{"title":"Observation Strategy: Specification and User Processes","authors":"Mohand Akli Ouali, S. Iksal, P. Laforcade","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.110","url":null,"abstract":"Every learning situation is designed according to specific instructional objectives. Instructional designers evaluate the correlation between the objectives and the real progress of the learning session by practicing an observation activity. In order to be efficient, the observation must be organized. Our goal in this work aims to provide tools and methods to support the observation activity. That is why we propose the concept of Observing Strategy. In this paper, we present a concrete observation strategy formalization to illustrate our proposition. We also present two processes: the first one focuses on the specification of executable observation strategies by considering the elements of instructional scenario, the links between pedagogical indicators and observation means and the machine-readable format of all this information. The second one focuses on specifying an observation strategy by the user through the manipulation of dedicated tools.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"350 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122100530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Blends, Patterns, Und Flips -- A Method-Based Approach","authors":"A. Martens, Lutz Hellmig","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.117","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops a structured approach towards blended learning. The current state of the art in using this term is ambiguous. It is unclear whether or not something can be perceived to be \"blended learning\" or not. In the current way of using this term, the term itself it obsolete. The missing point is a clear definition of what exactly the \"blend\" is. In many cases, blended learning is used to describe scenarios where traditional classroom education is enriched with technology, aka. eLearning. However, this is not enough to grasp the deeper meaning of blended learning. Thus, in the paper we will develop a general model of blended learning, which is based on a dialectic approach, and which shall help to structure the field. Examples support our approach.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"402 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122105464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Q&A System Considering Employees' Willingness to Help Colleagues and to Look for Help in Different Workplace-Related Situations: An Analysis in the Automotive Sector","authors":"Christoph Rensing, Irina Diaconita","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.204","url":null,"abstract":"Learning at the workplace is quite often based on sharing of experiences between workers. In this paper we present the results of a survey we made about the worker's willingness to help colleagues and about the prerequisites for the use of a question and answering (Q&A) system supporting mobile users in the automotive sector. Especially we investigate whether the willingness to help and the information need differs in different work related activities. A Q&A system is a widespread used tool to pass experience based knowledge between persons distributed over different locations. The analysis of the survey shows that help from colleagues is valuable during the knowledge acquisition process. We also get answers on what kind of information is helpful for technicians in the automotive sector. These insights have been incorporated into our concept and implementation. Our concept extends the fundamental Q&A idea to be used in automotive companies where especially strong requirements regarding the response time exist and where technicians work at different places and need mobile support.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122109484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Lecture Videos in Higher Education: Acceptance and Motivation Effects on Students' System Use","authors":"M. Pedrotti, Nicolae Nistor","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.141","url":null,"abstract":"Recent technological developments such as the evolution of digital video and online video streaming stimulate the further development of online lecture videos (OLV) as a base for various learning scenarios in modern higher education. Currently, there is little research on the effect students' acceptance and motivations have on their use of the provided tools. This paper describes an OLV system implemented at a large German university, providing lecture videos with synchronized presentation slides, where OLV users can collaboratively annotate the slides with comments, questions and answers. Further, the study explores the predictors and effects of students' acceptance and motivation on their use of the system. Based on performance and effort expectations, and on social influence, students accept OLV to a high degree, which in turn influences their use behavior. While intrinsic motivation positively affects usage, identified regulation seems to have a negative effect on the study-related use of OLV. The findings suggest further OLV development coordinated with specific learning scenarios, and, from theoretical perspective, a reconsideration of previous acceptance theories.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125930217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sven Manske, Tobias Hecking, L. Bollen, Tilman Göhnert, Alfredo Ramos Lezama, H. Hoppe
{"title":"A Flexible Framework for the Authoring of Reusable and Portable Learning Analytics Gadgets","authors":"Sven Manske, Tobias Hecking, L. Bollen, Tilman Göhnert, Alfredo Ramos Lezama, H. Hoppe","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.80","url":null,"abstract":"Technology supported learning is nowadays often based on heterogeneous environments that encompass not only one application and also possibly involve different devices. This creates specific challenges for data analysis and thus for learning analytics. In this paper, we propose a framework to create reusable learning analytics components that are portable to different target platforms. In this approach, the logic of each analysis component is specified in a separate web-based visual environment (or \"workbench\") from where it is later exported to the target environments form of a gadget-based dashboard. We demonstrate this mechanism in the context of the Go-Lab portal for accessing remote laboratories in STEM learning scenarios. An example shows how such analytics gadgets can be used to support collaboration inside the classroom.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129045891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Roldán-álvarez, Ana Márquez-Fernández, Silvia Rosado-Martin, Estefanía Martín, P. Haya, M. García-Herranz
{"title":"Benefits of Combining Multitouch Tabletops and Turn-Based Collaborative Learning Activities for People with Cognitive Disabilities and People with ASD","authors":"David Roldán-álvarez, Ana Márquez-Fernández, Silvia Rosado-Martin, Estefanía Martín, P. Haya, M. García-Herranz","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.166","url":null,"abstract":"Learning technologies offer new opportunities to people with disabilities to develop their autonomy and independence. This paper shows how multitouch tabletops support collaborative learning activities for people with cognitive disabilities and people with ASD. We report two educational experiences that have been set up in different contexts. The first one involved 52 students with cognitive disabilities learning musical instruments collaboratively. In the second one, 8 students with ASD worked in pairs focusing on activities related to theory of mind and daily life situations. The main finding is that the students' awareness of other students' actions is increased when they were performing the activities by turns in both experiences. This gives another perspective on the use of these devices as learning tools which have been mainly devised for simultaneous interactions.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129134686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing New Digital Challenges for Reading Comprehension: A Case Study with Dedicated E-Readers","authors":"Apostolos Nikolakopoulos, F. Paraskeva","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.126","url":null,"abstract":"This case study was conducted to explore the metacognitive awareness of reading comprehension strategies of students while they used a dedicated e-Reader (Amazon Kindle) for reading an e-text. Fifteen high school students were assigned to complete a reading task which included reading two chapters of an e-book in a foreign language using a dedicated e-reading device. The findings revealed that students used a repertoire of effective metacognitive strategies while they read with the digital medium. They also took advantage of several features of the device to introduce new strategies to interact within the new context.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122384857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing an Educational Scenario Using the Principles of Universal Design for Learning","authors":"Katerina Riviou, G. Kouroupetroglou","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.213","url":null,"abstract":"Grounded on new research in neuroscience Universal Design for Learning (UDL) constitutes an educational approach that promotes access, participation and progress in the general curriculum for all. UDL recognises the need to create opportunities for the inclusion of diverse learners by providing curricula and instructional activities that allow for multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement. In the first decade of its development, the emphasis in the domain of UDL was on the use of technology to inclusive education and accessibility for the disabled. Although UDL has great potential it has been hard to implement on a large scale. UDL requires collaborative planning amongst teachers with different curriculum knowledge and skills. Complaints that are often raised include lack of time to co-plan and lack of resources to teach a differentiated curriculum. Open Discovery Space is a portal to browse and build educational content, lesson plans and scenarios. In order to bridge the gap between policies and practice in applying UDL, we present the adaptation of an educational scenario template so as to incorporate the UDL principles.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130515418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobile Widgets to Support Peer Interaction Visualization","authors":"Ioannis Magnisalis, S. Demetriadis","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.62","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.62","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a technological solution for the visualization of peer interaction data in mobile widget format. Peer interaction is the key learning mechanism in collaborative learning situations and providing peers with feedback on their interaction is expected to help improve the outcomes of the activity at all levels. The showcased mobile application employs the IMS-LD standard to facilitate visualization of a peer interaction (PI) model of the collaborative activity within a Moodle forum. In the paper we present and discuss (a) the standards-based system architecture comparing it also to other similar efforts, and (b) the design and implementation decisions during the mobile widget development, considering mainly the peer interaction information model, the flexible representation of visualization artefacts and the pedagogical support objectives for learners and teachers.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130887428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlotta Schatten, Martin Wistuba, L. Schmidt-Thieme, S. Santos
{"title":"Minimal Invasive Integration of Learning Analytics Services in Intelligent Tutoring Systems","authors":"Carlotta Schatten, Martin Wistuba, L. Schmidt-Thieme, S. Santos","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2014.219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2014.219","url":null,"abstract":"A common problem when trying to apply data mining techniques to improve educational systems is the disconnection between those who have the expertise (e.g. Universities) and those who have access to the data (e.g. Small companies). Bringing expertise into educational in-production systems is complicated because companies are reluctant to invest a lot of effort into integrating new technology that they do not fully trust, while the technology cannot prove its worth without access to real, valid data. In this paper we explore the requirements that machine learning systems have to be applied to specific learning problems (sequencing and performance prediction), and then propose a minimally invasive protocol for sequencing (based on web services) to easily integrate Learning Analytics Services into e-learning systems.","PeriodicalId":268431,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125463151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}