learning in times of abundance: the snowflake effect

Learning in times of abundance:

The Snowflake Effect

Erik DuvalK.U.Leuven & ARIADNE & IEEE LTSC

http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd 1

ICWL, Aachen, Germany, 19 August 2009

Thursday 28 October 2010

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Vielen Dank!

for the invitation


also historical, cultural, spirited, sporty,innovative

and multinational :-)


share & reuse...


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learning is (the essence

of being) human

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bad problem from the past:

scarcitybooks, video, audio, food, music, news, travel, clothes, cars, ...


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new members

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Searchability

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http://globe-info.org/ Thursday 28 October 2010

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OpenEducationalResources


Better problem:abundance


> 3.000.000.000 images


> 3.000.000.000 images

facebook> 10.000.000.000


> 80.000.000 videos

upload:20 hours video/min


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44.000 sites20.000.000 users1.900.000 courses


How did we get there?

open standards


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abundance of services

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access

search interface

SHAME, ARIADNE finder, google search interace, hero education portal, I&DeA portal, towards maturity, defense learning portal...

visualization

infovis, NetLearn visualization, ...

enabling services

aggregation service

FriendFeed, PLEF, PLEM, ...

fedsearch

ObjectSpot.org, ARIADNE federated Search Engine, ...

content disaggregation

ALOCOM, ...

automatic metadata generation

ALOA, SAMGI, ...

social network analysis

AERCS, NetLearn, ...

authentication and authorization

LDAP, Shibboleth, OpenID, ...

harvesting

ARIADNE harvesting service ...

metadata validation

ARIADNE metadata validation service

recommendation service

Objectspot.org, ...

content delivery

outstart, ...

communication/collaboration

asynchronous communication/collaborationsynchronous communication/collaboration

instant messaging

Applications: skype, flashmeeting, iChat, MSN Messenger

Protocols: XMPP, SIP/Simple, Skype Protocol, ...

video conferencing

Applications: flashmeeting (based on Adobe flash media server), skype, iChat, MSN Messenger...

Protocols: Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), Skype Protocol, SIP/SIMPLE, jingle

Data formats: FLV,

voice over IP

Applications: skype, flashmeeting, iChat, MSN Messenger

Protocols: jingle, skype protocol, SIP/RTP, IMS, H.323

file transfer

Applications: skype, iChat, MSN Messenger...

Protocols: FTP, HTTP, MSNFTP, jingle

synchronous whiteboard

Applications: flashmeeting

multi-user gamesapplication sharing

Applications: gotomeeting, ...

assessment tools

presentation tools kbst learner knowledge presenter, ...

Competency & Skills Assessment

kbKST self-evaluation tool, kbKST adaptive assessment tool, ANGEL institutional assessment, ...

data layer content managament (ARIADNE KPS, OutStart LCMS, I&DeA Learning Pool, slidestar.net, FESTO Technicum...)

contentmetadata

IEEE LOM, Dublin Core

content (LOs, publications, ...)

content: DBLP, Wikipedia Polearn publication database, EEE, ACM, Youtube, dictionaries, ...

content standards and specifications: SCORM, IMS CP, METS, MPEG-21 DID, Common Cartridge, AICC course structure, AICC packaging, IMS simple sequencingassessment specifications: IMS QTI, GIFT moodle format, learning design: IMS learning design

Publish Interface (SPI, ...)

Content Obtain Interface (COI, ...)

Publish Interface (SPI, ...)

OAI-PMH

Query Interface

(SQI, SRU/SRW, ...)

user management

user data

specifications: FOAF, IMS learner information package, IMS e-portfolio, IMS RCDEO, IEEE RCD, CWA 14927

publish interface

query interface

monitoring

attention metadata

specifications: contextualized attention metadata

publish interface

query interface

email

Applications: little sister, liferary mail portlet ...

protocols: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, UUCP, X400

shared calendar

Applications: google calendar, little sister, ...

Data formats: iCalendar

discussion forum

Applications: cabinet office, ...

voting tools

Applications: doodle, thinktank...

resource sharing

Applications: cabinet office, little sister, confolio...

collaborative documents

Applications: xowiki,elogbook google docs, liferary wiki, thinktank, voicethread...

bulletin board

Applications: nextspace, liferary message board ...

blogging and microblogging

Applications: wordpress.com, liferary blog, twitter...

web feeds

Applications: cabinet office, nextspace, towards maturity...

Protocols: Atom, OPML, RSS

rate users/activities/content/tools

Applications: elogbook, ...

tagging

Applications: PLEF, towards maturity, elogbook...

commenting

Applications: PLEF, thinktank, voicethread...

social bookmarking

Applications: delicious, Twine, Furl, ...

social networking

Applications: Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter...

Protocols: OpenSocial

contact management Peer review

tools and services repository

tools & services repository

publish interface

obtain interface

tools & services metadata

publish interface

query interface

OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH

OAI-PMH

LMS

Applications: CLIX, FESTO Virtual Academy, Moodle, SJTU E-learning system, ...

transformation service

planning tools

skill-based planner kbst skill based planner

editors

authoring tools

Applications: LAMS, OpenOffice.org, I&DeA learning pool, Outstart trainer authoring tool, slidestar...

metadata editors

Applications: ARIADNE Finder , SHAME...

ePortfolio authoring

modeling tools

Applications: Conzilla, liferary taxonomy editor, domain map editor ...

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Ongoingwork onregistries


standards are

notan excuse

for lousy interfaces!


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http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/alocom/alocom_plugin/alocom_plugin.swf

Better problem: abundancestill a problem...


Solution:massive hyper-personalization

Better problem: abundancestill a problem...


The Snowflake Effect


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loads of good examples in music

iTunes Genius, last.fm, pandora.com, tunify.com, blip.fm, deezer.com, grooveshark.com, mufin.com, yamelo.com,

jango.com, imeem.com, musicmesh.net, jiwa.fm, ...and many many many many more


snowflake in music...

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snowflake in music...

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http://www.aristomusic.com/ Thursday 28 October 2010

http://www.aristomusic.com

http://www.aristomusic.com

warning:design is difficult...

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social?see also SIRTEL workshop!


needssocial relationships

to work


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enablessocial relationships

to work

more effectively, at larger scale, faster, ...


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1st Workshop onWeb2.0 approaches, tools and technologies

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Personal Learning Environments

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• role project

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So...• Look for opportunities to remove

unnecessary interactions

• music, science, travel, software, ...

• Enable feedback from andinteraction between users

• Learn from your usersby enabling them to learn

• And ... let me know what happens ;-)


that’s it?


• We have some vacancies... Hurry!

• The one thing I take away from this talk is ...

• This is relevant to my research & teaching because ...

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Thanks!

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learning in times of abundance: the snowflake effect

Education

liferary applications

msn applications

little applications

documents applications

real time applications

collaborative skype

liferary wiki

ariadne modeling tools