TEL Seminar: Cluster V “Emerging Technologies” Sergey Sosnovsky

Summary Seite/Page 8 ‣ Experimental Technologies ‣ Technologies developed elsewhere ‣ Less coherent results, less mature systems ‣ List of Topics: ‣ Intelligent Learning Games ‣ Ubiquitous Learning Environments and Mobile e-Learning ‣ Augmented and Virtual Reality for e-Learning ‣ Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning ‣ Pedagogical Agents Saarbrücken,

Intelligent Learning Games Seite/Page 7 Saarbrücken, ‣ Games are characterized by: Fantasy Rules/Goals Sensory Stimuli Challenge Mystery Control Leverage

Ubiquitous Learning Environments and Mobile e-Learning Seite/Page 8 Saarbrücken, ‣ Many different ways to a access information, many different devices ‣ People stay connected everywhere all the time

Augmented and Virtual Reality for e- Learning Seite/Page 8 Saarbrücken, ‣ Virtual reality: ‣ Immersive experience ‣ Access to places and situations not available in reality ‣ Augmented reality: ‣ Merging virtual and real worlds

Semantic Web Technologies for e-Learning Seite/Page 8 Saarbrücken, ‣ SW is aimed at giving online information meaning ‣ It is based on a set of well-defined standards ‣ Many e-Learning problems can be solved with the help of SW: metadata standardization, content and model sharing and reuse, access to other SW components and technologies, etc.

Pedagogical Agents Seite/Page 7 Saarbrücken, ‣..avatars, virtual characters ‣ Learning/teaching is a social process => a systems needs a personality ‣ Benefits: ‣ Increased motivation ‣ Increased sense of comfort ‣ Stimulation of essential learning behaviours ‣ Enhanced flow of information and communication ‣.. ‣ Diversity: ‣ virtual vs. robotic ‣ animated vs. static ‣ teaching vs. teachable