This presentation was made by Daniel Dahredorf (IMC AG) for the Professional Training Facts Conference, 20th - 21st October 2010, Fraunhofer IZS, Stuttgart, Germany. Contents: 1. What is widget 2. Creating a pure widget based PLE 3. Widgets in the CLIX LMS 4. Where to get widgets? 5. Missing Features in theses Stores 6. The Core Pillars of the ROLE Widget Store 7. Education related widgets 8. Widget Bundle Templates & Community of Practice 9. What are Tool Competences? 10. Where are the Competences? 11. Recommendation 12. Summary: Widget Store 13. ROLE ALLIANCE PROGRAM

1. From Widgets to Competencies
Daniel Dahrendorf (IMC)
Professional Training Facts, 20th - 21st October 2010, Fraunhofer IZS, Stuttgart, Germany

2. What is a Widget?
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3. What is a Widget?
 Widgets can be plugged into widget supporting systems
(web pages called container)
 Web widgets are based on XML, HTML and JavaScript
 In ROLE we are focusing on the OpenSocial widget
specification
 Available container
space
(soon)
…
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4. Creating a pure widget based PLE
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5. Widgets in the CLIX LMS
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6. Where to get Widgets?
PLE
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7. Missing Features in theses Stores:
 Recommendations for learning processes
 Sufficient amount of education widgets
 Quality management
 Possibility for paid widgets
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8. The Core Pillars of the ROLE Widget Store
Widget Store
Learning
Community of Widget Bundle LMS / PLE system
Activities and Recommendation
Practice Templates integration
Competences
Education related widgets
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9. Education related widgets
collect existing widgets
Widget Store
develop new widgets
PLE
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10. Widget Bundle Templates & Community of Practice
 Users can create templates which contain
preconfigured widgets: Widget Bundle Templates
 The templates can be shared to the community
 The community can rate, comment and discuss these
templates and add them to a learning environment
Widget Bundle Template
create
rate, comment,
rate, comment,
share, discuss
share, discuss
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11. What are Tool Competences?
Definition:
Tool competences are the competences a learner
possesses if she or he is able to perform a (learning)
activity with a (learning) tool.
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12. Where are the Competences?
 Each widget in the store is associated with several
learning activities
 User are able to do a self assessment of tool
competencies
Tool Learner
uses
Self assessment
associated
Competency level
Finding resources for a specific topic
Learning Activity
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13. Recommendation
 Planned:
 Recommendation based
on user Preferences
 Theory driven by an User data Domain data Context data
psycho-pedagogical model
(developed by TU Graz)
Recommender Learning
Activities
 User behavior driven
History
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14. Summary: Widget Store
 Repository for education related widgets
 Support for personalizing learning environments
 Integration in existing systems
Widget Store
Learning LMS / PLE
Community of Widget Bundle Recommen-
Activities and system
Practice Templates dation
Competences integration
Education related widgets
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15. ROLE ALLIANCE PROGRAM
What is the Alliance Program?
A partner network of strategic users, vendors and other
stakeholder
Why should I become a member?
As a member you have a lot of benefits e.g., access to our
showcase platform, free visit of specific workshops, test
of prototypes or attendance at Alliance Partner meetings
How can I become part of the Alliance Program?
Please register under
http://www.roleproject.eu/AllianceProgram
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