A case study for measuring Informal Learning in PLEs

Authors

  • Francisco J. García-Peñalvo Grupo de investigación GRIAL. University of Salamanca. Facultad de Ciencias. Plaza de los caídos S/N. 37008. Salamanca. Spain.
  • Miguel Conde González University of León. Escuela de Ingenierías. Campus de Vegazana S/N. 27041. León. Spain.
  • Marc Alier Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech. Edifici Omega. Despatx 116. C. Jordi Girona, 1-3. 08034 Barcelona. Spain.
  • Ricardo Colomo-Palacios Østfold University College. B R A Veien 4 1783 Halden, Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i7.3734

Keywords:

Interoperability specifications, Learning Management Systems, Personal Learning Environments, Personalization

Abstract


The technological support for learning and teaching processes is constantly changing. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) applied to education, cause changes that affect the way in which people learn. This application introduces new software systems and solutions to carry out teaching and learning activities. Connected to ICT application, the emergence of Web 2.0 and its use in learning contexts enables an online implementation of the student-centred learning paradigm. In addition, 2.0 trends provide “new” ways to exchange, making easier for informal learning to become patent. Given this context, open and user-centered learning environments are needed to integrate such kinds of tools and trends and are commonly described as Personal Learning Environments. Such environments coexist with the institutional learning management systems and they should interact and exchange information between them. This interaction would allow the assessment of what happens in the personal environment from the institutional side. This article describes a solution to make the interoperability possible between these systems. It is based on a set of interoperability scenarios and some components and communication channels. In order to test the solution it is implemented as a proof of concept and the scenarios are validated through several pilot experiences. In this article one of such scenarios and its evaluation experiment is described to conclude that functionalities from the institutional environments and the personal ones can be combined and it is possible to assess what happens in the activities based on them.

Author Biographies

Francisco J. García-Peñalvo, Grupo de investigación GRIAL. University of Salamanca. Facultad de Ciencias. Plaza de los caídos S/N. 37008. Salamanca. Spain.

F. J. García Peñalvo works as a Professor at the Computer Science Department of the the University of Salamanca and also the director of GRIAL Research Group.

Miguel Conde González, University of León. Escuela de Ingenierías. Campus de Vegazana S/N. 27041. León. Spain.

M. Á. Conde, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanics, Computer Science and Aeronautics of the Univeristy of León and researcher of GRIAL Resarch Group.

Marc Alier, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech. Edifici Omega. Despatx 116. C. Jordi Girona, 1-3. 08034 Barcelona. Spain.

M. Alier, is a Lecturer at the Department of Service and Information System Engineering of the Barcelona Tech and also the director of the SUSHITOS Research Group.

Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Østfold University College. B R A Veien 4 1783 Halden, Norway

R. Colomo-Palacios is a Full Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Østfold University College, Norway.

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Published

2014-04-27

How to Cite

García-Peñalvo, F. J., Conde González, M., Alier, M., & Colomo-Palacios, R. (2014). A case study for measuring Informal Learning in PLEs. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 9(7), pp. 47–55. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v9i7.3734