Personal learning environments in a global higher engineering education Web 2.0 realm

Author

Gillet, Denis ; Law, Effie L -C ; Chatterjee, Arunangsu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Federate de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 April 2010

Firstpage

897

Lastpage

906

Abstract

This paper presents investigations on formal and informal requirements for personal learning environments taking into account students´ personal and social learning practices. The potential of global Web 2.0 educational service bundles and informal learning communities, as well as their recommendation by educators are addressed. A scenario showing how these new paradigms can be integrated in engineering education as a way to bring together personal and social learning practices is drawn.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; engineering education; global Web 2.0 educational service; global higher engineering education; personal learning environment; social learning practice; Blogs; Collaboration; Computer science; Digital audio broadcasting; Educational technology; Engineering education; Environmental management; Least squares approximation; Software prototyping; Educational Widgets; Learning Communities; Mash up; Personal Learning; Personal Learning Environments; Social Learning; Web 2.0;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6568-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6570-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492483

Filename

5492483