First steps towards an integration of a Personal Learning Environment at university level
1. First Steps towards an
Integrated
Personal Learning Environment
at the University Level
Martin Ebner, Sandra Schön, Behnam Taraghi,
Hendrik Drachsler, Philip Tsang
6. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
a future learning environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/2441359074
7. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
not an institutional or coporate
application but a learning center
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skippytpe/256929499
8. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
where content is reused and
remixed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
9. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
according to the
student‘s own
needs and interests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
15. 7 crucial aspects for the shift (Schaffert&Hilzensauer, 2008)
Social Involvement Content
Ownership
Educational &
organisatioal
culture
Personalisation
Technological aspects Role of learner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetoad01/2677459596
19. Widget
„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
• Follow a W3C Widget Specification
• IST Palette Project allows exchange -
furthermore also the communicaton
between widgets
36. 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
37. Future
Recommendation
Learning Scenarios
Integration of
Learning Objects (LO)
Converter for
Desktop and Mobile
http://www.flickr.com/photos/supersonic_look/1307679752
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Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
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mebner http://elearning.tugraz.at