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Production and Consumption of University Linked Data
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Zablith, Fouad; Fernandez, Miriam; Rowe, Matthew – Interactive Learning Environments, 2015
Linked Data increases the value of an organisation's data over the web by introducing explicit and machine processable links at the data level. We have adopted this new stream of data representation to produce and expose existing data within The Open University (OU) as Linked Data. We present in this paper our approach for producing the data,…
Descriptors: Data, Metadata, Open Universities, Social Networks
The Ethical and Practical Implications of Systems Architecture on Identity in Networked Learning: A Constructionist Perspective
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Koole, Marguerite L.; Parchoma, Gale – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
Through relational dialogue, learners shape their identities by sharing information about the world and how they see themselves in it. As learners interact, they receive feedback from both the environment and other learners which, in turn, helps them assess and adjust their self-presentations. Although learners retain choice and personal agency,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Internet, Social Capital, Ethics
Design Trajectories: Four Experiments in PLE Implementation
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van Harmelen, M. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
Increasingly, there is a shared understanding that the educational approach driving the development of Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) is one of learner empowerment and facilitation of the efforts of self-directed learners. This approach fits well with concepts of social constructivism, constructionism, and the development and execution of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Experiments, Educational Environment, Independent Study
iPLE Network: An Integrated eLearning 2.0 Architecture from a University's Perspective
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Casquero, Oskar; Portillo, Javier; Ovelar, Ramon; Benito, Manuel; Romo, Jesus – Interactive Learning Environments, 2010
Universities can offer eLearning 2.0 tools and services to learners while obtaining clear benefits from releasing the control over some learning content. This means a shift from the institution centred and monolithic model of traditional virtual learning environments (VLEs) to a more heterogeneous and open model. This article tries to plot an…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Learning Processes, Internet, Client Server Architecture
Patterns of Personal Learning Environments
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Wilson, Scott – Interactive Learning Environments, 2008
The use of design patterns is now well established as an approach within the field of software systems as well as within the field of architecture. An initial effort was made to harness patterns as a tool for elaborating the design of the elements of personal learning environments as part of the University of Bolton's Personal Learning Environment…
Descriptors: Pattern Recognition, Educational Environment, Patternmaking, Cybernetics
Network-Based Business Simulation Activities in Technical Professional Education
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Vescoukis, Vassilios C.; Retalis, Symeon; Anagnostopoulos, Dimosthenis – Interactive Learning Environments, 2003
For a long time on-the-job training has been considered as the single point of contact of technical education with the real world job market. Indeed, traditional on-the-job training activities are of great educational value and complement uniquely any classroom-based learning activity. However, it has been observed that several obstacles arise…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Educational Environment, Professional Education, On the Job Training