Ralf Klamma Orphée Rendevous 2017, Font Romeu, France Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS) RWTH Aachen University, Germany klamma@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

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The Legacy and the Future of
Research Networks in
Technology-Enhanced Learning
Ralf Klamma
Advanced Community Information Systems (ACIS)
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
klamma@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

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Agenda

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RWTH Aachen University
• 1,250 spin-off businesses have created
around 30,000 jobs in the greater Aachen
region over the past 20 years.
• IDEA League
• Germany’s Excellence Initiative:
2 clusters of excellence, a graduate school
and the institutional strategy “RWTH
Aachen 2020: Meeting Global Challenges”
• 260 institutes in 9 faculties as Europe’s
leading institutions for science and research
• Currently around 43,700 students are enrolled
in over 150 academic programs
• Over 7,900 of them are international students
hailing from 120 different countries

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Responsive
Open
Community
Information
Systems
Community
Visualization
and
Simulation
Community
Analytics
Community
Support
WebAnalytics
WebEngineering
Advanced Community Information
Systems (ACIS) Group @ RWTH Aachen
DevOpsUse

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Current Projects
SAGE: Serious Games Pathway
within the Undergraduate IT
Programs
 EU TEMPUS Joint Project
 Serious Games
 http://www.sage.ps/
VIRTUS – Virtual Vocational
Education and Training
 ERASMUS+
 Exploitation of Earlier Results
 http://virtus-project.eu/
WEKIT: Wearable Experience for
Knowledge Intensive Training
 H2020 Framework Programme
 Augmented Reality
 http://wekit.eu/
Digital ConProMa: Web-based
Collaboration and Data Exchange
in smart Mass customized
CONstruction, PROduction and
MAnagement
 RWTH Aachen SEED Funds
 Industry 4.0 & BIM
 http://dbis.rwth-aachen.de

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Learning Layers: Scaling up for
Informal Learning in SME
Clusters (2016)
 7th Framework Programme
 Integrated Project
 Informal Mobile Learning
 http://learning-layers.eu/
Finished Projects
ROLE: Responsive Open Learning
Environments (2013)
 IST 7th Framework Programme
 Integrated Project
 Scientific coordination
 Self-Regulated & Social Learning
 http://www.role-project.eu
BOOST – Buisness PerfOrmance
imprOvement through
individual employees Sklls
Training (2015)
 LLL – Leornado Da Vinci
 Exploitation of ROLE Results
 http://www.boost-project.eu/
GaLA: Games and Learning
Alliance (2014)
 IST 7th Framework Programme
 Network of Excellence on Serious
Games & Learning
 http://www.galanoe.eu/

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TeLLNet: Teachers‘ Lifelong
Learning Networks (2012)
 EU LLL Project
 Lifelong Learning
TELMAP: Future Gazing TEL: The
Roadmap for the Unknown
Learning Landscape (2012)
 EU FP6 Support Action
Roadmapping, Social Network Analysis
PROLEARN (2008)
 EU FP6 Network of Excellence
 Professional Learning
Finished Projects
METIS: Meeting Teachers' Co-
Design Needs by Means of
Integrated Learning
Environments (2013)
 EU LLP KA3 Multilateral Project
 Learning Design
 http://metis-project.org/
UMIC: Ultra High-Speed Mobile
Information and
Communication (2013)
 DFG Excellence Cluster
 Mobile Web Services and Cloud
Computing
 http://www.umic.rwth-aachen.de/

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Collaborative TEL Projects
 Project as a funded collaborative R&D effort
 Important role in the R&D value chain
Points of interest:
– Organizational
collaboration
– Progression of
consortia
– Impact on the
landscape

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Data Set
Progr. Call # Projects (acronyms)
ECP
Call 2005 4 CITER, JEM, MACE, MELT
Call 2006 7 COSMOS, EdReNe, EUROGENE, eVip, Intergeo, KeyToNature, Organic.Edunet
Call 2007 3 ASPECT, iCOPER, EduTubePlus
Call 2008 5 LiLa, Math-Bridge, mEducator, OpenScienceResources, OpenScout
FP6
IST-2002-
2.3.1.12a
8
CONNECT, E-LEGI, ICLASS, KALEIDOSCOPE, LEACTIVEMATH, PROLEARN,
TELCERT, UNFOLD
IST-2004-
2.4.10b
14
APOSDLE, ARGUNAUT, ATGENTIVE, COOPER, ECIRCUS, ELEKTRA, I-MAESTRO,
KP-LAB, L2C, LEAD, PALETTE, PROLIX, RE.MATH, TENCOMPETENCE
IST-2004-
2.4.13c
10
ARISE, CALIBRATE, ELU, EMAPPS.COM, ICAMP, LOGOS, LT4EL, MGBL, UNITE,
VEMUS
FP7
ICT-2007.4.1d
6 80DAYS, GRAPPLE, IDSPACE, LTFLL, MATURE, SCY
ICT-2007.4.3d
7 COSPATIAL, DYNALEARN, INTELLEO, ROLE, STELLAR, TARGET, XDELIA
ICT-2009.4.2b
13
ALICE, ARISTOTELE, ECUTE, GALA, IMREAL, ITEC, METAFORA, MIROR,
MIRROR, NEXT-TELL, SIREN, TEL-MAP, TERENCE
Total: 77
a … Technology-enhanced learning and access to cultural heritage”
b … Technology-Enhanced Learning
c … Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe”
d …Digital libraries and technology-enhanced learning”

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Consortium Progression Network
At least 2 overlapping partners
At least 3 months time between project start dates
68 projects, 198 connections
Node size proportional to weighted degree

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Organizational Collaboration
 Collaboration is the fertile soil for R&D output in CPs
 Increases likelihood of follow-up proposals / projects
 Shapes the research agenda
 Graph:
– Edge between O1 and O2 if both participated in at least
one project
– Weight: number of projects
– Direction: none
– Nodes: organizations
The Open
University
KU
Leuven
STELLAR, EUROGENE,
ROLE, PROLEARN,
iCOPER, ASPECT

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Organizational Collaboration
Network

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Collaboration Network Properties
 Nodes 852
 Edges 12 021
 Diameter 6
 Clustering coefficient 0.89
 Avg. degree 28.2
 Avg. weighted degree 30
 Avg. path length 2.68
Small world!

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Impact Graph
t = 3 months
k = 2
Node size proportional to impact
All programmes
represented, with
FP6 strongest
Several running or recently
completed projects
Best impact for money:
PROLEARN, COOPER,
GRAPPLE
All past networks of
excellence among
top five ranks.
The two inaugural
NoEs on top

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0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
WeightedIn-Degree
Impact
ICOPER
STELLAR
GRAPPLE
ASPECT
LTFLL
MACE
Expected Impact?
 Correlation between weighted in-degree and impact in progression
graph
 Stronger incoming connections appears to lead to higher impact
Filter: Project start > 2005

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In-Degree – “Expected Impact”

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Frequent Collaboration Pairs
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Open Universiteit
Nederland
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Universitaet Hannover
The Open University
Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven
Imc Information Multimedia
Communication Ag
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ...
Angewandten Forschung E.V
Jyvaskylan Yliopisto
Wirtschaftsuniversitaet
Wien
National Centre For Scientific
Research Demokritos
The Provost Fellows
... Near Dublin
Universitaet Graz
Deutsches Forschungszentrum
Fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz Gmbh
imc Information Multimedia
Communication AG
Atos Origin Sociedad
Anonima Espanola
Universitaet
Duisburg-Essen
Politecnico
Di Milano
Giunti Labs S.R.L.
Ecole Polytechnique
Federale De Lausanne
Technische Universiteit
Eindhoven
EUN Partnership
Aisbl
Univerza V Ljubljani
Tiigrihuppe
Sihtasutus
Bundesgymnasium Und
Bundesrealgymnasium Schwechat
Ellinogermaniki Agogi
Scholi Panagea Savva Ae
Bundesministerium Fuer
Wissenschaft Und Forschung
1. PROLEARN (FP6): 17 pairs
2. ICOPER (ECP): 11 pairs
3. OpenScout (ECP): 9 pairs
4. GRAPPLE (FP7): 8 pairs
5. PROLIX (FP6): 6 pairs
6. STELLAR (FP7), ROLE (FP7): 5 pairs

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DevOpsUse Blueprint for TEL
Projects
 Publications: EC-TEL14, ICGSE 15, EC-TEL 16, ICSE 2017
 Blueprints for (TEL) research projects & start-ups
 Adoption in university teaching curricula (lectures, labs)
 Enhanced digital competence, changed dev practice, eased Integration
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DevOpsUse Example:
Requirements Bazaar
 Uptake for requirements negotiation in other EU projects
– H2020: WEKIT (Wearable Experience in Knowledge Intensive Training)
– ERASMUS+: VIRTUS (Virtual VET Centre)
 External uptake in Afghan e-learning innovation community
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Technology Assets – yjs
 Open source Web-based JavaScript library
– Based on a novel algorithm for optimistic concurrency control
– Supports various data types/formats, garbage collection and offline editing
– Connectors for various messaging protocols (WebSockets, XMPP, WebRTC)
 Adopted in both industry and academic open source communities
– Linagora
– Veeting
– Anatomy 2.0 Community
– Liquid.js Framework
– Further usage
– Graph-based visual modeling on the Web
– Video drawing
– Live code editing using ACE editor
– SVG editor
– Markdown, Latex and Rich-text live document editing (https://codocs.y-js.org)
 Publications: ICWE15, GROUP16, CAISE16 best paper(, CAISE17)
http://y-js.org

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OpenID Connect
 Built endpoint & competence for industry-strength
authentication & authorization beyond projects
 Prerequisite for…
– Single-Sign On across platforms & apps (Layers, ROLE, etc.)
– Tracing learning across multiple tools and applications
– Secure and trusted environment for sharing data
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Future of TEL Projects
 Funding situation in TEL
– Less funding for research in schools, universities, etc.
– More direct funding for implementation
– More funding for employability, lifelong learning, etc.
– Closing the gap between basic research and application in
H2020 and similar programs
 Implications
– Clarify IPR and exploitation strategies early in the project
– Better maturity by picking up prior art
– Mix global and local networking activities

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Summary
 Collaboration Patterns
– Small world Collaboration
– low diameter, high clustering
– Small core of frequent collaborators (“oligarchic core”)
– Correlates with in-degree, funding, betweenness centrality
– Networks (NoE and BPN) occupy 5 of top 8 spots
 Software Development
– Strong commitment to Open Source Software
– Creation of sustainable “chunks” for “cherry picking”
 Future of TEL Projects

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Engineering & Analytics
Competences
• Network
Models
• Social
Network
Analysis
• Actor Network
Theory
• Communities
of Practice
• Expert
Identification
• Community
Detection
• Web Mining
• Recommender
Systems
• Multi Agent
Simulation
WebAnalytics
• Advanced
Web &
Multimedia
Technologies
• XMPP
• WebRTC
• HTML5
• MPEG-7
• Web
Services
• REST
• Micro
• Cloud
Computing
• Mobile
Computing
WebEngineering
• MediaBase
• MobSOS
• SWEVA
• D-VITA
• Requirements Bazaar
• CAE
• Direwolf
• AERCS/CAMRS
• SWeVAyFiles
• Repast
• AERCS
• las2peer Web Services
• ROLE SDK
• youTell Storytelling
• SeViAnno 2.0 Video
Annotation
Responsive
Open
Community
Information
Systems
Community
Visualization &
Simulation
Community
Analytics
Community
Support
DevOpsUse
• Large-Scale Web-Based Social Requirements Engineering
• Agent and Goal Oriented i* Modeling
• Participatory Community Design
• Gamification & Social Software Methodologies
• Open Source Software Developement
• Continious Integration & Deployment