5. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
where content is reused and
remixed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
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6. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
according to the
student‘s own
needs and interests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
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7. Why we need a PLE ?
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8. University a closed castle?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toru_okada/1377360600
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9. But how can we integrate the WWW ...
http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif (Scott Leslie, PLE Diagram)
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10. and combine it with university‘s services?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghz/407109888/
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16. Former Workflow
WidgetZone Widget Zoom
Mashup of
Widgets
Dashboard FullScreen
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17. Usability Tests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdolishny/2760207306
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18. Personalization in foreground
E.g. own desktop background image, look & feel etc.
Different UI structures & themes
Total control of own environment is desired!
Resemblance btw. Real and virtual world
More than one Personal Desktop vs. An unlimited Desktop
Free widget arrangement on UI
Flexible widget dimensions
Drag & Drop effects vs. simple clicks
Sharing, collaboration, networking
Ubiquitous PLE
Mobile and desktop views
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19. PLE Concept (What)
Unknown to all test users
PLE Workflow (How)
Not easy to get started with
Due to unfamiliar concept
Introduction, tutorials for novel users strongly recommended
PLE Competences
Self-organization
Self-cognition
….
A Change from Teacher-Controlled to Coaching
needed!
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20. New Conceptual Design: App-like GUI
http://bentleygsa.org/gmo/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo.png
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21. Text
Main new GUI Elements:
Spaces (Personal Desktops)
Space Management
Widget Store
Settings
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27. Personal Learning Environment - Graz University of Technology
Next Steps towards Ubiquitousness
Mobile PLE
Ubiquitous PLE Desktop widgets
Native Apps
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28. PLE Mobile start page and space view
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31. http://phonegap.com
PLE widget as native app (widget Calculator)
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32. http://phonegap.com
!
PLE widget as desktop widgets (widget Hangman)
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33. 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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34. 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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35. Future
Recommendation
Learning Scenarios
Shared PLE
Collaborative Learning
Integration of more
Learning Objects (LO)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supersonic_look/1307679752
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36. TU Graz Personal Learning
Graz University of Technology Environment
https://my.tugraz.at
Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Behnam Taraghi
behi_at http://elearning.tugraz.at
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