iGoogle and gadgets as a platform for integrating institutional and external services Workshop on Mash-Up Personal Learning Environments (MUPPLE’08) Oskar Casquero Javier Portillo Jesús Romo Ramón Ovelar Manuel Benito

Index Our vision of a PLE Why do we focus on the institution? Architecture of a PLE Our prototype Open issues Conclusions

Our vision of a PLE

Why do we focus on the institution?

Architecture of a PLE

Our prototype

Open issues

Conclusions

Our vision of a PLE The environment every teacher and student uses everyday, at least within an institution. A hub to route learning resources on a one2one or one2many basis. Controlled by the final user but influenced by: Other classmates (teachers or students) Tutors Institutions

The environment every teacher and student uses everyday, at least within an institution.

A hub to route learning resources on a one2one or one2many basis.

Controlled by the final user but influenced by:

Other classmates (teachers or students)

Tutors

Institutions

Our vision of a PLE A kit for every learner/teacher that provides: Search Create Distribute Contact

A kit for every learner/teacher that provides:

Our vision of a PLE The artifact to encourage social networking. Network of PLEs  Network of people, resources… knowledge ! PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE PLE

The artifact to encourage social networking.

Why do we focus on the institution? An effective way to create a network of PLEs. The institution is the link to lots of people and resources implied in the learning process.

An effective way to create a network of PLEs.

The institution is the link to lots of people and resources implied in the learning process.

Why do we focus on the institution? Personal in PLE means that the user decides but other agents should advice and provide materials.

Personal in PLE means that the user decides but other agents should advice and provide materials.

Architecture of the PLE

Architecture of the PLE Kernel

Kernel

Our prototype Widgets gadgets as the glue for the integration of services Start page iGoogle as the frame for the widgets iGoogle within Google Apps l ocally controlled environment (set of tools, group of users) administrator can configure a default PLE for everybody

Widgets

gadgets as the glue for the integration of services

Start page

iGoogle as the frame for the widgets

iGoogle within Google Apps

l ocally controlled environment (set of tools, group of users)

administrator can configure a default PLE for everybody

Our prototype Cloud-computing Google App Engine to extract and analyze the collective intelligence that emerges from the network of PLEs Network of blogs Elgg or Wordpress as a framework for creating the blogs that backup the data exchanged within a group of users who use the PLE Authoring tool: eXe learning

Cloud-computing

Google App Engine to extract and analyze the collective intelligence that emerges from the network of PLEs

Network of blogs

Elgg or Wordpress as a framework for creating the blogs that backup the data exchanged within a group of users who use the PLE

Authoring tool: eXe learning

Our prototype Repositories for: D ocuments  Google Docs + Sites (wiki) Images  Flickr Videos  Youtube Bookmarks  Delicious RLOs  own server Posts  network of institutional blogs Vertical search engines  Google CSEs

Repositories for:

D ocuments  Google Docs + Sites (wiki)

Images  Flickr

Videos  Youtube

Bookmarks  Delicious

RLOs  own server

Posts  network of institutional blogs

Vertical search engines  Google CSEs

Our prototype We use software from Google because it masks many technical issues i t offers a flexible infrastructure Google Apps is a propietary platform, but other products can also be used o pen nature of gadgets allow their placement in any container

We use software from Google because

it masks many technical issues

i t offers a flexible infrastructure

Google Apps is a propietary platform, but other products can also be used

o pen nature of gadgets allow their placement in any container

Open issues Widgets that connect institutional services Development of collaborative widgets Real integration (data flow) of services inside iGoogle, not just an interface integration Manage different user groups within Google Apps (teachers, students, research groups…) Get experience with the standards we need (SAML, OpenID, Oauth, OpenSocial, …) Integration of eXe learning and iGoogle

Widgets that connect institutional services

Development of collaborative widgets

Real integration (data flow) of services inside iGoogle, not just an interface integration

Manage different user groups within Google Apps (teachers, students, research groups…)

Get experience with the standards we need (SAML, OpenID, Oauth, OpenSocial, …)

Integration of eXe learning and iGoogle

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