[book] Immersive Education

Immersive EducationOur book of extended publications about “Immersive Education” got published. Enjoy 11 interesting research publications in this research field.
Abstract:

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th European Immersive Education Summit, EiED 2014, held in Vienna, Austria, in November 2014.
The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on innovation and technological advancements in e-learning; immersive and emerging technologies for cultural and digital heritage.

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Reference:
Ebner, M., Erenli, K., Malaka, R., Pirker, J., Walsh, A. (2015) Immersive Education. Springer. Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science 486

[publication] The Future of PLEs: How Can Higher Education Be Passed?

I was invited to make some comments to a specific chapter of the book as well as bringing in my expertise on Personal Learning Environments. Now the whole book “Responsive Open Learning Environments” is published as Open Access.
My short comment is titled “The Future of PLEs: How Can Higher Education Be Passed?”:

Reference: Ebner, M. (2015) The Future of PLEs: How Can Higher Education Be Passed?. In: Responsive Open Learning Environments. Kroop, S.; Mikroyannidis, A.; Wolpers, M. (Ed.). Springer, Heidelberg. pp. 228-23

[publication] Das O in MOOCs – über die Bedeutung freier Bildungsressourcen in frei zugänglichen Online-Kursen

Zusammen mit meinen drei KollegInnen habe ich an einem Beitrag mitgewirkt, der noch letztes Jahr veröffentlicht wurde. Der Artikel mit dem Titel “Das O in MOOCs – über die Bedeutung freier Bildungsressourcen in frei zugänglichen Online-Kursen” ist hier bei Springer zugänglich (Wer diesen möchte und keinen Zugang hat, möge mich auf researchgate kontaktieren).
Zusammenfassung:

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) und Open Educational Resources (OER) sind Schlagworte der heutigen Bildungswelt. In diesem Beitrag führen wir in beide ein und erklären ihre Abhängigkeit und ihren Zusammenhang. Anhand zweier Beispiele – „oncampus an der Fachhochschule Lübeck sowie „iMooX“ von zwei Grazer Universitäten“ – werden erste Erfahrungen mit MOOCs und OER aufgezeigt. In der abschließenden Diskussion sind sowohl die Herausforderungen als auch die bereits ersichtlichen Vorteile Teil der Betrachtung. Der Beitrag schließt mit der Erkenntnis, dass OER ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Bildungssystems von morgen sind.

Zitation: Martin Ebner, Michael Kopp, Andreas Wittke und Sandra Schön (2014). Das O in MOOCs – über die Bedeutung freier Bildungsressourcen in frei zugänglichen Online-Kursen. In: HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 1-13, Springer, Dezember 2014 [Link]

[publication] Preparing teachers for a mobile world, to improve access to education

Our article about “Preparing teachers for a mobile world, to improve access to education” for Springer’s Prospectus Journal is now published. You will find the article right here – additionally I published a earlier “draft” version for further discussions.
Abstract:

Recent statistics on the use of mobile technology proclaim that the world is becoming mobile. People use their phones to socialize, to conduct business, to search for information, and more. For the first time in history, people around the world have the potential to learn from any location at their own convenience. But first, education systems must change, to facilitate mobile access to education. As this article describes, the most important change will be training teachers, both in pre-service programmes and through professional development, to use the technology to design and deliver education and to create bridges to informal learning. The article also describes some projects around the world that are helping to prepare teachers for the mobile world, and some pilot projects using the technology. Most such research, however, is limited to short-term studies focusing on learners’ satisfaction with mobile learning. Future studies must consider its long-term benefits and its impacts on performance and retention. As mobile technologies emerge, teachers have to keep up with the changes so that they can take advantage of the power of the technology to design and deliver education.

Preparing teachers for a mobile world, to improve access to education by Martin

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Reference: Ally, M., Grimus, M., Ebner, M. (2014) Preparing teachers for a mobile world, to improve access to education. Prospectus. 2014. Springer Netherlands. p. 1-­17

[publication] The XAOS Metric – Understanding Visual Complexity as measure of usability

Our publication about “The XAOS Metric – Understanding Visual Complexity as measure of usability” held at the 6th Symposium (USAB 2010) of the Workgroup HCI&UE of the Austrian Computer Society in Carinthia (Southern Austria). The slides are already available here.

Abstract:

The visual complexity of an interface is a crucial factor for usability, since it influences the cognitive load and forms expectations about the subjacent software or system. In this paper we propose a novel method that uses entropy, structure and functions, to calculate the visual complexity of a website. Our method is evaluated against a well known approach of using the file size of color jpeg images for determining visual complexity. Both methods were applied on a dataset consisting of images of 30 different websites. These websites were also evaluated with a web survey. We found a strong correlation for both methods on subjective ratings of visual complexity and structure. This suggests both methods to be reliable for determination of visual complexity.

Reference:Stickel, C.; Ebner, M.; Holzinger, A. (2010) The XAOS Metric: Understanding Visual Complexity as measure of usability. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 6389. – in: Human-Computer Interaction in Work & Learning, Life & Leisure, Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 6389., pp. 278 – 290