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

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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)

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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

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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

• denis.gillet@epfl.ch

• http://react.epfl.ch

• http://graasp.epfl.ch

• http://www.role-project.eu

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