the technology of open learning “ I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” erik duval K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & ProLearn http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd

“ I still haven’t found what I’m looking for”

Learning Matters “Getting better at getting better” Open Matters No lock-in but innovation Collaboration, competition, coopetition Open is where exciting stuff happens

Learning Matters

“Getting better at getting better”

Open Matters

No lock-in but innovation

Collaboration, competition, coopetition

Open is where exciting stuff happens

Technology matters too food travel music media ... from scarcity to abundance => clarity of mission

open research clarity http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/mediawiki/index.php/A_Learning_Object_Manifesto

Open about what went wrong too!

Our mission? access to all resources “ share and reuse”

http://globe.edna.edu.au /

networking, not taking over repositories

Do numbers matter? http://www.thelongtail.com /

web2.0, mash-ups .... based on open standards rather than google, flickr, ...?!

Open standards Open content Open metadata

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/tools/civilisations/civlaunch.shtml

scaleable remix

hiding everything but the benefits http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/alocom/

Visualizing reuse http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/infovis/

Open standards Open content Open metadata

http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/WindowsLiveWriter/WhyLongTailsneedfiltersCalvinandHobbesve_B3B8/calvin%5B9%5D.jpg paradox of choice from scarcity to abundance

Better search? electronic forms must die!

Google is so passé… also: Moodle (Julien) SidWeb (Gonzalo & Xavier)

User feedback

Open feedback http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/empirical/ Attention metadata

Property Mobility Economy Transparency Attention Metadata

Property

Mobility

Economy

Transparency

social filtering social filtering RSS finding, not searching

Already happening... nice bootstrapping, too!

Open measures of progress X-prize private manned > 100 km twice 2 weeks ➪ $ 10 million

X-prize

private

manned

> 100 km

twice 2 weeks

➪ $ 10 million

Cool! Who will enter the metadata?

Librarian metadata doesn’t scale! ARIADNE

context

http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/amg/

AMG evaluation 22 reviewers for 20 learning objects 10 human generated (from Ariadne KPS) 10 automatically generated (Prolearn deliverables) 7 parameters Completeness Accuracy Provenance Conformance to expectations Logical consistency and coherence Timeliness accessibility no significant difference!

22 reviewers for 20 learning objects

10 human generated (from Ariadne KPS)

10 automatically generated (Prolearn deliverables)

7 parameters

Completeness

Accuracy

Provenance

Conformance to expectations

Logical consistency and coherence

Timeliness

accessibility

Wrap Up Global All resources, for everybody Open Standards, content, metadata Learning “getting better at getting better”

Global

All resources, for everybody

Open

Standards, content, metadata

Learning

“getting better at getting better”

some lessons learned... IPR of content and metadata federated search versus harvesting we can help you & you can help us technology and strategy KISS

IPR of content and metadata

federated search versus harvesting

we can help you & you can help us

technology and strategy

KISS

IPR of content & metadata Creative Commons? share content & metadata? openness is about reducing barriers not only money often more Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt who will get rich from selling your content? $ !?

Creative Commons?

share content & metadata?

openness is about reducing barriers

not only money

often more Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt

who will get rich from selling your content?

harvesting OAI-PMH, ... material stays local, metadata goes central less control no “partly open” federated search SQI, PLQL, ... material and metadata stays local more control or just perception?

harvesting

OAI-PMH, ...

material stays local, metadata goes central

less control

no “partly open”

federated search

SQI, PLQL, ...

material and metadata stays local

more control

or just perception?

we can help you & you can help us! ARIADNE within the network, linked with us use and build on top of our tools GLOBE connect with rest of world become member-network stand on our shoulders!

ARIADNE

within the network, linked with us

use and build on top of our tools

GLOBE

connect with rest of world

become member-network

stand on our shoulders!

technology & strategy keep separate mutual influence make sure you start from strategic aims task technical group to implement short-term goals and long-term goals latter should not impede former

keep separate

mutual influence

make sure you start from strategic aims

task technical group to implement

short-term goals and long-term goals

latter should not impede former

Keep it Simple in Ariadne review of metadata 4 levels: everybody, Ariadne, this server, contact lots of manual work can you explain it in 30 seconds? without explanation? good enough is good enough

in Ariadne

review of metadata

4 levels: everybody, Ariadne, this server, contact

lots of manual work

can you explain it in 30 seconds?

without explanation?

good enough is good enough

Thanks! Questions? http://www.ariadne-eu.org http://www.cs.kuleuven.be /~erikd http://www.prolearn-proj ect.org/

Thanks!