Co-financed by the European Union

WP2: iCamp Building Blocks

Mart Laanpere, Terje Väljataga (TLU), Tomaž Klobučar (JSI)

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

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)

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

Key concepts

Key Concepts

Key Concepts

Key Concepts

Key Concepts

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

iFolio: decision support tool

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

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/

iLogue

FeedonFeeds

Videowiki

Objectspot

Doodle

MU Wordpress w. FeedBack

Scuttle

iCamp help center

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.”