1. First Steps towards an
Integrated
Personal Learning Environment
at the University Level
Martin Ebner, Sandra Schön, Behnam Taraghi,
Hendrik Drachsler, Philip Tsang

3. Technology enhanced Learning
http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273//

4. uLearning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/141381675

5. What is a PLE ?

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

10. Why we need a PLE ?

11. University a closed castle?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toru_okada/1377360600

12. But how can we integrate the WWW ...
http://edtechpost.wikispaces.com/file/view/swl_ple2.gif (Scott Leslie, PLE Diagram)

13. and combine it with university‘s services?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghz/407109888/

14. The general concept

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

16. Technological concept

17. MashUp Principle - Use of Widgets
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/mashup_2/

18. Comparable to iGoogle

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

20. First Design Study

21. Central Ideas of the GUI:
„Less is more“ „the best of two worlds“
„tidy not cluttered“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harmrhebergen/2694630

22. Brainstorming

23. First conceptual ideas

24. MockUp
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/3879832565

25. Main GUI Elements

26. Usability Tests
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdolishny/2760207306

27. First Design

28. PersonalDashboard

29. Heuristic Evaluation, Thinking Aloud Test,
Interviews and Questionnaries carried
out ....
• - ... Personlization in foreground
(style, look & feel)
• - ... Flexibility and Creativity should
be fostered (free arrangment on
UI, ...)
• - ... Ubiquitous PLE (mobile and
desktop views)

30. PLE at TU Graz since October 2010

31. http://vimeo.com/25595446

32. General View - overall concept
http://ple.tugraz.at

33. Weather Widget
Customzation Screen
!

34. Scribd Widget Slideshare Widget

35. Blog Widget
Google Maps
!

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

38. http://twitter.tugraz.at
Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
mebner http://elearning.tugraz.at