eEducation at Graz University
of Technology -
on the move towards
u-Learning
Martin Ebner

http://www.martinebner.at
http://lifestream.fm/mebner
http://mebner.jaiku.com
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
http://twitter.com/mebner
http://tugll.tugraz.at
LaBomba Aida - Second Life

Technology enhanced Learning
http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273//

uLearning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sovietuk/141381675

„It‘s not about matching traditional models with
existing tools anymore;
It‘s about developing a brand-new
pedagogical model and implementing the
Next generation Web environment upon it.“
Antonio Fumero, 2006

Future?
http://pizdaus.com/pics/MC3KUw7uCDtL.jpg

Mobile Learning?
http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/

First let us think about the Learners?

„Our students have changed
radically. Today‘s students are no
longer the people our educational
system was designed to teach.“
Mark Prenksy 2001
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maebmij/123180774
E-Education in Civil Engineering
Martin Ebner, Ulrich Walder - 6thAECEF Symposium 2008

Ally, M. (2007). Mobile Learning. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 8(2).
„
.“
M. Ally 2007

Has the Net Generation Arrived at our
Universities?

Evaluation at two universities:
• University of Zurich (n=571/SS 2007)
• Graz University of Technology (n=578/
WS2007/2008)

Question 1: Equipment

Question 2: Internet Access

Question 3: Digital Communication

Question 4: e-Learning experiences
(TU Graz)
Standard
n Average Median
Deviation
Homepage 545 1,87 0,76 2
LMS 531 1,63 0,70 1

Question 5: Web 2.0 Knowlegde
(TU Graz)

Question 6: Use of Web 2.0 technologies
(TU Graz)

Result
• Learners have their own devices
• Internet Access is no longer a
barrier
• Digital Communication can be
seen as normal in daily-life of
students
• Web 2.0 means Wikipedia and
YouTube for our students
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kitsu/404092967/sizes/o/

„The so called
NetGeneration has not
really arrived at our
universities or we
have to see our
students as better
equipped than years
before.“

What is about the lecturers?

Jim Groom
coined for the first
time
EduPunk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfreire/2644097652

„Edupunk is an approach to teaching and
learning practices that result from a do it
yourself (DIY) attitude. Many instructional
applications can be described as DIY
education or Edupunk. It describes inventive
teaching and inventive learning“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/inju/2592572391

EduPunk definition (Stephen Downes, 2008):
• - As a reaction against the commercialization
of learning
• - To symbolize the do-it-yourself of
educational technology
• - Thinking for yourself instead of being told what
to think and learning for yourself instead of
being told what to learn

„Do we need EduPunk to enhance our
Edcuation?“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkbxl/2901365987

Creativity / Individuality / Collaboration?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetoad01/2677459596

The power of New Technologies includes
interaction, collaboration and motivation.
E-Education in Civil Engineering
Martin Ebner, Ulrich Walder - 6thAECEF Symposium 2008

Formal educational Institution = closed castle?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toru_okada/1377360600

What are we doing at Graz?

Learning Environment of the future
• - ... learner-centred (PLE)
• - ... have to support the lecturers
• - ... works with the Web as
information and collaboration
environment

„Learning and teaching
should not depend on technology -
it should happen amongst using it.“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighblackall/65030029

SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
http://elearning.tugraz.at
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at