Webinar SIG PLE Introduction to Graasp a Personal Learning Environments (PLE) Enabler Denis Gillet, EPFL June 20, 2012 http://graasp.epfl.ch
May 12, 2015
Webinar SIG PLEIntroduction to Graasp
a Personal Learning Environments (PLE) Enabler
Denis Gillet, EPFLJune 20, 2012
http://graasp.epfl.ch
AgendaPLE in Europe
PLE in Switzerland
PLE at EPFL
Introduction to Graasp
Educational Widgets
Case Studies2
PLE in EuropeROLE Integrated Project (2009-2012)
Formal Teaching
… LMSschool-centered
Learning Management Systems
Informal Learning
… PLEstudent-centered
Personal Learning Environments3
PLE in EuropeGo-Lab Integrated Project (2012-2015)
Educational technologies for science, technologyand maths • 10M€ • 19 partners
Focus on inquiry learning and online laboratories
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Inquiry LearningSpaces as PLE with scaffolding
Teacher communities
Classmates
Privacy for kids !
PLE in SwitzerlandROLE EU Project
Definition and validation of soundPedagogical framework for self-directed and informal learning Technical framework for Open Web 2.0 personal learning environments (PLE)
AAA/SWITCH (e-Infrastructure for e-Scicence)Institutional PLE and federated repositories
Design, Implementation, and ValidationCourses, teamwork activities, and soft skills workshopsInterplay between top-down and bottom-up actionshttp://elearning.unige.ch/projets/projetsAAA/ple.html
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PLE at EPFLPersonal Learning Environment (PLE)or Serious Social Media Platforms
To support personal learning in higher education
To support teacher and student communities or groups
To support collaborative, informal and social learning
Definitions of PLE
➚ Any environment or social media platform and any device exploited by users for learning and knowledge management purposes
➘ The Web 2.0 features integrated in institutional Learning Management Systems
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Graasp: Agile aggregator and PLE enabler
PLE at EPFL
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http://graasp.epfl.ch
Introduction to GraaspA dedicated space for anything
Defined, configured, shared and populated by you,for you and for the audience you choose
ObjectivesForget about system managers
Forget about rigid structures
Shape your learning and research spaces
Aggregate resources from the Web cloud
Be agile in dealing with your resources
Control roles and rights in each space
Get meaningful recommendation8
Introduction to GraaspGraasping the Basics - A Graasp Tutorial
English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lqd9beNdgw
French: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDaLvq3hsG4
German: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MuVdSAe8J0
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Introduction to GraaspMain features
Enforcing dedicated spaces as activity contextsSpaces are defined, configured, shared and populated by users, for themselves and for the audience they chooseGraasp: Grasp resources, apps, activity spaces, people
Related actions and relationsResources: Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD)
People: Invite, Inform, Notify, Interact with, Kick out
Entities: Share, Assess (rate), Link, Tag (SALT)Organize through drag & drop (clipboard) or inheritanceSearch by tags or keywords Bookmark with GraaspIt!Inform and be aware through notifications 10
All my personal spaces, shared with different people and populate with relevant resources and Web apps
Profile
Introduction to Graasp
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Click on the grey rectangle to invite people or add resources (drag and drop from other spaces or the desktop possible)
Introduction to Graasp
Space populated with relevant entities
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Copy the bookmarkletin your bookmark bar
Then go to any Web site and start to grab resources which you will find in yourGraasp clipboard
GraaspIt !
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Grab a widget from iGooglehttp://www.google.com/ig/directory?type=gadgets
or from the ROLE widget store http://www.role-widgetstore.eu/
Then start to play with it in a share Graasp space
To see multiple widgets as a mashup, select the widget view
Introduction to Graasp
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Educational WidgetsMeta constructionism
With open social and W3C PLE platforms, teachers and institutions do not have to worry anymore about learning environmentsThey can focus on developing lightweight educational widgets in their academic disciplinesThe educational resources are end-user Web servicesthat can be mashed up
ROLE Widgets and bundles repositoryhttp://www.role-widgetstore.eu/Tracking and scaffoldingSimulation and gamesEmbedded contentGeneral purpose project and knowledge management 15
Case StudyCUSO Soft skills seminar for PhD candidates (from Personal Research to Personal Learning Environments)
http://graasp.epfl.ch/#item=space_1804
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Introduction to Programming (UNIGE)
Case Study
https://graasp.unige.ch/#item=space_5
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Introduction to HCI (Tongji - Shanghai) for Web 2.0 participatory design activities
Case Study
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... and our SIG PLE Space
Case Study
http://graasp.epfl.ch/#url=sigple
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Contact & Links
• http://react.epfl.ch
• http://graasp.epfl.ch
• http://www.role-project.eu
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