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A Mashup Recommender for Creating Personal Learning Environments (at ICWL 2012)
1. A Mashup Recommender for Creating
Personal Learning Environments
Alexander Nussbaumer, Marcel Berthold, Daniel Dahrendorf,
Hans-Christian Schmitz, Milos Kravcik & Dietrich Albert
Internatial Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2012)
Sinaia, Romania
3 September 2012
息 www.role-project.eu
2. Agenda
Introduction
Purpos and Goal of Mashup Recommender
SRL Ontology and Template Approach
Authoring
System Architecture
Evaluation
Conclustion and Outlook
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3. Introduction: ROLE
ROLE project
Creating own Personal Learning Enviromments (PLE)
Based on widgets from the ROLE Widget Store
Technical infrastructure for creating PLEs
Widget Container (ROLE SDK)
Contextual Attentation Metadata (CAM) for user logging
Inter-widget communication (IWC)
Storage of user and space data
Psycho-pedagogical model
Support for self-regulated learning on different levels
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4. Introduction: Educational Approach of ROLE
Self-regulated learning
learner-centered approach
SRL process model
describes SRL in ROLE
based on Zimmermann Model [Zimmermann, 2002], adoped to ROLE
learner profile information
is defined and revised
plan
learner reflects and reacts learner finds and selects
on strategies, achievements, learning resources
and usefulness reflect learn
learner works on selected
learning resources
ideal learner can control the typical learners needs
own learning process support and guidance
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5. Example of an SRL-enabled Widget Bundle
cognitive meta-cognitive
Example available under: http://role-sandbox.eu/spaces/textreader
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6. Widget Store
collection of widgets
assignment of categories and tool functionalities to widgets
API to search for widgets according to ontology elements
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7. Purpose and Goal
recommend widgets for PLEs, to get a PLE suitable for SRL
appraoch is based on an an ontology of learning activities
Template of SRL
entities / learning
activities
Recommended
widgets
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8. Mashup Recommender in Learning Space
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9. SRL Ontology
Ontology consists of learning strategies and techniques
Service for searching the ontology with SPARQL queries
Approach based on [Mandl & Friedrich, 2006]
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10. Templates, SRL Ontologies, and Widgets
SRL Ontologies
network of SRL-related entities
functionalities are connecting entities with widgets
Template
set of entitites of the SRL ontology
SRL phases
learn. strategies Entities for template
SRL Ontology
learn. techniques
functionalities
Widget Store
widgets
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11. Authoring
Creating templates of ontology elements
Preview of associated widgets
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12. System Architecture
Front-end Back-end
Open interface of all components
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13. Pedagogical Meaning
Learner get recommendations for widgets
according to learning activities; explanation how widget should be
used
Teacher / tutor can create templates for courses
pedagogical knowlege in template
Guidance strategy through templates
different levels between guidance and freedom possible
Ensurance that widgets for different (meta-cognitive)
learning activities are available
e.g. the four phases or specific cognitive activities
No information about learning sequences
Widget Store as widget available
PPIM expressed in Widget Store categories
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14. Evaluation
Evaluated by 29 teachers in two workshops (NEXT-TELL
workshop and AHA Konferenz)
Qualitative and qunatitative feedback
Qualitiative feedback: helpful for SRL and its meta-cogntive
aspects; helpful if great number of widgets available
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15. Conclusion
Mashup Recommender
helps to create own PLE suitable for SRL
based on a template / learning ontology approach
all components have open interfaces can be used by other tools
overall evaluation result quite positive
Next steps
recommendations based on usage data
recommendations based on learning goals (widgets can be
associated with domain concepts)
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16. Further Information
Mashup Recommender:
http://css-kmi.tugraz.at:8080/mashuprecommender/
http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/mashup-recommender
ROLE Project:
http://www.role-project.eu/
ROLE Sandbox:
http://role-sandbox.eu/
Widget Store:
http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/
SRL Teaser Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTa1vOH6JjA
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17. Thank you for your attention!
Any questions?
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18. Examples from the Widget Store
Goal setting
To-Learn list: http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/learn-list
My goals: http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/my-goals
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19. Examples from the Widget Store
Time management
Google Calendar: http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/google-calendar
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20. Examples from the Widget Store
Resource Management
Mashup Recommender: http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/mashup-recommender
Binocs: http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/binocs
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21. Examples from the Widget Store
Reflection
Distribution of your data per day:
http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/tool/distribution-your-data-day
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22. Example: Advanced Text Reading
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23. SRL Video
Video to give basic idea and motivation of SRL
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24. Screenshot - iGoogle
Categories of
Widget Store
Related
widgets
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