Mindful Learning Technologies PROF. DR. MARCUS SPECHT CENTRE FOR LEARNING SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES OPEN UNIVERSITEIT NEDERLAND [email protected] TWITTER, FLICKR, FACEBOOK: MARCUSPECHT
May 25, 2015
Mindful Learning Technologies
P R O F. D R . M A R C U S S P E C H T C E N T R E F O R L E A R N I N G S C I E N C E S A N D T E C H N O L O G I E S O P E N U N I V E R S I T E I T N E D E R L A N D M A R C U S . S P E C H T @ O U . N L T W I T T E R , F L I C K R , FA C E B O O K : M A R C U S P E C H T
# 1 A R E W E M I N D F U L T E C H N O L O G Y U S E R S ?
L O C AT I O N , L E A R N , F I LT E R
A P P I D E A O U T O F E D U C A T I O N A L W O R K S H O P W I T H W O R D S …
C H O O S E 3 P L A C E S I N W H I C H Y O U L E A R N
W I T H T H I S M O B I L E A P P
mindful |ˈmīndfəәl| adjective [ predic. ] conscious or aware of something: we can be more mindful of the energy we use to heat our homes.
B U T …
– M A R C W E I S E R
“The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric
of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it.”
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EnhancementEnhancement
LearningLearning
TechnologiesTechnologies
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EnhancementEnhancement
LearningLearning
TechnologiesTechnologies
Mobile, Seamless, UbiquitousMobile, Seamless, UbiquitousMobile, Seamless, UbiquitousMobile, Seamless, UbiquitousMobile, Seamless, Ubiquitous
Personalised and CollaborativePersonalised and Personalised and Personalised and CollaborativeCollaborative
Sensors and Context-AwareSensorsSensors and Context-Aware and Context-Aware and Context-AwareSensors and Context-AwareSensors
ReflectionReflectionReflectionAwarenessAwarenessAwareness CuriosityCuriosityCuriosity ...... KnowledgeKnowledgeKnowledge
BigData, and Analytics
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# 2 C H A N G E S I N K E Y T E C H N O L O G I E S
!1313multifunction personal hubs...
!1414sensing and augmenting...
!1515networked ...
!1616data logging learning analytics ...
fb twitter ...
# 4 S E A M L E S S A N D U B I Q U I T O U S T E C H N O L O G I E S
S E A M S I N L E A R N I N G S U P P O R T ( W O N G E T A L , 2 0 1 1 )
• Formal and informal learning;
• Personalized and social learning;
• Across time; locations, social contexts
• Combined use of multiple device types;
• Physical and digital worlds
• Multiple learning tasks knowledge synthesis
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Wong, L.-H., & Looi, C.-K. (2011). What Seams Do We Remove in Mobile Assisted Seamless Learning? A Critical Review of the Literature. Computers & Education, 57(4), 2364–2381. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2011.06.007
!19distributed synced data ...
M U LT I - D E V I C E O U T P U T
personal and social views ...
embedded in real world …
!22real world mashups ...
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building instruments ?
# 3 H U M A N L E A R N I N G …
C O N N E C T E P I S O D E S . . .H U M A N S S T R U C T U R E A N D …
… I N A C O N T E X T . . .L E A R N I N G I S E M B E D D E D …
R E F L E C T I O NH U M A N S D O N O T A LW A Y S L I K E T O D O …
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# 6 A W A R E N E S S
!29Energy consumption ...
measuring power consumption on campus with standard facility management, plus sensors on workplaces and public devices,
personal registration of power consuming activities.
M A I N R E S U LT S E N E R G Y A W A R E N E S S
• Situated displays have a generic effect of raising awareness and energy consumption on a mid to long term
• Badge and social incentive systems must be embedded with social media to have an effect
• Real world action foster curiosity, discussion, and reflection about the topic when combined with public displays
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attention-aware displays ...
• raise and retain attention significantly better.
• lead not to higher cognitive load but to a significant higher knowledge gain.
# 7 C U R I O S I T Y
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!36weSPOT...
Enhancement
Inquiry process, authentic data, formal to informal
inquiry engine, mobile data collection,
learning analytics
!39:-o ... curiosity ...
A R L E A R NO P E N S O U R C E F R A M E W O R K F O R M I X E D R E A L I T Y G A M E S
# 8 R E F L E C T I O N
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!44context indicators ...
!45reflection amplifiers ...
context notific
ation and
experience sam
pling
Personal Context Notifications
M E TA L O G U E
R E F L E C T I O N I N A M U LT I M O D A L D I A L O G U E
Metalogue - FP7 ICT Grant Agreement 611073
# 9 S U M M A R Y
S O …
• #1 There are seams between the different learning contexts, locations, times, social contexts, …
• #2 There are opportunities with new technologies that are open, ubiquitous, context-aware, and personalized.
• #3 look at the aimed effects on awareness, curiosity, creativity, knowledge, latent variables, …
M I N D F U L A N D S E A M L E S S L E A R N I N G …
• ubiquitous open content access,
• flexible sensor data aggregation,
• synchronisation of channels (to context and person),
• and dynamic visualization and output indicators (ambient displays).
P R E S E N TAT I O N , L E A R N , F I LT E R
A P P I D E A O U T O F E D U C A T I O N A L W O R K S H O P W I T H W O R D S …
C H O O S E 3 T H I N G S Y O U TA K E W I T H Y O U
F R O M T H I S TA L K
T H A N K Y O U !
M . M . S P E C H T