"Ubiquitous Computing and Online Collaboration for Open Education." Keynote Address at the 5th International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention, Kuantan, Malaysia (17 October 2011).
Integrated Ubiquitous Computing - Designing Urban Space with Digital Media - ...Florian Resatsch
A presentation held at a lecture at the University of Debrecen, Hungary by me and Daniel Michelis. It shows basic principles of Ubiquitous Computing and potentially interesting applications.
DireWolf - Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces for Widget-based Web Ap...Nicolaescu Petru
Poster for our paper: D. Kovachev, D. Renzel, P. Nicolaescu, R. Klamma, „DireWolf – Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces for Web Widget Applications”. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Web Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark, July 8-12, 2013. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2013
Advanced Community Information Systems Group (ACIS) Annual Report 2013Ralf Klamma
Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS)
Lehrstuhl Informatik 5 – Information Systems
RWTH Aachen University
Ahornstr. 55 | 52056 Aachen | Germany
Integrated Ubiquitous Computing - Designing Urban Space with Digital Media - ...Florian Resatsch
A presentation held at a lecture at the University of Debrecen, Hungary by me and Daniel Michelis. It shows basic principles of Ubiquitous Computing and potentially interesting applications.
DireWolf - Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces for Widget-based Web Ap...Nicolaescu Petru
Poster for our paper: D. Kovachev, D. Renzel, P. Nicolaescu, R. Klamma, „DireWolf – Distributing and Migrating User Interfaces for Web Widget Applications”. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Web Engineering, Aalborg, Denmark, July 8-12, 2013. Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2013
Advanced Community Information Systems Group (ACIS) Annual Report 2013Ralf Klamma
Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS)
Lehrstuhl Informatik 5 – Information Systems
RWTH Aachen University
Ahornstr. 55 | 52056 Aachen | Germany
Musings about information literacy in school settings. Old and new questionsEmpatic Project
Presentation byTibor Koltay
Department of Information and Library Studies
Szent István University
Jászberény
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Department of Library and Information Science
University of West Hungary
Szombathely, Hungary
Venue: Empatic International Workshop - Schools Sector in Krakow, Poland
Date: 8 June 2011
SyncMeta: Near Real-time Collaborative Conceptual Modeling on the WebNicolaescu Petru
Framework for near real-time (meta) modeling on the Web. Permits the collaborative editing of meta models and the generation of near real-time collaborative modeling editors. It uses a visual modeling approach.
http://dbis.rwth-aachen.de/cms/research/ACIS/SyncMeta
Multimedia Content Understanding: Bringing Context to ContentBenoit HUET
There is a digital revolution happening right before our eyes, the way we communicate is rapidly changing dues to rapid technological advances. Pencil and paper communication is drastically reducing and being replaced with newer communication medium ranging from emails to sms/mms and other instant messaging services. Information/news used to be broadcasted only through official and dedicated channels such as television, radio or newspapers. The technology available today allows every single one of us to be individual information broadcasters whether through text, image or video using our personal connected mobile device. In effect, the current trend shows that video will soon become the most important media on the Internet. While the amount of multimedia content continuously increases there is still progress to be done for automatically understanding multimedia documents in order to provide means to index, search and browse them more effectively. The objectives of this chapter are three-fold. First, we will motivate multimedia content modeling research in the current technological context. Secondly, a broad state of the art will provide the reader with a brief overview of the methodological trends of the field. Thirdly, a bird eye view of the various research themes I have supervised and/or conducted will be presented and will expose how contextual information has become an important additional source of information for multimedia content understanding.
Technological development have altered the way we communicate, learn, think, share, and spread information. Mobile technologies are those that make use of wireless technologies to gain some sort of data. As mobile connectedness continues to spread across the world, the value of employing mobile technologies in the arena of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable The fast deployment of mobile devices and wireless networks in university campuses makes higher education a good environment to integrate learners-centered m-learning. This paper discusses mobile learning technologies that are being used for educational purposes and the effect they have on teaching and learning methods.
The 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence » industry...Francois Pouilloux
The industry day of the conference aims to bring together people from both academia and industry in a venue that highlights application and practical impact.
I'm pleased to present there on August 22nd 2011.
Stay tuned for the prez file after the event !
Knowledge management paradoxes and social media utilization in B2B networks –...Jari Jussila
Knowledge Management Paradoxes and Social Media Utilization in B2B Networks – Review and Research Agenda Proposal presented by Heli Aramo-Immonen at World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS) 2013 conference Aveiro, Portugal.
Musings about information literacy in school settings. Old and new questionsEmpatic Project
Presentation byTibor Koltay
Department of Information and Library Studies
Szent István University
Jászberény
&
Department of Library and Information Science
University of West Hungary
Szombathely, Hungary
Venue: Empatic International Workshop - Schools Sector in Krakow, Poland
Date: 8 June 2011
SyncMeta: Near Real-time Collaborative Conceptual Modeling on the WebNicolaescu Petru
Framework for near real-time (meta) modeling on the Web. Permits the collaborative editing of meta models and the generation of near real-time collaborative modeling editors. It uses a visual modeling approach.
http://dbis.rwth-aachen.de/cms/research/ACIS/SyncMeta
Multimedia Content Understanding: Bringing Context to ContentBenoit HUET
There is a digital revolution happening right before our eyes, the way we communicate is rapidly changing dues to rapid technological advances. Pencil and paper communication is drastically reducing and being replaced with newer communication medium ranging from emails to sms/mms and other instant messaging services. Information/news used to be broadcasted only through official and dedicated channels such as television, radio or newspapers. The technology available today allows every single one of us to be individual information broadcasters whether through text, image or video using our personal connected mobile device. In effect, the current trend shows that video will soon become the most important media on the Internet. While the amount of multimedia content continuously increases there is still progress to be done for automatically understanding multimedia documents in order to provide means to index, search and browse them more effectively. The objectives of this chapter are three-fold. First, we will motivate multimedia content modeling research in the current technological context. Secondly, a broad state of the art will provide the reader with a brief overview of the methodological trends of the field. Thirdly, a bird eye view of the various research themes I have supervised and/or conducted will be presented and will expose how contextual information has become an important additional source of information for multimedia content understanding.
Technological development have altered the way we communicate, learn, think, share, and spread information. Mobile technologies are those that make use of wireless technologies to gain some sort of data. As mobile connectedness continues to spread across the world, the value of employing mobile technologies in the arena of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable The fast deployment of mobile devices and wireless networks in university campuses makes higher education a good environment to integrate learners-centered m-learning. This paper discusses mobile learning technologies that are being used for educational purposes and the effect they have on teaching and learning methods.
The 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence » industry...Francois Pouilloux
The industry day of the conference aims to bring together people from both academia and industry in a venue that highlights application and practical impact.
I'm pleased to present there on August 22nd 2011.
Stay tuned for the prez file after the event !
Knowledge management paradoxes and social media utilization in B2B networks –...Jari Jussila
Knowledge Management Paradoxes and Social Media Utilization in B2B Networks – Review and Research Agenda Proposal presented by Heli Aramo-Immonen at World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS) 2013 conference Aveiro, Portugal.
A Multidimensional Approach to Definitions, Applied to e-Learning in Language...Steve McCarty
A presentation by Professor Steve McCarty at the Minpaku Linguistics Circle, National Museum of Ethnology, Suita, Osaka, 20 July 2014
ABSTRACT
Dictionary definitions tend to be circular, as in: big means large and large means big, so for all these years have they been getting away with not truly defining words? What would it mean for a bilingual dictionary to define words fully or sufficiently, particularly so that their situational usage would be clear enough to convey how to use them appropriately for intercultural communication? Is it now possible to create dictionaries that define words in their fuller dimensionality?
When it comes to technical terms in academic fields, abstract definitions may fail to contextualize terms that are sensitive to changes over time, new media, and so forth. Moreover, what is the difference between a field and a discipline? The author will illustrate the problem with three terms that tend to be used synonymously or defined without regard to their historical and disciplinary development: distance education, e-Learning, and online education.
The main focus of this presentation will be a chart that illustrates the method to define technical terms more clearly and fully than before, by contextualizing them in three relevant dimensions: cultural / institutional, disciplinary, and historical / temporal contexts. This approach will be applied to examples including e-learning in language education, from past to future.
Participants will also be able to try the method with the handout form, and see if their chosen field or concept is defined in fuller dimensionality. Questions and comments are most welcome for a wide-ranging discussion.
Author’s online library of publications, in English: http://www.waoe.org/steve/epublist.html
or in Japanese (日本語版): http://www.waoe.org/steve/jpublist.html
Adoption of Digital Learning Technology: An Empirical Analysis of the Determi...IJAEMSJORNAL
Technology has advanced significantly from the analogue period to the digital era. Digital Learning Technology (DLT) is a learning paradigm based on the use of ubiquitous latest technologies, by using smart devices. It can be described as a learning environment that is assisted in daily life by wireless networks, mobile, and embedded computers. It aims to offer content and interaction to students wherever they are, at any time. The learning process has advanced thanks to the technology revolution, which has also fundamentally altered how knowledge is shared and learned. At present, there exist other frameworks too, but they are centered towards different paradigms, and point of view pertaining to DLT with its emphasis on Telecommunication Sector has not been taken into consideration. As, existing frameworks are centered towards different environments hence there exists a need to add dimensions of Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Curator, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker and Creator, Communicator & Global Collaborator. These have not been integrated together in existing available research. The study will ascertain level of knowledge of DLT and examined factors which affect the adoption rate, use, and role of DLT in telecoms setups. The results of this research will help create a framework that, if used in any academic or learning setting in a technology-based firm.
Toward a New Framework of Recommender Memory Based System for MOOCs IJECEIAES
Moocs is the new wave of remote learning that has revolutionized it since its apparition, offering the possibility to teach a very big group of student, at the same time, in the same course, within all disciplines and without even gathering them in the same geographic location, or at the same time; Allowing the sharing of all type of media and document and providing tools to assessing student performance. To benefit from all this advantages, big universities are investing in Moocs platforms to valorize their approach, which makes MOOC available in a multitude of languages and variety of disciplines. Elite universities have open their doors to student around the world without requesting tuition or claiming a college degree, however even with the major effort reaching to maximize students visits and hooking visitors to the platform, using recommending systems propose content likely to please learners, the dropout rate still very high and the number of users completing a course remains very low compared to those who have quit. In this paper we propose an architecture aiming to maximize users visits by exploiting users big data and combining it with data available from social networks.
The presentation will be structured as follow. The talk will first provide an introduction to the theory behind the Socio-Cultural Ecology (Pachler, Bachmair and Cook, 2010) and the notion of User-generated contexts (Cook, Pachler and Bachmair, accepted), which Cook (2009) has refined into an analytical tool called a ‘typology-grid’ (see below). The talk will then demonstrate how the typology-grid has been successfully been used to analyse and learn from the ALPS and conclude by inviting a critique of the typology-grid.
Research article on INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND MODEL STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATIN...Udayakumar Hiremath
This article published in international journal 'Golden Research Thoughts' May 1013. Its my first article published in journal. Thanks to the publication and Editor
AN OVERVIEW OF CLOUD COMPUTING FOR E-LEARNING WITH ITS KEY BENEFITSijistjournal
Education is a necessary human virtue and essential for society because it reflects the personality of the human being in our society. The effective way of teaching gives the quality of education and advance learning such as e-learning to the learners and also a high quality of teaching to the tutors. Information Technology (IT) plays a significant role in field of education. Now days, E-learning and M-learning have become very popular trends of the education technology riot. E-Learning is the new tool related to the virtualized distance learning by means of electronic communication mechanisms, specifically the Internet to enhance the traditional learning system. An E-learning system generally needs a lot of software and hardware resources. Today, many educational institutions cannot afford such investments and environments therefore cloud computing is the finest solution. The Cloud Computing environment rises swiftly as a natural platform to provide support to e-Learning systems. Hence, this paper presents the impact on using cloud computing for e-learning which contains an innovative environment resulting from both virtual and personal learning environments. This paper introduces concepts of e-learning and cloud computing infrastructure with their key benefits.
This presentation was given on January 28, 2010, as part of Louisiana State University Libraries Tech Talks Series, facilitated by Digital Technologies Librarian Rebecca Miller
Virtuous Learning: Ubiquity, Openness, Creativity
Virtuous does not mean only ‘virtual’
Virtuous also means more than ‘VLE’ or ‘VLC’
Virtuous learning which relies on ubiquity, openness and creativity encourages social and epistemic learning virtues
Technological development have altered the way we communicate, learn, think, share, and spread information. Mobile technologies are those that make use of wireless technologies to gain some sort of data. As mobile connectedness continues to spread across the world, the value of employing mobile technologies in the arena of learning and teaching seems to be both self-evident and unavoidable The fast deployment of mobile devices and wireless networks in university campuses makes higher education a good environment to integrate learners-centered m-learning . this paper discusses mobile learning technologies that are being used for educational purposes and the effect they have on teaching and learning methods.
Kyoto Temples, Shrines, and Festivals (photos)Steve McCarty
A pechakucha presentation allows only 20 seconds to describe each of 20 slides, so this slideshow has mostly photos by the author of beautiful places in Kyoto that can be searched for online.
Documenting a Research Grant Application Process between Japan and IndiaSteve McCarty
This keynote presentation opens a window into the process of applying for a research grant offered jointly by the governments of Japan and India. Research grant proposals should be recognized as a genre for publications of reference to younger scholars. A grant is not just fixed-term funding but rather a whole process of organizing researchers and a proposed vision that maps onto the procedures and conditions set by the agencies offering competitive grants. Dimensions addressed in this presentation and the Proceedings article include documentation and publications, the cultures involved, intercultural communication challenges, and definitions for the research topic of humanizing online educational experiences.
PDF slideshow with captions briefly explaining the charts and photos. The face-to-face presentation to Thai and Japanese university students and staff is particularly for a group visiting from Rangsit University near Bangkok, Thailand. The presenter is a Japan specialist teaching classes at Osaka Jogakuin University on Intercultural Communication and Bilingualism. The presentation briefly discusses what culture is, world cultures and values, and comparative culture, mentioning other countries including Japan, Thailand, and India. The main topic is American culture and multiculturalism. The U.S. is diverse and multicultural, so it is difficult to generalize about what American culture is, but some American traditions are presented along with cultural research findings. The presentation aims for objectivity as well as frankness, so readers may draw their own conclusions.
A goal for language learners is to function in plural languages according to their own needs and purposes. A bilingual perspective starts from that attainable goal. Learners in Japan tend to idealize L2 mastery or being bilingual, so it becomes other people's business. Monolingual teachers tell students by their example, "go where I have not gone," whereas a bilingual teacher says, "come to my state of functioning." This presentation thus details a paradigm shift from the predominant monolingual second language acquisition (SLA) paradigm to a developmental bilingual perspective.
Syncretism chapter in A Passion for JapanSteve McCarty
A short presentation at the University of Hyogo on the chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku" in the new book A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives. The pictures are supplemental to the chapter, showing both daily life and the syncretism of Asian religions that the presenter discovered.
Since 2004 the author has lectured for the Japanese government foreign aid agency to visiting officials and scholars, mostly from developing countries. This colorful, updated slideshow gives an idea of the topics and provides some details, such as factors for Japanese having the world's longest average healthy years of life.
Podcasting originated as a new form of audio broadcasting, but by 2006, issues of ease of use, proprietary technology, and finances slowed its momentum. Now podcasting is more popular than ever. This presentation therefore traces the author’s initial and current CALL podcasting projects, reconsidering the foundations and pedagogy of podcasting. The author's pioneer work in podcasting was thwarted when his Japancasting blog suddenly disappeared from both paid and free hosting sites 15+ years ago. Japancasting had received many international honors including an "Effective Practice" award from the Online Learning Consortium, particularly for English as a Foreign Language Student-Generated Content. Now the author is collaborating with educators in India to revive the podcasting channel as open educational resources for a broader audience including developing country learners. This illustrated slideshow provides details on the considerations involved, explanatory concepts, and conclusions.
Lifelong Learning and Retiring Retirement StereotypesSteve McCarty
This presentation introduces the notion of career tapering in semi-retirement, aiming for a balance like never before among work, societal activism, and free time activities. Whether citizens, sojourners, or immigrants, most employed residents of Japan (and elsewhere) will be unable or unwilling to retire. The natural desire to choose the terms of transitions, however, can run into customary age limits, around 65 for full-time and 70 to 75 for part-time employment in the case of Japanese higher education. Combined with stereotypical dismissiveness towards older people, a sudden loss of status can be vertiginous. Yet there is a great demand for the services that older language teachers in particular can perform in Japanese education, society, and academia internationally. This presentation illustrates how teaching duties can be gradually decreased and improved in quality, while the teacher remains at least as active outside of institutions. Many suggestions are offered: how to have a better quality of life than ever, contributing valuable services where needed, and enjoying more free time to create and curate. Lifelong learning can accord with lifelong interests.
East-West Symbolic Language of Dreams, Myths, Legends, Iconography, and PoetrySteve McCarty
The ancient intuitive language of images is still within us. People have always lived myths and taken lessons from legends. The lore and iconography of the Pilgrimage of Shikoku provide vivid examples. Poetry relies on metaphors, while true haiku communicate through nature symbolism.
Global Faculty Development for Online Language Education Steve McCarty
Distinguished Speaker presentation at the International Webinar held on October 1, 2020 in New Delhi by the School of Foreign Languages, Indira Gandhi National Open University. This presentation shows how global faculty development represents surprisingly specific actions to bring educators and university faculties up to global academic standards. We could be heroes with online presence and achievements that bring individual recognition and higher global rankings. In the current world situation, teaching online is suddenly universal, and lifestyles will continue largely online. For language teachers, the presentation will consider many educational technologies, whether needing high data processing or preferably low bandwidth, and useful for teachers as well as students.
Online Education as an Academic DisciplineSteve McCarty
The author's 40th Slideshare is the opening presentation at the Online Teaching Japan Summer Sessions on August 24, 2020 at 10-11:30 (Watch for the Zoom URL or recording later). This presentation places online education in a disciplinary context, charting historical, pedagogical, institutional and cultural dimensions of e-learning. The evolution of online academic conferences will be of particular relevance to this event. Online education will be seen in a broad sense, and as a pan-disciplinary set of meta-skills beyond subject matter expertise.
Slides for a Bilingualism and Japanese Society college class, made for a "Zoomcast" - using Zoom for screencasting. Copy and paste this URL to hear the presentation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/FsPsFuuMWmI
Slide show for a synchronous event via Zoom for members of the World Association for Online Education (WAOE). With many people suddenly teaching all classes online, the WAOE has a new relevance, while the presentation also reviews the origin of the organization in the first major pan-disciplinary online academic conferences.
Symposium on Utilizing Emerging Technologies and Social Media to Enhance EFL ...Steve McCarty
This symposium presentation at the International Association of Applied Linguistics AILA 2014 World Congress in Brisbane, Australia examines the impact and potential of communication technologies in learning EFL. Case studies focusing on higher education in Japan show how mobile technologies and social media could improve language acquisition in Asian EFL contexts and beyond. Teaching with sound pedagogies and communication technologies, accessed by computers and hand-held devices, can bring about better outcomes through ubiquitous language learning. Impacts can span from better language comprehension to active involvement in learning communities generated in cyberspace. This symposium will thus detail how these emerging technologies are utilized to reform EFL classroom practices. The international presenters, based at five different universities, will theoretically and practically examine factors for successful EFL learning with emerging technologies. M-learning can generate contexts for active learning with learners as agents and creators rather than spectators or recipients of knowledge. We will particularly examine a) how to implement m-learning in institutional settings, b) what makes learners willingly use mobile devices and become involved in social contexts they themselves generate, and c) how teachers can help learners with scaffolding to develop agency as individuals who voluntarily engage with the social context. Among the emerging technologies demonstrated are Social Media, such as Facebook and Twitter, media players like iPods, tablet computers like iPads, iBooks Author for interactive, illustrated, multimedia artifacts that students can also create, and blended e-learning using a content management system and smart phones for m-learning. These studies will shed light on motivational attitudes towards these technologies for language learning, and measure how these tools have impacted L2 acquisition. This slideshow combining the five presentations in the symposium was lost after AILA failed to post it as promised, then rediscovered after five years.
Thailand 2019 Workshop on e-Learning and Mobile Language LearningSteve McCarty
Workshop at the International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, on May 3, 2019. The keynote address by the presenter is also here on Slideshare. This two-hour hands-on workshop in a computer lab starts with a history of e-learning and a method of placing mobile learning in historical, cultural, and disciplinary contexts. Another original formulation is (four) Levels of Involvement with ICT (or other technologies). Participants are shown how to set up a free Google Scholar Citations Profile and e-Portfolio, with other suggestions for Web presence and academic networking. A number of mobile language learning apps are introduced, with particular reference to the Southeast Asian setting.
Opening keynote address on "Disruptive Technology and the Calling of Humanities and Social Sciences" at the 11th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, at Prince of Songkla University in Hat Yai, Thailand on 2 May 2019. The conference theme is Global Digital Society: Impacts on Humanities and Social Sciences. The topic of disruptive technology and our calling could not be more suitable for someone who works on international faculty development by leading the World Association for Online Education since 1998. At the same time, the author has worked for the impact to go the other way, from the Humanities and Social Sciences to new technologies, which tend to be rudderless or even dangerous unless guided by ethics, and, in education, pedagogy. In collaboration with Prof. Gráinne Conole (National Institute for Digital Learning, Dublin City University, Ireland), the presentation includes a history of e-learning.
Improving University Rankings through Google Scholar ProfilesSteve McCarty
Presentation at the (Foreign Language Education) FLExICT Conference at the Ritsumeikan University Osaka Ibaraki Campus on September 9, 2016. It shows how optimizing Google Scholar Profiles can enhance the academic recognition of individual researchers while contributing to improving the international rankings of their university.
Introducing Japanese contemporary culture and society to a Yeungnam University group visiting Kansai University. On Day 1, traditional Japanese culture was introduced to the students from South Korea; this is Day 2, 15 January 2016. The author is a lecturer for the Kansai University Division of International Affairs, other universities, and the Japanese government international agency JICA.
Vietnamese Students and TV Crew Visit Kansai University Class Steve McCarty
Prepared for a visit by 20 high school students and a TV crew from Vietnam to the author's Japanese Computerization and Society (日本の情報化と社会) class for foreign exchange and Japanese students.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
How to Create Map Views in the Odoo 17 ERPCeline George
The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Basic phrases for greeting and assisting costumers
Malaysia keynote "Ubiquitous Computing and Online Collaboration for Open Education"
1. Ubiquitous Computing and OnlineCollaboration for Open Education Keynote Address by Steve McCarty Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan Founder, World Association for Online Education (WAOE) InternationalMalaysian EducationalTechnology Convention Kuantan, Malaysia, 17 October 2011
2. Presentation Outline Part 1: Ubiquitous Computing Part 2: Open Education Part 3: Online Collaboration Text Color Code Author’s views: reddish brown Sources cited: purple, violet Key technical terms: red Navigation: light blue
3. Reflections on the conference theme Open Education: Towards a Ubiquitous Learning Environment When we ask, “ubiquitous for whom?”, open education gives ubiquity a new meaning. Openness means wider access for students and new learning opportunities for people in developing and emerging countries. It is educators who will make this happen, collaborating internationally through the same technologies for education that empower students and informal learners.
4. Ubiquitous computing (1) The dictionary definition of ubiquitousis to be virtually everywhere, e.g., “Mobile phones are ubiquitous in most countries nowadays.” Today the common-sense meaning of ubiquitous computingis being able to access the Internet or computer networks from virtually anywhere at any time, through digital devices like mobile phones, wireless-ready laptops, iPads, etc. Ubiquitous computingalso has a technical meaning that is still evolving (following slides). Ubiquitous computingcan refer to the macro level, whereas at the micro level it manifests in many cases as embedded systems,software programs that control individual functions of everyday appliances (examples in later slides). The hardware includessensorslike infra-red or barcode readers in mobile phones. An example (illustrated in the next slide)is QR codes, which are part of theInternet of things, providing a physical world-Internet interface.
5. Ubiquitous computing (2) Plugs into a computer’s USB port QR codes in a calling card iPod & MP3 format voice recorder Ubiquitous computing includes devices that are usually operated offline, but are occasionally connected to the cloud or network through computers. This is needed for online content to go, like iPods, or for adding content to the cloud or network, e.g., by uploading digital video camera footage to YouTube, or recording a presentation for a podcast with a hand-held MP3 voice recorder.
6. Ubiquitous computing (3) Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) is a post-desktop model of human-computer interaction in which information processing has been thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities ... More formally Ubiquitous computing is defined as “machines that fit the human environment instead of forcing humans to enter theirs.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquitous_computing The implied goal of ubiquitous computing is thus to serve people’s needs without their having even to notice. Cloud computing is a similar aspect of ubiquitous computing that simplifies people’s conscious tasks by storing and organizing information for users. Another related concept is ubiquitous learning (U-Learning),applying the affordances of ubiquitous computing to education and informal or autonomous learning, any time and anywhere.
7. Ubiquitous computing > Embedded systems > types of embedded systems > examples in Japan 「組込みシステム」… EmbeddedSystem (エンベデッドシステム) … さまざまな製品に組み込まれたコンピュータシステムのことです。… 組込みシステム科では、このような組込みシステムのソフトウェアを開発します。家電: テレビ、電子レンジ、デジカメ …モバイル機器: 携帯電話、携帯情報端末(PDA)、カーナビ … OA機器: プリンタ、複写機、FAX… その他: 自動車、自動販売機、ロボット、人工衛星 … http://www.jec.ac.jp/it-t/2004/06/post.html (Embedded systems are computer systems embedded in various products. In our department we develop embedded computing software for TVs, microwave ovens, digital cameras; mobile phones, PDAs, car navigation systems; office printers, copy machines, fax machines; and cars, vending machines, robots, satellites, and so forth.)
8. Ubiquitous computing > Embedded systems > examples in Japan > hospital wristbands 電子カルテの導入に伴い、患者様に安全な医療を提供するために入院中はリストバンドを手首につけていただくことになりました。 点滴や注射の間違いを防ぐために、リストバンドで患者様の「氏名」「性別」「生年月日」「血液型」などバーコードを使って確認します。 http://www.yamashiro-hp.jp/users/patient/inpatient/ (Along with electronic charts, we [Yamashiro Public Hospital near Kyoto] offer in-patients safe medical care through wristbands. To avoid mistakes in intravenous therapy, injections, and etc., with the wristbands we can confirm the patient’s name, sex, date of birth, blood type, and so forth.) A barcode reader scans the barcode on the patient’s wrist, which links to the patient’s electronic chart in the hospital’s database, calling up the file to the laptop computer that the nurse wheels around. The bar code represents the URL or unique address of the patient’s file in the hospital’s Intranet. The national Kyoto Medical Center uses QR codes (earlier slides) instead of the above barcodes on their wristbands.
9. Ubiquitous computing > example in Japan > student attendance and information management systems Astudent info system is a software application for education establishments to manage student data. Student information systems provide capabilities for entering student test and other assessment scores through an electronic grade book, building student schedules, tracking student attendance, and managing many other student-related data needs in a school, college or university. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_information_system Little information is available on (student) attendance management systems except for companies offering such systems in Japan and some universities in India. The author recommended such a system at his college before finding that such systems already existed. Students touch a sensor in the classroom with their ID cards, similar to a train pass. They and the teacher can check their attendance status online, making it ubiquitous. Such systems increasingly add features of student information systems (defined above),and the providers use the analogy of electronic charts in hospitals (電子カルテ).
10. Ubiquitous computing > location-based services > architecture including mobile phones with GPS Hirano, K., Nakatani, Y., McCarty, S., &Masui, H. (2007). Applications of mobile research in Japan. Ubiquity, Volume 8, Issue 38, pp. 1-34. One example of location-based services that was in the paper was restaurant or store coupons, more than a year before Groupon started.
11. Ubiquitous computing > location-based services > example in Japan > public disaster information Click here for the next screen Illustration of mobile phone screens, from Hirano et al. (2007)
12. Part 2, Section 1: e-Book Report on Open Education (1) Downes (2011) envisions a society where “knowledge and learning are public goods, freely created and shared, not hoarded or withheld in order to extract wealth or influence” (p. 3). He advocates “open source, open content, and open learning from the point of view of the person desiring access to these things, rather than from the point of view of the provider” (p. 6). Around 1995 “when the internet arrived it gave people a whole new set of capacities” (p. 37) or affordances, giving the user an active role in the content, and a potentially global audience (p. 38). But traditional media and traditional services view this new development, quite rightly, as a threat” (p. 38). … right now the control, the mechanisms of the production of this new media, especially in the case of learning, is in the hands of the traditional content publishers. It’s the broadcast model. And the reason why we need to move to the conversation model is because: nobody can learn only by listening, nobody can teach only by talking. (Downes, 2011, p. 45)
13. e-Book Report on Open Education (2) Regarding Open Educational Resources (OER), Downes (2011) writes: “For authors, open publication grants access to the widest possible audience. Studies show that their articles are cited more frequently … For readers, open access grants access to an entire body of literature” (p. 63), which helps a new discipline develop. “And universities obtain increased visibility for their scholarship” (p. 63). Downes then cites Hylan (2005), as follows: By Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives, we understand: Open courseware and content; Open software tools (e.g. learning management systems); Open material for e-learning capacity building of faculty staff; Repositories of learning objects; and Free educational courses. (p. 63) Downes, S. (2011). Free learning. Retrieved from http://www.downes.ca/files/FreeLearning.pdf
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16. Digital literacy education – computer training, national and local e-learning initiatives, and efforts to overcome the digital divide, so that learners worldwide can have equal opportunities to make use of ICT affordances for their education.
17. Collaboration – as openly as possible, cooperation between nations, educational institutions, or individual scholars, interdisciplinary research, and academic associations, including online or virtual organizations.
24. openness with regard to admission criteria (personal correspondence, 19 February 2011)
25. Part 3: Global Online Collaboration > example of a virtual organization: the WAOE
26. Open Education ideals in WAOE’s founding Objectives “(t) to maintain a global perspective as a world organization, supporting multilingualism and multiculturalism in online education, preserving human rights to diversity and mutual respect despite differences, and encouraging intercultural sensitivity and world reconciliation through intercultural communication among global citizens,(u) to be as inclusive as possible in scope, serving the aspirations of all members and working for equitable access to online education and to membership, and, (v) as world civilizations become digitized, to create an organization that can function entirely with digital technologies and thus provide worldwide access to its activities, research, and support.” [from WAOE’s Bylaws, 1998] http://www.waoe.org/bylaw.htm
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28. Mailing list discussions continued after the conference, then a Constitutional Convention held in a BBS drafted WAOE formative documents and a system for online parliamentary procedures
29. Further meetings were held in a Web Board and using mailing lists hosted at American universities
32. WAOE recognized in educational technology sites, directories, and publications such as the Chronicle of Higher Education
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35. Different mailing lists were developed for member discussions, organizational announcements, and officers’ discussions
36. Besides the elected officers, appointed officers included the Cyber-Parliamentarian and a Coordinating Ring of officers from many countries
38. A World Cultural Festival was held online, then a summer festival in collaboration with Child Research Net, a Tokyo, Japan NPO
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40. After gathering initial membership fees, receiving donations, and transferring honoraria to WAOE from collaboration with Child Research Net, membership dues were abolished
42. The Multilingual WAOE Project resulted in WAOE commissioned Websites, discussion groups, or membership information available in Spanish, French, Malay, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, German, Russian, Chinese, and Japanese
43. A policy for affiliating with other organizations was developed
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45. A WAOE membership badge was made available online, but while only individuals can belong to WAOE, some groups have abused the badge or WAOE’s logo to falsely imply a sort of accreditation
46. An interactive world map of WAOE officers was offered along with other interesting items in java by Prof. Roberto Mueller in Brazil
47. 2002: Started donating WAOE server space, hosting the International Program for Africa and a Russian Initiative
52. WAOE mentors in several countries added a blended element to a graduate course on Online Education at a national university in Japan with audioconferences, voice board, the WebCT LMS, etc.
53. Four officers met face-to-face for the first time, giving a group presentation at a conference held at the University of Sussex, UK
60. From 2010: WAOE hosts a Moodle LMS site as a voluntary contribution to the distance education section of the national University of Guyana in South America
64. World Association for Online Education (WAOE) free membership & discussion list WAOE-Views: http://waoe.org Thank you! Imagine a u-learning environment See the author’s online library: http://waoe.org/epublist.html