eXtending the Web: New and emerging learning technologies
Steve WheelerFaculty of Education
University of Plymouth
Invited Webinar for ASCILITE: 18 November, 2010
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Shared experiences
http://i.imwx.com
Always Connected?
http://i.imwx.com
“We are now
implicitly and
explicitly connected
to each other.
Mobile phones do
this more than
anything else,
because now our
connectedness
travels with us
everywhere we go.”
Mark Curtis (2005)http://opengardensblog.futuretext.com
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The Future...?
www.abebooks.com
“One day every
town in America
will have a
telephone!”
~ U.S. Mayor, (c 1880)
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The Future...?
• 1989: ‘The future is multi-media’
• 1999: ‘The future is the Web’
• 2009: ‘The future is smart mobile’
hof.povray.org
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Multimedia
brought the world
into the
classroom...
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Multimedia
brought the world
into the
classroom...
Smart
technologies will
take the
classroom into
the world.www.canada.com
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We are familyhttp://pro.corbis.com
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Wii are family!
http://wiifitnessdepot.com
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Source: Maria Webster - http://www.ntdaily.com/
Intuitive devices
Touch screen
Interactive
Participatory
Smart
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In its current state, the Web is often
described as being in the Lego phase, with
all of its different parts capable of connecting
to one another. Those who envision the next
phase, Web 3.0, see it as an era when
machines will start to do seemingly intelligent
things.
- John Markoff, The New York Times
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How will it all connect together?
http://www.chamberlinproductions.org/Files/Blender/Bricks.jpg
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Web 3.0 is....
“...the Web of Openness. A web that breaks the
old silos, links everyone, everything, everywhere,
and makes the whole thing potentially smarter."
- Greg Boutan
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Web 1.0: Anything can link to anything
Source: Sabin-Corneliu Buraga www.localseoguide.com
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www.ballroom-dance-chicago.blogspot.com/
Web 2.0: User
participation
Source: Sabin-Corneliu Buraga
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Web 3.0: Existing data re-connected
for other (smarter) uses
Adapted from : Sabin-Corneliu Buraga http://farm4.static.flickr.com
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Web 3.0
Web 1.0
Web x.0
Web 2.0
Semantic Web
The Web
Meta Web
Social Web
Degree of Social Connectivity
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Syntactic Web
Semantic Web
Pragmatic Web
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Syntactic Web
Semantic Web
Pragmatic Web
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MUDs/MOOs
Forums
Listserv
Personal Webpage
Newsgroup
Wiki
Blog
Social Network
Geo Mashup
Social Tagging
Smart Media Devices
Intelligent Collaborative Filtering
MMORPGs
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RSS
HTML
XHTML
XML
Intelligent Agents
OWL
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Syntactic Web
Semantic Web
Pragmatic Web
Adapted from Francesco Magragrino 2009
Personal Learning Environments
Learning Management Systems (iMLE or VLE)
Adaptive Smart Systems
Intelligent SystemsAugmented Reality and Virtuality
RSS
HTML
XHTML
XML
Intelligent Agents
OWL
RDF
E-Learning 3.0
1. Distributed (Cloud) Computing
2. Extended Smart Mobile Technology
3. Collaborative Intelligent Filtering
4. 3D Visualisation and Interaction
Source: steve-wheeler.blogspot.com
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Personal Learning Environment
Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html
Steve Wheeler & Manish Malik (2010)
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Cloud Learning EnvironmentSteve Wheeler & Manish Malik (2010)
Source: http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2010/07/anatomy-of-ple.html
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Mixed Reality
Real World
Virtual World
Augmented Reality
Augmented Virtuality
Virtuality ContinuumAdapted from Nijholt & Traum (2005)
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Real World
Virtual World
Augmented Reality
Augmented Virtuality
Virtuality ContinuumAdapted from Nijholt & Traum (2005)
the virtual augments the real
the real augments the virtual
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1: The phone app
2: The ‘wearable’
images.businessweek.com
Augmented
Reality
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Context
awareness –
See overlays of
information
about the object
in front of you....
layar.com
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Layar is a free
mobile application
which shows what is
around you by
displaying real time
digital information
on top of reality
through the camera
of your mobile
phone.
www.winandmac.com
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As you move your
mobile phone
camera, so the
overlays change to
represent
information
relevant to the
scene before you.
truliablog.com
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Find the nearest tube station...
http://www.itvt.com
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www.theposthole.org
...or visualise the ancient world using images of
long gone buildings in present day sites.
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Needle biopsy in
medical training
www.newhorizons.org
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Sports training
(virtual annotations)http://i.ytimg.com
www.guardian.co.uk
Find the nearest Tube Station...Augmented
Virtuality is when
you interact with
your computer
using objects in
the physical
world.
Are we Natural
Born Cyborgs? http://www.popsucker.net
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Augmented Reality in education
• Support of seamless interaction between real and virtual learning environments
• The use of a tangible interface metaphor for object manipulation
• The ability to transition smoothly between reality and virtuality
• Collaborative learning from interaction in multiple perspectives
Source: http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/technology/billinghurst.htm
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Camera
Coloured caps
Coloured caps
Mirror
Projector
Phone blogs.fayobserver.com
MIT’s “Sixth Sense” Wearable...
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...enables you to take
pictures using the framing
gesture
ambient.media.mit.edu
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...enables you to take
pictures using the framing
gesture and manipulate
documents with natural
gestures...
ambient.media.mit.edu
chi2009.org
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www.labnol.org
...will project onto any surface...
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a-r-u-n.com
...including your hand
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http://www.moonsaildesign.com
...or your students!
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Some possible smart tech uses
• Informal, self organised learning
• Problem based learning
• Group based activities
• Outdoor learning
• Independent study
• Distance learning
• Blended learning
pointlessbanter.net
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Some issues with Smart Devices
• Personalised learning?
• Connectivity
• Choosing a device
• Learning how to use it
• Learning what it can be used for
• Bandwidth availability
scavenging.files.wordpress.com
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We are already seeing early evidence of the Smart Web
http://chemistscorner.com
Intelligent Filtering Recommender systems
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www.etsu.edu/math
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Steve Wheeler [email protected]
University of Plymouth, United Kingdom