FUTURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT http://mlab.uiah.fi/fle/

Teemu LeinonenUIAH Media Lab

University of Art and Design, Helsinki

FUTURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT R&D Project

Research Partners Media Lab, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Finland Media Education Centre, University of Helsinki, Finland

Industrial Partners Sonera Ltd (Telecom Finland) Grey Interactive Ltd WSOY Publishing Ltd Apple Computer Finland

Financing TEKES (Finnish Technology Development Centre) Finnish Ministry of Education Industrial Partners Research Partners

Design Principles of the FLE

FLE pedagogy?

Problem Based Learning (PBL)

Inquiry Learning

Collaborative Knowledge Building

Distributed Expertise

What is the FLE-Tools prototype?

www-based service for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)

On-line learning community Collection of server-based applications and

databases Cross platform

(Linux, Mac, Win PC, WebTV, Nokia 9000, etc)

FLE-Tools prototype:

Personal WebTop (desktop in the www) Knowledge building (conferencing) Jam Session -module Library People Administration

Personal WebTop (desktop in the www)

Virtual desktop To store and share digital materials

with other students Fellow students - the learning team ”Leaving” and sending messages (“stickies”) Evaluation tool

Knowledge Building Shared spaces for discussion / conferencing The discussion is guided by the 'Deep Principles'

Students are asked to label the discussion notes with different 'Categories of Inquiry', such as:

ProblemMy Working Theory

Deepening Knowledge

Meta CommentSummaryHelp Comment

Jam Session -module

To develop ideas and concepts

Collaborative construction of digital artefacts Providing graphical representations of

projects phases

Library Space to publish and browse

multimedia learning materials The tutor or teacher may search ”clips”

from the FLE-Library’s database The tutor may choose relevant clips and

publish them for the course Also the work of the study groups will be

saved to the FLE-database

People

People (users) database User groups:

1. Students/ basic users

2. Tutors (administrating courses)

3. Admin. (system administration)

Administration

Courses (new, remove, edit) Course materials (upload, remove) Users: students, tutors (new, remove, edit)

FUTURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT http://mlab.uiah.fi/fle/

Teemu LeinonenUIAH Media Lab

University of Art and Design, Helsinki