[publication] Learning Activities in Personal Learning Environment

Our publication at this year ED-Media Conference in Victoria, Canada about “Learning Activities in Personal Learning Environment” is now online available.
Abstract:

Nowadays Learning Management Systems are an integrated part of educational institutions. Teachers as well as learners profit from the so-called Web 2.0 applications in their daily learning process. Communication and collaboration between students have been enhanced using mashups of Web 2.0 technologies. Smart mobile phones and the increased availability of free wireless network access points make the integration of all these tools in our personal daily life and personal learning process much easier than before. This publication focuses on the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) that was launched at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in 2010. It illustrates how the PLE at TU Graz has been extended to move towards mobile PLE. Furthermore the learning activities of about more than 4000 learners in the last two years are revealed based on the tracked user behavior. The activities and usage traces are modeled using domain specific semantic ontologies. The models are used as the input for our Analytics Dashboard to visualize statistics and get a quick overview of learning habits and overall reflection usages and activity dynamics in the PLE.

Learning Activities in Personal Learning Environment by Martin

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Reference:Taraghi, B., Softic, S., Ebner, M. & De Vocht, L. (2013). Learning Activities in Personal Learning Environment. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013 (pp. 2466-2475). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

[publication] Medienkompetenzentwicklung in einem außerschulischen Lernvideoprojekt für Kinder

Bildschirmfoto 2013-06-20 um 10.55.39Das Projekt IZED2 ist vorbei und (natürlich) haben wir versucht, unsere Erfahrungen auch systematisch zu dokumentieren und auszuwerten. Nach dem Buch zu “Gute Lernvideos” gibt es nun eine wissenschaftliche Sicht auf das Projekt. Gerald Geier hat das Projekt begleitet und sich dabei auf Aspekte der Medienkompetenzentwicklung konzentriert. Das Vorgehen war dabei explorierend, mangels entsprechender vorhandener konkreter Medienkomptenzentwicklungstheorien oder -Raster, und ich denke, dass sich die Methodenvielfalt (akademisch “Triangulation”), v.a. die Auswertung der Videos und des Projekttagebuchs gelohnt hat – einige Dinge würden bei der reinen (zeitpunktbezogenen) Beobachtung und Interviews unter den Tisch fallen. Ich bin gespannt, inwieweit die “illustrativen” Aspekte, die “Gschichterln zwischendrin” auch allgemein zutreffen und sich in (meinen) Folgeprojekten wiederholen oder auch bei anderen (ähnlichen) Projekten ähnlich ablaufen (oder auch nicht!).

Die Kurzbeschreibung:

Ich zeig es Dir – HOCH 2 (kurz IZED2) ist ein medienpädagogisches Praxisprojekt des BIMS e.V., bei dem Lernvideos von Kindern für Kinder erstellt wurden. Zentrale Kompetenzen welche die Teilnehmer des Projekts erwerben sollten waren die technische Kompetenz (iPad, Schnitt, Apps), die didaktische Gestaltung von Lernvideos (Präsentation der Lerninhalte, Gestaltung) und rechtliche Komponenten (Relevantes zu Urheberrecht und Persönlichkeitsrecht, z.B. Darstellung von Personen im Bild). In der ersten Projektphase wurden die teilnehmenden Kinder durch ExperteInnen unterwiesen. In der zweiten Phase wurden die TeilnehmerInnen mit einem Peer–to–Peer–Ansatz zu ExpertInnen und zeigen anderen Kindern („Peers“), in unserem Fall auch Erwachsenen, wie man Lernvideos mit iPads erstellt. In der projekteigenen Begleitforschung, die mit Unterstützung der Technischen Universität Graz durchgeführt wurde, wurden dazu unterschiedliche Verfahren eingesetzt um den Fortschritt der Kompetenzentwicklung nachzuzeichnen. Neben Fragebögen, Gruppeninterviews und Beobachtung wurden auch die Lernvideos analysiert und das Projekttagebuch hinzugezogen.

Zitierung: Geier, Gerald, Schön, Sandra & Ebner, Martin (2013). Medienkompetenzentwicklung in einem außerschulischen Lernvideoprojekt für Kinder. In: medienimpulse, 2/2013. 1-14. URL: https://www.medienimpulse.at/articles/view/538

[publication] Open Educational Resources on the Road to the Best Case Scenario – Guidelines for Centres for Academic Instruction

Togehter with Sebastian and Sandra I wrote a short vision paper for Open Educational Resources in Hihger Education for the year 2030. Our contribution was submitted to the Joint Research Centre of the European Comission. We would love to her your opinion 🙂 .
Vision:

Worst and best case scenarios in the year 2030 are the two antipodes for the future development of open educational resources (OER) in higher education (HE). As additional (realistic) vision we develop guidelines for centres for academic instruction, aiming at a systematic implementation and distribution of OER related to HE.

Here you can find the full publication [Link]
Reference: Ebner, M.; Kelle, S.; Schön, S. (2013) Open Educational Resources on the Road to the Best Case Scenario – Guidelines for Centres for Academic Instruction. in: Open Education 2030 / Higher Education. p.94-99

[publication] “Architecture Students Hate Twitter and Love Dropbox” or Does the Field of Study Correlates with Web 2.0 Behavior?

Our publication at this year ED-Media Conference in Victoria, Canada about ““Architecture Students Hate Twitter and Love Dropbox” or Does the Field of Study Correlates with Web 2.0 Behavior?” is now online available.
Abstract:

One of the most important parameter for a successful service is to optimize targeting. Teaching at universities can be seen as a kind of service on students. To meet the needs of students according to e-learning services best an annual questionnaire amongst freshmen is carried out at Graz University of Technology by its Department of Social Learning since 2007. The poll takes a detailed look on digital device usage as well as on IT and Web 2.0 competences of the freshmen. This unique survey in Austria reflects the media behavior of young people aged 18 to 22 and can be compared to bigger reports like the German JIM-study. Special focus of this year ́s survey was laid on the question, whether the field of study correlates with any of the polled elements? Is there a need for a specialized e-learning service subject to the field of study? To answer these questions more precisely also a project has been started analyzing special e-learning requirements on base of oral interviews with selected teachers of different faculties. Apart from that, this publication offers all relevant results of this year ́s survey.

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Reference: Ebner, M., Nagler, W. & Schön, M. (2013). “Architecture Students Hate Twitter and Love Dropbox” or Does the Field of Study Correlates with Web 2.0 Behavior?. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013 (pp. 43-53). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

[publication] “How satisfied are you with your MOOC?” – A Research Study on Interaction in Huge Online Courses

Our publication at this year ED-Media Conference in Victoria, Canada about ““How satisfied are you with your MOOC?” – A Research Study on Interaction in Huge Online Courses” is now online available.
Abstract:

This research work investigates the importance and satisfaction on the level of interaction in MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) as perceived by learners and instructors. The study is based on data from online students and instructors of MOOCs. Two web-based surveys were used to collect data. The theoretical basis of the two surveys is the five-step model for interactivity developed by Salmon (2001). Salmon’s model proposed effective e-moderating in five discrete steps (Access and Motivation, Online Socialization, Information Exchange, Knowledge Construction and Development). Findings of the survey revealed that students rated the importance of interactions in MOOCs as highly important. However, they reported negatively the availability of many criteria suggested by Salmon. On the other hand, instructors rated nearly half of Salmon criteria as less important, and consequently did not offer them in their MOOCs. In addition, the study revealed that students and instructors rated a high level of satisfaction in MOOCs. In contrast, some students expressed their less satisfaction of interaction in MOOCs. They revealed their dissatisfaction to that lack of instructor interaction. Instructors suggested that it is impossible for instructor to interact with this huge number of students in MOOCs. As result, some strategies were suggested to enhance instructor interaction with students of MOOCs.

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Reference: Khalil, H. & Ebner, M. (2013). “How satisfied are you with your MOOC?” – A Research Study on Interaction in Huge Online Courses. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2013 (pp. 830-839). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

[publication] Why Learning Analytics for Primary Education Matters!

Our publication about “Why Learning Analytics for Primary Education Matters!” in the Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology is now online availabe.
Abstract:

The ubiquitous availability of applications enables us to offer students opportunities to test and train competences in almost every situation. At Graz University of Technolgy two apps for testing competences in multiplication are developed. They estimate the competence level of every user and adapt to their individual development in this domain. They collect a lot of data during a longer period, which could be used on further research. In the foreground they give feedback in a compact and clearly arranged way to the single student and the teachers of classes. But furthermore the analysis of the data during a longer term showed us, that the process of testing and giving feedback has also an positive effect on learning. We emphasize that this quality in supporting the students could not be achieved by human teachers. Information Technology and Learning Analytics gives them a wider radius to perceive specific behavior and establishes their capacity for storing and processing all the relevant data

Here you can find the whole publication as Open Acess [Link]
Reference: Ebner, M., Schön, M. (2013) Why Learning Analytics in Primary Education Matters!,Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology, Karagiannidis, C. & Graf, S (Ed.), Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2013, p. 14-17

[ITuG, book, #COER13] Social Media an Hochschulen

Band 3 / Serie ITuG
Band 3 / Serie ITuG
Es freut uns den dritten Band der ITuG-Serie (Internet-Technologie und Gesellschaft) ankündigen zu können. Die Autorin Jennifer-Carmen Frey beschäftigt sich dabei mit dem Thema Social Media an Hochschulen, insbesondere wurde ein Wirksamkeitsanalyse durchgeführt und Handlungsempfehlungen für einen sinnvollen und nachhaltigen universitären Social-Media-Auftritt erarbeitet:

Wie schafft man in sozialen Netzwerken ein Gemeinschaftsgefühl, das tausende von Fans aktiviert? Welche Inhalte erhalten auf Hochschulseiten im Social Web Likes, Shares und Comments? Wie sollten Universitäten Social Media nutzen?
Im internationalen Wettbewerb müssen Universitäten als Stätten des Fortschritts ihre Außenwirkung zunehmend bewusst gestalten. In der Realität präsentiert sich dies jedoch schwierig – Hochschulen zeigen sich in ihrer Öffentlichkeitsarbeit eher wenig fortschrittlich und zählen auf konservative, althergebrachte und vor allem „sichere“ Medien. Doch liegt gerade hier ein großes Potential, denn durch neue Medien können nicht nur schnell und unkompliziert große Massen von Menschen global erreicht werden, sondern auch ein zukunftsorientiertes, modernes Image aufgebaut werden, dass sich – im Falle der sozialen Medien – auch als gemeinschaftsbildendes Element (Instrument) darstellt.
Doch wie präsentiert man sich als Hochschule im Social Web? Welche Rolle spielen Fans und Follower, Likes und Retweets? Was sind Shitstorms, gutes Kritikmanagement, und wie gestaltet man einen sinnvollen Post?
Dieses Buch zeigt, was eine Hochschule tun kann, um im Social Web wahrgenommen zu werden und wie sie am besten ihre Community aktiviert.

Das Buch kann entweder hier bei Amazon bestellt werden oder steht auf der Webseite unter einer CC-BY-NC-ND-Lizenz zum Ausdrucken bereit.

[publication] A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data

Our contribution to this year WEBIST Conference about “A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data” is now online as draft version available.
Abstract:

Based upon findings and results from our recent research (De Vocht et al., 2011) we propose a generic frame- work concept for researcher profiling with appliance to the areas of ”Science 2.0” and ”Research 2.0”. Intensive growth of users in social networks, such as Twitter generated a vast amount of information. It has been shown in many previous works that social networks users produce valuable content for profiling and recommendations (Reinhardt et al., 2009; Java et al., 2007; De Vocht et al., 2011). Our research focuses on identifying and locating experts for specific research area or topic. In our approach we apply semantic technologies like (RDF, SPARQL), common vocabularies (SIOC, FOAF, MOAT, Tag Ontology) and Linked Datah (GeoNames, COLINDA) (Berners-Lee, 2006; Bizer et al., 2012).

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Reference: Softic, S., Ebner, M., De Vocht, L., Mannens, E., Van de Walle, R.: A Framework Concept for Profiling Researchers on Twitter using the Web of Data. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies (WEBIST) 2013, SciTePress 2013, Karl-Heinz Krempels, Alexander Stocker (Eds.), pp.447-452, ISBN 978-989-8565-54-9, Aachen, Germany, 8 – 10 May, 2013.

IZED2 – Begleitforschungsbericht

Im Projekt “Ich zeig es Dir – HOCH 2” haben Kinder zwischen 10 und 12 Jahren von Oktober 2012 bis März 2013 mit iPads Lernvideos (als OER) produziert (daher auch für COER13 von Interesse). Das Projekt wurde im Rahmen der peer3-Ausschreibung ko-finanziert und am BIMS durchgeführt. Ein Video fasst den Verlauf des Projekts zusammen:

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Inzwischen ist auch der Bericht zur projekteigenen Begleitforschung – durchgeführt von Gerald Geier unter unserer Betreuung – online:

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Referenz: Schön, Sandra; Geier, Gerald & Ebner, Martin (2013). Entwicklung der Medienkompetenz der teilnehmenden Kinder in einem Projekt zur Produktion von Lernvideos mit iPads. Begleitforschung “Ich zeig es Dir – HOCH 2”. URL: https://ized2.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/begleitforschung_endbericht.pdf

[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.
Abstract:

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