5. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
a future learning environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/2441359074
6. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
not an institutional or coporate
application but a learning center
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skippytpe/256929499
7. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
where content is reused and
remixed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
8. According to Stephen Downes a PLE is ...
according to the
student‘s own
needs and interests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alysser/2011022884
14. 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
18. 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
19. Java FX
„JavaFX is a rich client platform for building
cross-device applications and content.
Designed to enable easy creation and
deployment of RIAs with immersive media
and content, the JavaFX platform ensures
that RIAs look and behave consistently
across diverse form factors and devices.“
http://javafx.com/docs/gettingstarted/javafx/
20. Java FX
• JavaFX for PLE Widgets
• Java plus JavaFX User Interface
• Drag-to-Install
21. Java FX
Will PLEs Become Ubiquitous through the Use of Widgets? (Taraghi, Mühlburger, Ebner, Nagler (2009)
36. Next Steps
• Roll Out of the Prototype
• Programing of Useful Widgets
• Special focus on learning objects
37. Join us in Graz - http://www.iunig.at
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
http://elearning.tugraz.at