The document discusses moving from scarcity to abundance in e-learning resources due to the "snowflake effect". It promotes setting up a pan-Arabic e-learning network and interconnecting networks for scale. The author advocates joining existing networks like ARIADNE and GLOBE to deal with the abundance of resources and harness the potential of the "snowflake effect". The presentation ends by thanking the audience and providing contact details.

1. From scarcity to abundance,
and the snowflake effect
towards excellence in elearning
Erik Duval
K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
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2. ‫ﺵﻙﺭﺍ‬
thank you for the invitation!
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4. http://www.slideshare.net/erik.duval
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5. learning as a root solution
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6. http://elexforum.etqm.ae/
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7. http://elexforum.etqm.ae/
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8. e-learning?
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9. e-learning?
technology
enhanced
learning
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10. e-learning?
technology
enhanced
learning
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Écoliers_maliens.jpg
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11. e-learning?
technology
enhanced
learning
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Écoliers_maliens.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Old_man_at_Ravangla_Market.jpg
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12. learning object
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13. learning object
K. Verbert and E. Duval. ALOCOM: A Generic Content Model for Learning Ob jects. International
8 Journal on Digital Libraries, Accepted.

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15. http://elexforum.etqm.ae/
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16. http://elexforum.etqm.ae/
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17. snowflake effect
to deal with abundance
or: why searching is so ... 2006!
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18. • abundance & scale change everything
• music, books, food, travel, ...
• economy of the free
• attention is the scarce resource
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19. >5000
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20. six weeks ago...

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31. http://www.ariadne-eu.org/
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32. €3.6M
37,593
resources
97,200
assets
http://info.melt-project.eu/

33. http://www.mace-project.eu/

35. Searchability
http://globe-info.org/
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36. Searchability
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http://globe-info.org/
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37. Visual & Social
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~hmdb/infovis/delicious/del.icou.us%20visualization.html
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38. prolearn
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39. prolearn
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40. prolearn
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41. prolearn
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42. integrated
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43. K. Verbert and E. Duval (2007). Evaluating the ALOCOM Approach for Scalable Content
Repurposing. In Proceedings of the Second European Conference on Technology
Enhanced Learning - Creating new learning experiences on a global scale, 17-20
September 2007, Crete, Greece.
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44. makes a difference!
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45. How about you?
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46. How about you?
• from scarcity to abundance
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47. How about you?
• from scarcity to abundance
• “snowflake effect”
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48. How about you?
• from scarcity to abundance
• “snowflake effect”
• set up Pan-Arabic network
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49. How about you?
• from scarcity to abundance
• “snowflake effect”
• set up Pan-Arabic network
• interconnect for scale
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50. How about you?
• from scarcity to abundance
• “snowflake effect”
• set up Pan-Arabic network
• interconnect for scale
• join ARIADNE & GLOBE!
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51. Questions?
http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/wordpress/eduval/
http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd
Thanks!
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