1. WP2:
iCamp Building Blocks
Mart Laanpere, Terje Väljataga (TLU),
Toma Klobučar (JSI)
Co-financed by the European Union

2. The role and objectives of WP2
• WP2 is a connecting link between
pedagogical WP1 and technological WP3
• Focus on conceptualising the iCamp Space:
an open virtual learning environment that
integrates heterogeneous learning systems
and services and fosters collaboration
• Selecting, adapting, testing iCamp Space
Building Blocks
• Investigating issues related to trust
management, privacy, DRM in iCamp Space

3. iCamp Space: an activity space
• iCamp Space is not
another Web portal:
it’s an activity space
(ecology), meaning
space (ontology)
• Activity system:
people, goals,
mediators
(Engeström)

4. Learning activity patterns
• Concept of affordances: from ecological
psychology (Gibson 1979) to HCI
• Affordances match with activity patterns
(recurring and re-usable activity schemas)
• Example list of learning activity patterns:
– Learner searches for a research paper
– Creating and editing an artifact
– Facilitator forms small groups within a study group
– Learners design together a graphic artifact
– Learner interacts with a multimedia artifact
– Study group negotiates a time for meeting
– Learners submit the results of group work
– Learner perform self-analysis and reflection
– Learner takes a test
– Facilitator assesses submitted assingments

5. Key concepts

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10. D2.5: iCamp Building Blocks
• Further development of the theoretical
background of iFolio: Activity theory framework,
concept of affordances (in papers)
• Outcome: updated version of iFolio, technical
specification, integration with MUPPLE
• Currently iFolio includes 18 tools: Moodle, IVA,
Plone, Wordpress, ePrints, MediaWiki, GoogleDocs, Flashmeeting,
Skype, Delicious, Doodle, Scuttle, Videoblog, iLogue, X-Lite,
Feedonfeeds, Objectspot, myDentity
• Follow-up research: activity patterns as Petri
Nets (New YAWL), BPMN, KML output, Google
Gadgets

11. iFolio: decision support tool

12. Building blocks for Trial 3
• Building blocks for supporting self-direction:
- iLogue - for personal logbook and learning contract
http://teldev.wu-wien.ac.at/ilogue
- Feedonfeeds - for merging information from different
sources to one place
http://distance.ktu.lt/feed-on-feeds/
- Videowiki - for recording videoclips
http://distance.ktu.lt/videowiki/
- Objectspot - for searching learning materials
http://www.objectspot.org

13. Building blocks for Trial 3
- Scuttle - for social bookmarking
http://distance.ktu.lt/scuttle/
- Doodle - for scheduling meetings and carrying
out voting
http://www.doodle.ch/main.html
- Wordpress - for personal learning space with
the feedback plugin
http://htk.tlu.ee/elearning
- iCamp help center - tutorials of the tools' use
http://helpcenter.icamp.eu/

14. iLogue

15. FeedonFeeds

16. Videowiki

17. Objectspot

18. Doodle

19. MU Wordpress w. FeedBack

20. Scuttle

21. iCamp help center

22. Summary
• Interview with a student after Trial3: “I’ve
learned how to create a new
environment for my future students. It is
amazing what can we do with them (with
the new tools)”
• Timo Väliharju, CEO of Mediamaisteri
Ltd, the leading Moodle hosting provider
in Finland: “The era of closed LMSs is
over, we will not invest in Moodle
anymore. PLE is the way to go.”