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First Steps towards an Integrated
Personal Learning Environment at the University Level
Martin Ebner, Sandra Schön, Behnam Taraghi, Hendrik Drachsler, Philip Tsang
Technology enhanced Learning
http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273//
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/141381675
uLearning
What is a PLE ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/2441359074
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
a future learning environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skippytpe/256929499
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
not an institutional or coporate application but a learning center
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
where content is reused and remixed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
according to the student‘s own needs and interests
Why we need a PLE ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toru_okada/1377360600
University a closed castle?
http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif (Scott Leslie, PLE Diagram)
But how can we integrate the WWW ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghz/407109888/
and combine it with university‘s services?
The general concept
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetoad01/2677459596
7 crucial aspects for the shift (Schaffert&Hilzensauer, 2008)
Role of learner
Personalisation
ContentSocial Involvement
Ownership
Educational &organisatioal culture
Technological aspects
Technological concept
MashUp Principle - Use of Widgets
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/mashup_2/
Comparable to iGoogle
Widget
• Follow a W3C Widget Specification• IST Palette Project allows exchange -
furthermore also the communicaton between widgets
„Widgets are full-fledged client-side applications that are authored using Web
standards. They are typically downloaded and installed on a client machine or device where
they typically run as stand-alone applications outside a Web browser“
Defintion of W3C
First Design Study
Central Ideas of the GUI:
„Less is more“
„tidy not cluttered“
„the best of two worlds“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harmrhebergen/2694630
Brainstorming
First conceptual ideas
MockUp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3879832565
Main GUI Elements
Usability Tests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdolishny/2760207306
First Design
PersonalDashboard
Heuristic Evaluation, Thinking Aloud Test, Interviews and Questionnaries carried out ....
• - ... Personlization in foreground (style, look & feel)
• - ... Flexibility and Creativity should be fostered (free arrangment on UI, ...)
• - ... Ubiquitous PLE (mobile and desktop views)
PLE at TU Graz since October 2010
General View - overall concept
http://ple.tugraz.at
Weather Widget
!
Customzation Screen
Scribd Widget Slideshare Widget
Blog Widget
Google Maps
!
Summary after the launch - PLE
• - ... has more than 1000 registered users
• - ... has about 30% of highly active users
• - ... uses a tracking module in the background
• - ... `s Widgets are developed by students
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supersonic_look/1307679752
Recommendation
Integration of Learning Objects (LO)
Learning Scenarios
Future
Converter for Desktop and Mobile
Graz University of Technology
SOCIAL LEARNINGComputer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearning.tugraz.athttp://elearningblog.tugraz.at
http://twitter.tugraz.at
Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
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