Distributed e-Learning Environments

Distributed e-Learning

Environments1st Learning Grid SIG

WorkshopMarch 14 2005

Vico Equense (NA)

Pierluigi [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

2www.noe-kaleidoscope.org

Structure of the Talk

The Kaleidoscope project

Aim Activities

SIG Facts The Vision The Research Programme The Expected Outcomes The Participants

SIG Performed Activities Performed Activities

Summary Released Deliverables

Focus on…

Defined Scenarios for Distributed e-Learning

The Observatory on Learning GRID

The 1st Workshop on Distributed e-Learning Environments

The SIG Web Site

Plans for 2005


Kaleidoscope “Concepts and methods for the future of TEL”

Bridges between educational, social and cognitive sciences and technologies have a pragmatic existence (they work “together”) but a weak foundation what results in:

fragility of interdisciplinary research on TEL difficulty to learn from the projects lack of clear grounds for the evaluation of TEL contingent transfer to R&D

“Learning”, “Knowledge, “Teaching” have different meaning across the different TEL culture and different national organization

Need for a shared understanding of the differences and commonalities at a conceptual and methodological level, across disciplines, across cultures and research practices


Key challenges for the development of an European Research Area on TEL

To establish processes which enable academic research to share a common reference

To understand, formulate and address the intrinsic complexity of research on TEL at both a computational and an epistemological level

To build with producers, providers and users a vision of the research needed ten years ahead

To ensure the best understanding of basic research on TEL for a more efficient transfer to industry and a better users appropriation

To strengthen the image of what research in TEL is in the academic world at large and for decision making bodies at a political level


IntegrationSIG : Special Interest GroupsERT : European Research TeamsBackboneVDS : Virtual Doctoral SchoolSVL : Shared Virtual LabATA : Advanced Training Activity

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SIGSIG SIG

ERT

ERT ERT

JEIRP

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JEIRPJEIRP

JEIRP

JEIRP

Shared virtuallaboratory

Integratinginstruments

Research actions

Virtual doctoralschool

Integratingstructures

Joint project actions (JPAs) / Structure

JEIRP : Jointly Executed Integrating Research Projects

Academy-industry digital allianceUsers’ Group

Enhanced Learning…o CSCL / Inquiry learning / Learning at work/ …

Advanced technologieso learning Grid / Semantic web / Mobile support / …

Participatory design Assessment and evaluation Epistemology of TEL

Kaleidoscope Activities to leverage research integration



The Kaleidoscope project

Aim activities

SIG Facts The Vision The Research Programme The Expected Outcomes The Participants

SIG Performed Activities Performed Activities

Summary Released Deliverables

Focus on…




The SIG Web Site

Plans for 2005


The Vision

Contribute to the achievement of a breakthrough in European (e-)learning practices …

… with the creation of open, distributed and pervasive environment for effective human learning …

… where learning is a social activity consumed in dynamic Virtual Communities based on communications and collaborations …

… and learners, through direct experiences, create and share their knowledge in a contextualized and personalized way


The Research Programme

Definition of challenging scenarios for distributed service-oriented e-learning

Analysis of technologies and definition of an approach for creating distributed, service-oriented e-Learning environments

Analysis of learning paradigms able to exploit distributed, service-oriented e-learning environments

Definition of an evaluation methodology to assess the efficacy and the effectiveness of distributed, service oriented e-learning models and environments

2004

2005

2006

2007


The Expected Outcomes (4 years)

The GRID technologies for TEL handbook including:

distributed service-oriented e-learning scenarios an evaluation of different technologies and the definition

of a methodology for creating distributed service-oriented e-learning scenarios

Analysis of the learning paradigms able to exploit distributed, service-oriented e-learning environments

An evaluation methodology able to assess the efficacy and the effectiveness of distributed, service-oriented e-learning models and environments

Establishment of an observatory on GRID technologies for learning

Dissemination Activities (workshops, round tables, seminars/tutorials)


The Participants

SIG Leader Pierluigi Ritrovato Centro di Ricerca in Matematica Pura ed

Applicata, Italy Steering Group Members

Giovannina Albano DIIMA, University of Salerno, Italy Nicola Capuano Centro di Ricerca in Matematica Pura ed Applicata,

Italy Atanasi Daradoumis Open University of Catalunia, Spain Agathe Merceron Engineering School Leonard de Vinci, France Lydia Montandon ATOS Origin, Spain Fionn Murtagh Queen's University of Belfast, UK Alexandra Poulovassilis London Knowledge Lab, UK

68 Participants: see list



SIG Facts The Vision


The Expected Outcomes

The Participants

SIG Performed Activities

Performed Activities Summary

Released Deliverables

Focus on…




The SIG Web Site

Plans for 2005



Research Definition of a Shared Research Programme Definition of Scenarios for Distributed Service-Oriented

e-Learning Establishment of an observatory on GRID technologies

Dissemination Establishment of the Learning GRID SIG Web Site Publication of a quarterly newsletter Organization of the 1st Workshop on Distributed e-

Learning Environments Meetings

Kick-Off Meeting 11 March 2004 1st Learning GRID SIG Annual Meeting 14 March 2005



Year 2004 D12.1.1 : Learning GRID SIG shared research

programme D12.1.2 : JEIRT 1 definition and proposal D12.2.1 : Detailed Workplan (V1) D12.2.2 : Web site and information sharing

instruments D12.2.3 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.1 D12.2.4 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.2

Year 2005 D12.2.5 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.3



SIG Facts

The Vision



The Participants




Focus on…




The SIG Web Site

Plans for 2005


Defined Scenarios

Open University of Catalonia: Using GRID computing for processing and analyzing

information from on-line collaborative learning teams School of Computer Science Queen’s

University Belfast Parallel Computing Cooperative Learning A Collaborative Research Environment

Ecole supérieure d'Ingénieurs Léonard de Vinci Département de génie Informatique

Collaborative lab A distance programming course based on practice


Observatory on Learning GRID 1/2

The main dissemination mean is a quarterly newsletter

Three numbers of the SIG Newsletter released till now

Four Featured Articles GRID for Dummies

by Giuseppe Laria A Vision about the Learning GRID

by Damian Mc Randal and Theo Dimitrakos Virtual Learning Communities

by Nadia Romano Pedagogical Models for VLC

by Giovannina Albano


Observatory on Learning GRID 2/2

Four Surveyed Research Projects ELeGI, Diogene, GRASP, Akogrimo

Seven Surveyed Enabling Technologies OGSA, Web Services, IMS Simple Sequencing, IMS

Learning Design, Web Service Resource Framework, OWL, OWL-S

Several News and Events reported Past issues can be found on the

Kaleidoscope Web site and on the SIG web site

Next issue: April 2005


The SIG Web Site

http://kaleidoscope.grid.free.fr



SIG Facts

The Vision



The Participants




Focus on…




The SIG Web Site

Plans for 2005


Next Deliverables

Year 2005 D12.1.4 : Learning GRID SIG Shared Research Programme (V2) D12.1.5 : Proceedings of the 1st Learning Grid SIG Workshop D12.1.6 : Survey on Service Oriented Frameworks for e-

Learning D12.2.6 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.4 D12.2.7 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.5 D12.2.8 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.6 JEIRT proposal "Requirements for e-learning Knowledge and

Semantic Grid" Year 2006

D12.1.7 : Learning GRID SIG Shared Research Programme (V3) D12.1.8 : Proceedings of the 2nd Learning Grid SIG Workshop D12.1.9 : Course Material on Distributed Architectures for e-

Learning D12.2.9 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.7 D12.2.10 : Learning Grid SIG Newsletter N.8

Documents

Distributed e-Learning Environments