TOWARDS THE NEW SOCIO-TECHNICAL REGIME FOR E-TEXTBOOKS –

“ARTIFACT ECOSYSTEMS”

Kai Pata ( kpata@tlu.ee), Maka Eradze, Mart Laanpere

Tallinn University, Center for Educational Technology

ICWL 2014, Future eTextbook’s workshop

I. eTextbooks programming personalized instruction for achieving pre-determined learning results

Adaptive learningLearning results pre-plannedLearning what crowd sees as best

Optimal comprehension Support for earning stylesIncreased interactivity

Multimedia learning principles as the leading

cognitive paradigm to explain learning with

eTextbooksor

Distributed cognition

Behavioral learning principles

reintroduced in eTextbook

oradaptive learning

from crowd experiences

Adaptive technologiesLearning analytics

Co-construction and Social validation of Contents and Support

Learning analytics in artifact ecosystems

Socio-semantic technologies

II. eTextbooks with partial learners’ locus of control

Open and emerging learning pathsTextbook is a forum where people share ideasCan watch how things change and knowledge matures

Fixed learning pathsTeachers know what students must learnCompulsory contents with optional extending resources

Replicating the paper textbook digitally or creating the evolving artifact ecosystem

What hinders new “artifact ecosystem” regime?

Old teaching habits are hard to change

The students are ready, the teachers are not

Requires rethinking the production and business models, user-support and accessible learning devices

What hinders new “artifact ecosystem”regime?

What “artifact ecosystems” may be?• How these potential e-textbook functionalities

originating from different approaches to teaching, learning and cognitive practices could evolve into the new “artifact ecosystem” regimes?

• What metaphors may be used for illustrating those artifact ecosystems?

• Whom (Teachers? Students? Learning sciences? Producers? Educational policy makers and funders?) should we listen in developing “artifact ecosystems”, and where would each stakeholder group like to lead the eTextbook transformation?

Starting the joint white paper –“Artifact ecosystems” as the new socio-technical regime

• Prospective scenarios for artifact ecosystems• Learning regime – learning is opened up; from

monads to swarms; pattern appropriation and chance-seeking; etc.

• Social and cultural factors – back to storytelling; voice for everyone etc.

• Technical factors – access for each learner• Business regime – permaculture for artifact

ecosystems (ethical, optimal use of resources and people, recycling resources) Join to our discussions and contribute to the joint write paper!