[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.

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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

[publication] iPad Human Interface Guidlines for M-Learning

Our contribution to the Handbook of M-Learning is now published. Toegehter with Sabrina (she is also author of the book „iPad in Classrooms„) I wrote about our experiences with iPads in schools. The result is just a checklist we have to bear in mind if we are going to lecture.
Abstract:

In this chapter it will be discussed whether and to what extend the development of iPad/iPhone apps for learning and teaching, following the Human Interface Guidelines, really improves individual learning and teaching success. There is a strong relationship between good interface design and the ease-of-use of learning apps. Through careful user observations of students’ and teachers’ needs we provide a first guideline of how to use tablets in classrooms.

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Reference: Huber, S., & Ebner, M. (2013). iPad human interface guidelines for m-learning. In Z.L. Berge and L.Y. Muilenburg (Eds.), Handbook of mobile learning. (pp. 318-328). New York: Routledge.

[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]

[publication] Interaction Possibilities in MOOCs – How Do They Actually Happen?

Toegehter with Hanan Khalil we did a first research work about Massive Open Online Courses (shortly MOOCs). The publication titled „Interaction Possibilities in MOOCs – How Do They Actually Happen?“ and was accepted for presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Development „Future Visions for Higher Education Development“ in Mansoura, Egypt. The slides of Hanan’s talk are already here online.
Abstract:

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are booming. They possibility to study whatever, wherever, and whenever for free is convincing to millions of online learners. A main criterion for the success of learning is interaction and communication as for MOOCs too. But there is little research work to be found according to the ways of MOOC interaction, its usage, and importance so far. This study deals exactly with these topics. The results of this study show that there is a lot of distinct “student to student” interaction using social networks and other Web 2.0 possibilities but very little “student to instructor” interaction. It is a task of the future to strengthen such interaction in order to optimize the learning outcome and community.

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Reference: Khalil, H., Ebner, M. (2013) Interaction Possibilities in MOOCs – How Do They Actually Happen?, International Conference on Higher Education Development, p. 1-24, Mansoura University, Egypt

[publication] Achtung, Kamera läuft! Der aufgezeichnete Unterricht – Tipps und Tricks für Podcasts im Lehr- und Lernbetrieb

Für die 45. Ergänzungs-Lieferung des Handbuch E-Learning haben wir einen Artikel zu Podcasts in der Hochschule gemacht. Sämtliche Erfahrungen die wir in all den Jahren gemacht haben, sind hier zusammengefasst und übersichtlich dargestellt.
Zusammenfassung:

Aufzeichnungstätigkeiten von Lehrveranstaltungen können die Lehre und das Lernen in vielfältiger Weise sehr unterstützen. Oft jedoch schrecken Lehrende vor den technischen Herausforderungen zurück. Dabei ist es gerade mit den heutigen Mitteln nahezu kinderleicht geworden, Videos zu produzieren und einer breiten Öffentlichkeit über das Internet zur Verfügung zu stellen. Dieser Artikel zeigt auf, dass es auch ohne technisches Spezialwissen möglich ist, qualitativ ausreichend hochwertige Aufnahmen im Lehrbetrieb zu ermöglichen. Darüber hinaus stellen wir aber auch Methoden und Praxen vor, die professionelle Aufnahmetätigkeiten im gegebenen Rahmen widerspiegeln. Dabei legen wir besonderes Augenmerk auf die jeweiligen didaktischen Vor- und Nachteile der unterschiedlichen Aufnahmemöglichkeiten sowie einzelner Arbeitsschritte. Unsere Botschaft: Aufzeichnen kann jeder! Die Lernenden sind begeistert!

Achtung, Kamera läuft! Der aufgezeichnete Unterricht – Tipps und Tricks für Podcasts im Lehr- und Lernbet… by Martin

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Zitation: Nagler, W., Ebner, M. (2013). Achtung, Kamera läuft! Der aufgezeichnete Unterricht – Tipps und Tricks für Podcasts im Lehr- und Lernbetrieb. In K. Wilbers & A. Hohenstein (Hrsg.), Handbuch E-Learning. Expertenwissen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis – Strategien, Instrumente, Fallstudien. Köln: Deutscher Wirtschaftsdienst (Wolters Kluwer Deutschland), 45. Erg.-Lfg. Jänner 2013. pp 1-25.