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Ubiquitous Personal Learning Environment
(UPLE)
Behnam Taraghi
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/141381675
uLearning = {u-Environment, u-Contents, u-Behaviour, u-Interface, u-Service}
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What is a PLE ?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
where content is reused and remixed
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
according to the student‘s own needs and interests
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Why we need a PLE ?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/toru_okada/1377360600
University a closed castle?
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http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif (Scott Leslie, PLE Diagram)
But how can we integrate the WWW ...
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghz/407109888/
and combine it with university‘s services?
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The general concept
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Technological concept
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MashUp Principle - Use of Widgets
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/mashup_2/
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Comparable to iGoogle
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First Design
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Former Workflow
WidgetZone
Dashboard FullScreen
Widget Zoom
Mashup of Widgets
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Usability Tests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdolishny/2760207306
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Personalization in foreground
E.g. own desktop background image, look & feel etc.Different UI structures & themesTotal control of own environment is desired!
Resemblance btw. Real and virtual world
More than one Personal Desktop vs. An unlimited DesktopFree widget arrangement on UIFlexible widget dimensionsDrag & Drop effects vs. simple clicksSharing, collaboration, networking
Ubiquitous PLE
Mobile and desktop views
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PLE Concept (What)
Unknown to all test users
PLE Workflow (How)
Not easy to get started withDue to unfamiliar conceptIntroduction, tutorials for novel users strongly recommended
PLE Competences
Self-organizationSelf-cognition….
A Change from Teacher-Controlled to Coaching needed!
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New Conceptual Design: App-like GUI
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Main new GUI Elements:Spaces (Personal Desktops)
Space ManagementWidget Store
SettingsDonnerstag, 27. September 12
Space Management
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Widget Store
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„Slideshare“ Widget (full sized view)
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Inter-Widget CommunicatiounCMS widget <=> Exam Planer widget
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Inter-Widget CommunicatiounArticle Reader widget <=> Vocabulary Book widget
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Mac OS X Dashboard WidgetsWindows 7 Desktop Gadgets
Die Welt der WidgetsEin wichtiger Schritt zur personalisierten Lernumgebung
Ebner M., Taraghi B., Altmann T.
http://www.tugraz.athttp://www.zid.tugraz.athttp://elearning.tugraz.athttp://ple.tugraz.athttp://elearningblog.tugraz.at
Abt. Vernetztes LernenTechnische Universität GrazA-8010 Graz - Steyrergasse 30/ITel: +43 316 873 8540Email: [email protected]
Personal Learning Environment - Graz University of Technology
Next Steps towards Ubiquitousness
Mobile PLENative AppsUbiquitous PLE Desktop widgets
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PLE Mobile start page and space view
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PLE Mobile widget store
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PLE Mobile widget Geolines
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PLE widget as native app (widget Calculator)
http://phonegap.com
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PLE widget as desktop widgets (widget Hangman)
http://phonegap.com
!
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Summary after second launch
- ... more than 4000 registered users
- ... about 30% of active users
- ... observed more activity, resemblance to mobile apps
- ... learners classify their widgets using spaces
- ... widgets can send notifications
- ... Inter-Widget communication actively used.
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Top most used widgets out of 75 totally
- consist of university services:- Zid news (>2000), TUGMail (>1000), TUG online (>1000),
Exam planer (>200), TeachCenter (>1000), TUGraz Newsgroups (>1000)
- further top most used 10 widgets- Weather forecast (>200), Culture calendar of Graz (>200),
Google Maps (>200), Widget Development Guide (>100)- following
- dict.leo.org, dict.cc, TU Graz calendar, Facebook- most used widgets vs. most installed widgets- known services are installed mostly- widgets can be embedded now in any environment- PLE statistics are public NOW via a twitter channel
@PLETUGraz
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/supersonic_look/1307679752
Recommendation
Integration of more Learning Objects (LO)
Learning Scenarios
Future
Shared PLECollaborative Learning
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Graz University of Technology
SOCIAL LEARNINGComputer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Behnam Taraghi
http://elearning.tugraz.at
TU Graz Personal Learning Environment
https://my.tugraz.at
Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
behi_at
Graz University of Technology
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