Web 2.0 Technology: Future Interfaces for Technology Enhanced Learning?

Web 2.0 Technology: Future Interfaces for Technology Enhanced Learning? Martin Ebner Andreas Holzinger Hermann Maurer Graz University of Technology Medical University Graz

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbabylon/80620351/

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1569514,00.html Web 2.0 - only a hype?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighblackall/64953825/ e-Learning 2.0

Three major components Accessibility Device Usability 1990 - 2007 ⇨ ⇨ ⇨ Broadband Mobile Devices Web 2.0

Not a technical view Learning will not easier as before, because learning is an active cognitive process on the part of the learner, where knowledge and understanding is constructed by the learner .

The Project LearnLand

TU Graz LearnLand
Universitywide Blogosphere
based on ELGG (http://elgg.org)
php / mySQL
Various components

Weblog

Community Weblog

Tagging

Picture Gallery

Bookmark sharing

Usability Tests
Thinking aloud
Video analyses
Three rounds / 5 typical end users each
10 typical tasks to each user

Discussion
Ease of use aspect as precondition

But we need also a social view … Technology Adoption Life Cycle (according to Moore), adopted to social use of Web 2.0 Technologies

Endstatement Nowadays, we need to think about what we write and not how we write. Even more - how we start to write, reflect and express ourselves within a worldwide community.

WG SOCIAL LEARNING Computer and Information Services Graz University of Technology Martin Ebner [email_address]

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Web 2.0 Technology: Future Interfaces for Technology Enhanced Learning?

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