, sondern dass die SchülerInnen viel Spaß hatten und sich mit großem Eifer beteiligten. Es kann zusammengefasst werden, dass der Einsatz Potential enthält und im Sinne von making einen Beitrag zur informatischen Grundbildung leistet.

[Langversion @ ResearchGate]

Referenz: Geier, G., Ebner, M. (2017) Einsatz von OZOBOTs zur informatischen Grundbildung. In: Lernen und Lehren mit Technologien:Vermittlung digitaler und informatischer Kompetenzen. Erziehung & Unterricht. Jg. 167. 7-8. S. 109-113

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[publication] How Inverse Blended Learning Can Turn Up Learning with MOOCs? #imoox #InverseBlendedLearning

We did a publication about „How Inverse Blended Learning Can Turn Up Learning with MOOCs?“ for this year MOOC-Maker conference and reported about our sucessful MOOC-strategy Inverse Blended Learning.

Abstract:

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been a hype in technology enhanced learning systems the last couple of years. The promises behind MOOCs stand on delivering free and open education to the public, as well as training a large criterion of students. However, MOOCs clashes severely with students dropout which by then forced educationalists to deeply think of MOOCs effectivity from all angles. As a result, the authors of this paper pro-pose a pedagogical idea that strongly depends on injecting the online learning (MOOC) with face-to-face sessions to refresh the students minds as well as in-tegrating them in the real learning process. The authors after that analyze the re-sults of their experiment using Learning Analytics. The outcomes have shown a new record of certification ratio (35.4%), an improvement of student interaction in the MOOC platform, and a manifest in social interaction in the MOOC dis-cussion forum.

[Full paper @ CEUR-WS]

[Full paper @ Reserarchgate]

Reference: Ebner, M., Khalil, M., Schön, S., Gütl, C., Aschemann, B., Frei, W., Röthler, D. (2017) How Inverse Blended Learning Can Turn Up Learning with MOOCs? In: Proceedings of the International Conference MOOC-MAKER 2017. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala, November 16-17, 2017, pp. 21-30

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[publication] 360 DEGREE VIDEOS WITHIN A CLIMBING MOOC #imoox #research

Our publication at this year CELDA 2017 conference titled „360 DEGREE VIDEOS WITHIN A CLIMBING MOOC“ is now online available.

Abstract:

In this research study a course, combining both computer-supported and face-to-face teaching using the concept of blended learning, has been designed. It is a beginners climbing course called „Klettern mit 360° Videos“ (climbing with 360° videos) and the online part has been implemented as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). This research study presents the background of the course, the course concept, the course itself and the results of the evaluation. To measure the difference between the pure online participants and the blended learning participants the MOOC has been evaluated independently from the blended learning course. It should be mentioned that all participants (whether pure online or both) evaluated the course in a positive manner. The use of technology enhanced learning realized by the concept of blended learning proved to be a well-suited method for this course setting. Furthermore, many advantages of computer based learning, blended learning and 360°-videos have been reported by the participants.

[Full Paper @ ResearchGate]

Reference: Gänsluckner, M., Ebner, M., & Kamrat, I. (2017). 360 Degree Videos Within a Climbing MOOC. 14th International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2017). D. G. Sampson, J. Spector, D. Ifenthaler, & P. Isaías (Eds.). IADIS Press. pp. 43-50. ISBN: 978-989-8533-68-5

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[publication] Enhancements in Engineering Design Education at Austrian HTL #reseach #SecondaryEducation

Our contribution to this year International Conference on Engineering Design in Vancouver was titled „Enhancements in Engineering Design Education at Austrian HTL“

Introduction:

In 2007, a research partnership program between Austrian schools and universities called „Sparkling Science“ was founded by the Austrian federal ministry of Science, Research and Economy (Birke, 2013). The main objective has been to bring science and schools together, in particular, to increase interest for STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). The reason for this project is because of huge demand for engineers both in Austria and in Europe. Through such projects, students of Austrian schools are able to work together with scientists of universities or universities of applied sciences on defined project tasks (Probst et al., 2016). Since 2007 the Austrian vocational school HTL Linz LITEC has conducted three Sparkling Science projects with TU Wien, with two projects focusing introducing product data management (PDM) to engineering design education and the other project focusing on systems engineering.

[Full Paper @ ResearchGate]

Reference: Probst, A., Gerhard, D., Ramseder, N., Ebner, M. (2017) Enhancements in Engineering Design Education at Austrian HTL. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), Vol. 9: Design Education, Vancouver, Canada, 21.-25.08.2017. pp. 1-8

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[publication] Social Semantic Search: A Case Study on Web 2.0 for Science #semanticweb #tugraz

The outcome of the research work of Laurens and Selver got published now in the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS) using the title Social Semantic Search: A Case Study on Web 2.0 for Science.

Abstract:

When researchers formulate search queries to find relevant content on the Web, those queries typically consist of keywords that can only be matched in the content or its metadata. The Web of Data extends this functionality by bringing structure and giving well-defined meaning to the content and it enables humans and machines to work together using controlled vocabularies. Due the high degree of mismatches between the structure of the content and the vocabularies in different sources, searching over multiple heterogeneous repositories of structured data is considered challenging. Therefore, the authors present a semantic search engine for researchers facilitating search in research related Linked Data. To facilitate high-precision interactive search, they annotated and interlinked structured research data with ontologies from various repositories in an effective semantic model. Furthermore, the authors‘ system is adaptive as researchers can synchronize using new social media accounts and efficiently explore new datasets.

[Preview @ Journal’s Homepage]

[Preview @ ResearchGate]

Reference: De Vocht, L., Softic, S., Verborgh, R., Mannens, E., & Ebner, M. (2017). Social Semantic Search: A Case Study on Web 2.0 for Science. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), 13(4), 155-180. doi:10.4018/IJSWIS.2017100108