Session Organizers
- Peng Han Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology, Chongqing, China
- Bernd J. Krämer FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Description
All generations of the Web have given rise to new technologies and services for teaching and learning. The initial Web of Information opened up the possibility to exploit interactive multimedia content and deliver learning materials electronically. It also allowed their adaptation to different learning styles by drawing appropriate learning objects from the Web or content repositories. Hypermedia structures in online courses could be used to lead students on different paths at the students’ own paces through the course content, depending on their individual performances in intermediate online tests and quizzes.
The Web of Services then brought about the possibility to include all kinds of collaboration and communication services in online learning activities. More recently, the Social Web offered a range of social software tools that allowed students to participate actively and in real-time in educational processes, independent of any physical proximity. This development has led to a plethora of learning platforms and tools that can be organized tenth of categories including classical learning management systems, instructional, sharing and personal productivity tools, or social collaboration platforms.
We expect a highly motivated audience of researchers and practitioners that critically comments the contributions and actively participates in a concluding round-table discussion.
This session calls for papers that present:
- innovative e-learning tools with proven educational value,
- reference architectures for integrating content, services, and tools to a coherent and personalized learning or teaching environment
- concepts for an e-learning ecosystem that shares an eco system’ main components: organisms (learners, facilitators), physical environment (e-learning space and resources), and relationships between the organisms and their environment