From widgets to competencies

Daniel Dahrendorf (IMC)

Professional Training Facts, 20th - 21st October 2010, Fraunhofer IZS, Stuttgart, Germany

From Widgets to Competencies

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What is a Widget?

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What is a Widget?

Widgets can be plugged into widget supporting systems

(web pages called container)

Web widgets are based on XML, HTML and JavaScript

In ROLE we are focusing on the OpenSocial widget

specification

Available container

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(soon)…

space

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Creating a pure widget based PLE

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Widgets in the CLIX LMS

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Where to get Widgets?

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PLE

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Missing Features in theses Stores:

Recommendations for learning processes

Sufficient amount of education widgets

Quality management

Possibility for paid widgets

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Community of Practice

Widget Bundle Templates

Learning Activities and Competences

RecommendationLMS / PLE system

integration

The Core Pillars of the ROLE Widget Store

Widget Store

Education related widgets

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Education related widgets

Widget Store

PLE

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develop new widgets

collect existing widgets

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Widget Bundle Template

Widget Bundle Templates & Community of Practice

Users can create templates which contain

preconfigured widgets: Widget Bundle Templates

The templates can be shared to the community

The community can rate, comment and discuss these

templates and add them to a learning environment

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rate, comment,

share, discuss

create

rate, comment,

share, discuss

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What are Tool Competences?

Definition:

Tool competences are the competences a learner

possesses if she or he is able to perform a (learning)

activity with a (learning) tool.

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Where are the Competences?

Each widget in the store is associated with several

learning activities

User are able to do a self assessment of tool

competencies

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Finding resources for a specific topic

associated

uses

Self assessment

Tool

Learning Activity

Learner

Competency level

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Recommendation

Planned:

Recommendation based

on user Preferences

Theory driven by an

psycho-pedagogical model

(developed by TU Graz)

User behavior driven

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User data Domain data Context data

Recommender

History

Learning

Activities

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Summary: Widget Store

Repository for education related widgets

Support for personalizing learning environments

Integration in existing systems

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Community of Practice

Widget Bundle Templates

Learning Activities and Competences

Recommen-dation

LMS / PLE system

integration

Widget Store

Education related widgets

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