Future Learning Landscapes Towards the Convergence of Pervasive and Contextual computing, Global Social Media and Semantic Web in Technology Enhanced Learning Yvan Peter – Université Lille 1 Serge Garlatti – Telecom Bretagne

Multiple innovations A number of technologies and uses are emerging and developing Mobile & pervasive learning Web 2.0 Semantic web What about convergence ?

A number of technologies and uses are emerging and developing

Mobile & pervasive learning

Web 2.0

Semantic web

What about convergence ?

Setting the stage

Mobile learning Developing theory Conversation theory, use of activity theory… Emerging frameworks For software architecture & design Context management To drive adaptation and the learning situation

Developing theory

Conversation theory, use of activity theory…

Emerging frameworks

For software architecture & design

Context management

To drive adaptation and the learning situation

Challenge Level of embeddedness Level of mobility Pervasive computing Traditional computing Ubiquitous computing Mobile computing High Low Low High

Challenge From mobile to pervasive/ubiquitous learning A seamless environment to keep learning across context An easy and meaningful interaction with the environment A localised accumulation of knowledge and efficient retrieval according to the learner’s needs

From mobile to pervasive/ubiquitous learning

A seamless environment to keep learning across context

An easy and meaningful interaction with the environment

A localised accumulation of knowledge and efficient retrieval according to the learner’s needs

Web 2.0

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 - features Switching from a traditional publishing model to individual contributions Easy publishing (AJAX, blogs, wiki) Multiple media : text, photo, video Leveraging collective intelligence Social bookmarking, tags & folksonomies The web as a platform Everything through your browser

Switching from a traditional publishing model to individual contributions

Easy publishing (AJAX, blogs, wiki)

Multiple media : text, photo, video

Leveraging collective intelligence

Social bookmarking, tags & folksonomies

The web as a platform

Everything through your browser

Web 2.0 - features The “long tail” On any topic you could find a critical mass of people to contribute Composability Open APIs, open formats, REST style communication Enable mashups: data, services Push model for information No more need to check every web site for changes RSS & ATOM feeds

The “long tail”

On any topic you could find a critical mass of people to contribute

Composability

Open APIs, open formats, REST style communication

Enable mashups: data, services

Push model for information

No more need to check every web site for changes

RSS & ATOM feeds

Types of applications Blogs Personal publication + comments Linking facilities at the level of information & people For education Reflection, diary, assignment publishing Course information & follow up (answering questions…)

Blogs

Personal publication + comments

Linking facilities at the level of information & people

For education

Reflection, diary, assignment publishing

Course information & follow up (answering questions…)

Types of applications Wikis Collaborative writing & content organisation For education Supporting group and project work Annotated reading list Practicing writing skills

Wikis

Collaborative writing & content organisation

For education

Supporting group and project work

Annotated reading list

Practicing writing skills

Types of applications Social bookmarking Keep reference of interesting material Organising information with tags Taking benefit from worthy resources found by the others For education Organisation of a corpus of useful references (reading list) Supporting group gathering of information on a subject

Social bookmarking

Keep reference of interesting material

Organising information with tags

Taking benefit from worthy resources found by the others

For education

Organisation of a corpus of useful references (reading list)

Supporting group gathering of information on a subject

Types of applications Media-sharing facilities Sharing photos, videos, presentations, recordings… For education images & videos can be provided Annotation on the images or video can support specific explanations

Media-sharing facilities

Sharing photos, videos, presentations, recordings…

For education

images & videos can be provided

Annotation on the images or video can support specific explanations

Types of applications Social networking Keeping in touch with relations, forming and supporting communities For education Course animation outside the class

Social networking

Keeping in touch with relations, forming and supporting communities

For education

Course animation outside the class

Types of applications Syndication & notifications Easy notification of updates, automatic media distribution (podcast episodes) For education A way to keep an eye on learners’ progress A way to distribute course content automatically

Syndication & notifications

Easy notification of updates, automatic media distribution (podcast episodes)

For education

A way to keep an eye on learners’ progress

A way to distribute course content automatically

Emerging paradigm Personal Learning Environment Learner led learning environment Built by the learner for a specific & personal learning goal Mashing up the services that will support best the goal No institutional lead or control It is not technology but Web 2.0 technology enabled this and supports it.

Personal Learning Environment

Learner led learning environment

Built by the learner for a specific & personal learning goal

Mashing up the services that will support best the goal

No institutional lead or control

It is not technology but Web 2.0 technology enabled this and supports it.

Challenge How to combine the management of the learning and freedom of support services? The teacher needs to be able to “deploy” his/her learning design Learners may choose their personal environments & services and must be directed in their activities The teacher has to keep an eye on what is going on and to provide directions

How to combine the management of the learning and freedom of support services?

The teacher needs to be able to “deploy” his/her learning design

Learners may choose their personal environments & services and must be directed in their activities

The teacher has to keep an eye on what is going on and to provide directions

Semantic Web

Semantic Web The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data through a network of RDF triples.

The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data.

With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data through a network of RDF triples.

Semantic Web Linked Data: Published data according to standards RDF / RDFS / OWL SPARQL Access Point Query language + Access protocol The Web will be a Tremendous Global Database page

Linked Data:

Published data according to standards

RDF / RDFS / OWL

SPARQL Access Point

Query language + Access protocol

The Web

will be a Tremendous Global Database

Challenge A global, distributed and open architecture perspective Composed of social web environments, institutional learning environments and personal learning environments exposing, sharing, and connecting data on the Web.

A global, distributed and open architecture perspective

Composed of social web environments, institutional learning environments and personal learning environments exposing, sharing, and connecting data on the Web.

Challenge It will be possible To reuse, analyze and manage content across web application sources, To monitor and analyze user activities and content production, to get user traces and to provide guidance and advices according to user activities and needs.

It will be possible

To reuse, analyze and manage content across web application sources,

To monitor and analyze user activities and content production, to get user traces and to provide guidance and advices according to user activities and needs.

Challenge Combination of all these resources and techniques allow getting contextual data from web environments and sensors

Combination of all these resources and techniques allow getting contextual data from web environments and sensors

Convergence at last…

Imagine A natural interaction with knowledge Related to the environment & across all environments (class, home…) Mixing personal choice of environment & institutional view on the learning objectives & process Enabling the learners & teachers to follow up the activities across services & environments

A natural interaction with knowledge

Related to the environment & across all environments (class, home…)

Mixing personal choice of environment & institutional view on the learning objectives & process

Enabling the learners & teachers to follow up the activities across services & environments