Sustainable Information Management for Personal Learning Environments ORS meeting Julià Minguillón Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunication Studies Universitat Oberta de Catalunya MTSR'07 Corfu, Greece

Definitions By sustainable we mean “ continuously providing the learner with the appropriate information depending on the available sources, the device he/she is using, his/her preferences and particularities, and the context” By information we mean “ any content, activity or service which guides the learner through the learning process towards his/her learning goals” MTSR'07 Corfu, Greece

By sustainable we mean

“ continuously providing the learner with the appropriate information depending on the available sources, the device he/she is using, his/her preferences and particularities, and the context”

By information we mean

“ any content, activity or service which guides the learner through the learning process towards his/her learning goals”

Key issues Virtual learning environments are getting sophisticated: Personalization issues Standards and specifications for interoperability New architectures based on services (Open) contents are everywhere Breaking the producer / consumer barrier Towards a new semantic of the learning process Learning is not making contents available! (D. Wiley) VLEs need to provide learners with true learning experiences MTSR'07 Corfu, Greece

Virtual learning environments are getting sophisticated:

Personalization issues

Standards and specifications for interoperability

New architectures based on services

(Open) contents are everywhere

Breaking the producer / consumer barrier

Towards a new semantic of the learning process

Learning is not making contents available! (D. Wiley)

VLEs need to provide learners with true learning experiences

Virtual learning environments Condemned to death if: not open or proprietary not standard compliant and interoperable not service based and extendable not accessible not personalizable Current and future learners are net natives: technology “addicts” multiple identities all-in-one context: personal, academic, professional MTSR'07 Corfu, Greece

Condemned to death if:

not open or proprietary

not standard compliant and interoperable

not service based and extendable

not accessible

not personalizable

Current and future learners are net natives:

technology “addicts”

multiple identities

all-in-one context: personal, academic, professional

Openness: aspects to take into account As defined in OLCOS ( www.olcos.org ): Technological (what can we do?) Methodological (how do we do it?) Legal (can we do it?) Economical (who will pay for?) Social (why should we do it?) No “when?” question: NOW! No “where?” question: EVERYWHERE! MTSR'07 Corfu, Greece

As defined in OLCOS ( www.olcos.org ):

Technological (what can we do?)

Methodological (how do we do it?)

Legal (can we do it?)

Economical (who will pay for?)

Social (why should we do it?)

No “when?” question: NOW!

No “where?” question: EVERYWHERE!

Future trends Everybody is a lifelong learner Competence transfer between personal, academic and professional contexts Search, create, mix, use, post paradigm: Contents Services VLEs will become personal spaces where learners aggregate the elements they need Semantics will ensure the quality of the learning process Towards a web science of e-learning (W. Hall) MTSR'07 Corfu, Greece

Everybody is a lifelong learner

Competence transfer between personal, academic and professional contexts

Search, create, mix, use, post paradigm:

Contents

Services

VLEs will become personal spaces where learners aggregate the elements they need

Semantics will ensure the quality of the learning process

Towards a web science of e-learning (W. Hall)

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