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Piloting the DotLRN Shell

Piloting the DotLRN Shell. Bernd Simon (Knowledge Markets) With Input from: David Massart (EUN) Michael Aram (KM) Jean-Noël Colin (FUNDP) Kris Popat (University of Bolton) Lars Ingesman (UNI-C) Tien Hoang Minh (FUNDP) Tarmo Toikkanen (AALTO) Will Ellis (EUN) Turkey Pilots May, 2012.

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Piloting the DotLRN Shell

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  1. Piloting the DotLRN Shell Bernd Simon (Knowledge Markets) With Input from: David Massart (EUN) Michael Aram (KM) Jean-Noël Colin (FUNDP) Kris Popat (University of Bolton) Lars Ingesman (UNI-C) Tien Hoang Minh (FUNDP) Tarmo Toikkanen (AALTO) Will Ellis (EUN) Turkey Pilots May, 2012

  2. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Learning Activities • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  3. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Learning Activities • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  4. Trends driving Innovation in Schools Source: Cranmer S., Ulicsak M. (2011) D2.1 - Summary Report of Scenarios Development Process. SocialLearning InternalMotivation Child-centred Learning Any time access to education On DemandLearning 21st century skills Evidence-basedPersonalization New Media Literacies Standards for 21st century skills Authentic Learning iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  5. What iTEC is doing technically: Open and configurable learning technologies that • provide access to collections of resources beyond content • deliver these collections of resources across a wide range of platforms and devices. • stimulate teachers’ and learners’ innovative practice in facilitating learning iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  6. How are we going to do this? Via three key technologies: • Composer • Widget Store • Shells brought together in the iTEC Cloud. iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  7. How are we going to do this? Via three key technologies: • Composer • Widget Store • Shells brought together in the iTEC Cloud. Focus of Today iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  8. Shells as shown in the iTEC Teacher Community iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  9. The DotLRN Shell as part of the iTEC (Educational) Cloud • We started to distinguish between free iTEC pilots and iTEC Cloud Pilots: In free iTEC pilots any technology or tool can be used, including third party services like facebook, twitter, or locally available technology like VLEs - the local Moodle, for example - or IWB. iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  10. The DotLRN Shell as part of the iTEC (Educational) Cloud • iTEC Cloud Pilots - on the other hand - will be supported by WP7-10 technologies. The vision behind is a private educational cloud. We are about to set up a range of hosted services that will be made available to pilot partners. The iTEC Cloud will - as a starting point - include the following service types and instantiations: • identity management (IM) service: an openID service run by FUNDP • shells: Moodle run by EUN/FUNDP, DotLRN run by KM • widget store: a Wookie server with extra GUI run by EUN/BOLTON • content store: an OpenACS run by KM, LRE run by EUN iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  11. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Learning Activities • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  12. Brief Introduction to the DotLRNShell • DotLRN is a LMS – or also referred to as VLE • It has a similar architecture like other leading LMS in schools, i.e. supporting multiple schools with one installation • It is provided on a SaaS Basis • The service is highly successful in Austria and branded as LMS.at iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  13. Brief Introduction to the DotLRNShell • It is based on a Community Concept: Users register – or are registered to - multiple communities such as courses, groups, classes, and schools. • Communities are served by applications • DotLRN applications • W3C widgets provided by the iTEC widget store iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  14. DotLRN - Applications

  15. Onelog-inforthevirtualteachingandlearningenvironment Innovative teachingandlearningenvironmentacross all typesofschools Secondaryschool (NMS/HS) Grammarschool (AHS) Vocationalschool (BS/PTS/LFS) Secondarycollege ofengineering (HTL) Secondarycollege ofbusiness administration (HAK/HAS) Secondarycollege oftourism (HLW) Special needsschool University ofeducation (teachertraining) Others

  16. Reliableinfrastructure • Powerful and efficient software • Professional server in data centre (BMUKK – IT-Centre) • Daily back-up and professional concepts to prevent break-downs • Professional support of hardware and system No additional effortfor IT administratorsat individual schools SCHOOLS CAN START WITHOUT FURTHER ADO

  17. Framework of innovative learningenvironment Providing an innovative and target-oriented learning and teaching environment LMS Teacher training Didactical and technical support Teaching materials Overall didactical targets Vgl. Euler/Wilbers, 2002, S. 10

  18. Teaching materials on DotLRN • Weblinks • Files (downloadofvariousfiles: Word-, Powerpoint-, Excel-, MP3-, PDF-files, etc.) • Self-studyexercises • multiple choice, gap-fill, etc. • Glossary • Textbooks (online informationenwithnavigationand PDF printing) • Online-Tests (assessmentscheme, time-controlled) • Learning packages • combiningresourcestodidactic/topic-orientedteachingunits

  19. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Learning Activities • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  20. English Content Pool – Topics and Skills • More than 2,600 teachingmaterialsavailable • Structured in topics/skillsaccordingtocurriculum • Searchfilters (topic, skill, educationallevel) • Clear structureofcurriculumcontent • Centrallymaintainedandup-dated 2,600 teaching resources c l i ck Copying materials into individual courses

  21. Competent Content Partners

  22. British Council portal on DotLRN- • Promotion ofLearn English materials, BRC events • Selected materials on LMS.at students do interactive exercises in familiar learningenvironment teachersaccess materialsmoreeasily

  23. Self-studycourses:OpportunityTo Practice • Supportingandchallengingstudentsthroughinteractiveexercises on • www.lms.at/otp: • OTP English Grammar • OTP Useof Englisch • OTP Listening Practice • OTP Reading Practice

  24. Example: OTP Listening practice

  25. Advantages forstudents • Improving language skills in familiar learning environment • Easy access to top-quality resources • Personal learning statistics OTP English grammar – 8,344 users OTP Listening practice – 1,770 users

  26. Advantages forteachers • Easy accessto BRC materials • Easy integrationofmaterials in LMS.at courses • Information on BRC developments (numberofteachers: about 4,500) • Teaching resources online AND offline

  27. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Scenarios • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  28. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Learning Activities • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  29. WP3‘s Cycle 2 Learning Story ... ... focuses on • collaborative learning activities • ... potentially across organisations • ... or even boarders ... has a distance learning perspective ... is student-centred ... is agnostic in terms of age group ... does not focus on a particular subject domain iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  30. Proposed Learning Activitiesand potential DotLRN-related Technologies 1) Forming teams Student discuss in a DotLRN Forum set-up in a student community potential subjects they are interested in; they might also discuss group preferences or report on particular strengths. Based on the discussions the teacher forms DotLRN Courses. Alternatively we are investigating the integration of theTeamUp Widget. 2) Ad-hoc collaboration DotLRN Forums within the groups are used to further define the subject domain they are interested in. 3) Learning-oriented browsing As part of their work with the figures, the students browse the web for additional material, tutorials, presentations of a given figure. They collect all the resources found (e.g. links, youtube videos, files) in the DotLRN Library 4) Reflection A simple commenting feature of the DotLRNLibrary (under development) is used where the group notes status and reflections on the resource they have collected. iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  31. Proposed Learning Activitiesand potential DotLRN-related Technologies 5) Peer Feedback Students present their thoughts or work to others in order to get feedback. Depending on the work they may use a number of channels: YouTube in the DotLRN Library – latter maybe the iTEC media store - if they produce videos, or an IWB class session if the teacher wants to present results as part of a classroom discussion. 6) Information grouping This is a simple sort of mind mapping activity where students use the DotLRN Library Textbook or a Mind Mapping Widget (available?) or other information grouping tool to create an overview of the information they collect. 7) Prepare results The created DotLRN Library Textook is used to present the results of the group work. iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  32. Workshop Agenda • The DotLRN in the iTEC Big Picture • DotLRN in a nutshell • DotLRN for English Teachers • iTEC WP3’s Learning Activities • DotLRN Demo and Workshop iTEC - Designing the future classroom

  33. Thankyou! WEB: http://itec.eun.org EMAIL: itec-team@km.co.at The work presented in this presentation is partially supported by the European Commission’s FP7 programme – project iTEC: Innovative Technologies for an Engaging Classroom (Grant agreement Nº 257566). The content of this presentation is the sole responsibility of the consortium members and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained herein. iTEC - Designing the future classroom

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