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Institut fürLern-
Innovation(FIM
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IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Claudio DelrioUniversity of Emilia Romagna (ITALY)
Thomas KretschmerInstitute for Innovation in Learning (ILI/FIM)
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (GERMANY)
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Explosion of User Generated Content
Time person of the year 2008
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Changing faces of e-Learning
From Distribution… Learning Management Systems
Materials online
PresentationInformation
…to Collaboration and Reflection
E-PortfoliosWeblogs
Communication Collaboration
WiKisCommunities
Transmissive Learning
Expansive Learning
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The scope
The “explosion” of user generated content (UGC) takes place at such a magnitude and extent which go beyond definitory boundaries. However, some common traits can be identified (Adaptation from OECD study on the Participative Web: User Generated Content, 2008):
Publication and sharing: be it on a publicly accessible website, a collaborative project work, or on a page on a social networking site accessible to a selected group of people Creative effort: often also has a collaborative element to it, as is the case with websites which users can edit collaboratively. Yet the minimum amount of creative effort is hard to define and depends on the context. Creation outside professional contexts: but possibility of feedback into organisational settings. It often does not have an institutional or a commercial market context. Motivating factors include: connecting with peers, achieving a certain level of fame, notoriety, or prestige, and the desire to express oneself.
Or:“UGC is content produced by the end user” (Wikipedia)
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Example 1
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Example 2
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Universities and UGC (1)
There are several inhibiting factors both to the introduction of UGC into higher education and the related development of quality frameworks. Some of them are:
Lack of time, skills and reward system for teachers and still a significant share of learners Reluctance of many teachers to use or create UGC, since they challenge the concept of “authority”Ensuring quality of UGC is sometimes perceived as an additional burden instead of a key asset for learning experiences’ enrichment and knowledge managementMeasuring quality of collaborative UGC is not easy due to the difficulty of seizing individual contributionsThe use of UGC for learning is often considered a supplement to traditional pedagogic strategies instead of vehicle of pedagogic and organisational innovation. insufficient involvement of stakeholders, policy makers and users in the dialogue on quality into higher education
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Universities and UGC (2)
Enhancing quality of UGC and ultimately fostering its acceptance into teaching
and learning practice is fundamental for universities in their modernisation
agenda.
European Qualifications Framework: Emphasis on the recognition of informal and non-formal learningEmancipation of qualifications and competences obtained in non-formal settings
Students will demand it!!
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What is the object of quality assessment in the production of UGC and learning 2.0 approaches ? (QMPP, 2009)
Activity, behaviour, communicationSocial interaction and networks; process of communication; activity, behaviour, communication
Process of learningProcess more important than outcomes; control of activities
Structure of learning objectsUser satisfaction; standardization; tagging
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What are methods and instruments to assess/develop quality in the production of UGC and learning 2.0 approaches? (QMPP, 2009)
Self assessmentEmpowerment of learners; supporting system; tools & guidelines
Peer reviews, external assessment and collaborative dialogue
Polls, surveys; wisdom of the crowds
Challenges and problemsAbsence of standards; „garbage-in-garbage-out“-problem
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Peer creation Peer validation
Editing
Updating
Enriching
Benchmarking
Peer reviews
Peer reflections
Peer learning
Enablingprocesses
Enablingtools Enabling
policies
Enablingpolicies
Peers‘ / learners‘ side
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Methods of quality development for eLearning 2.0 (Ehlers 2009)
Methods of quality development
Quality assessment
by
Self-evaluation Learners with the
help of/ feedback by teachers
Assessment of e-portfolios
Teachers
Social recommendation
Peers, learning communities
Evaluations aimed at target group
Teachers
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The CONCEDE quality framework(www.concede.cc)
Quality Procedures of LEARNERS
(discussed through peer reviews, comments and
rating)
INSTITUTIONAL Quality Procedures
(primarily represented by
teachers)
Dialogue & Negotiation
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Partners
Institut für Lern-Innovation (ILI) - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
European Federation for Quality in eLearning - EFQUEL (BE)
HCI Productions Oy (SU)
Budapest University of Technology and Economics – BME (HU)
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya - UOC (ES)
University of Plymouth (UK)
Portuguese Catholic University (PT)
MENON Network EEIG (BE)
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