Trends and Opportunities in Online Education

A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Techno-Social Smart Systems".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2019) | Viewed by 5092

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Educational Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Technische Universitat Graz, Educational Technology, Graz, Austria
Interests: e-learning; mobile learning; seamless learning; technology enhanced learning; learning analytics; open educational resources

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Dear Colleagues,

Education without technology is nearly impossible these days. Moreover, the future of teaching and learning is becoming more and more digitalized. Therefore, we would like to invite you to contribute to a call for papers asking for contributions on “trends and opportunities in online education”. We are searching for innovative examples, and emerging trends in teaching and learning with technologies and visions.

We would also be very happy if you can spread the call amongst further interested possible contributors.

Please find here more details on the CfP:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/online_education

Adj. Prof. PhD Martin Ebner
DI. Markus Ebner
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Online Learning
  • Distance Education
  • Educational Technology
  • Technology-Enhanced Learning
  • Innovation

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Crossing the Borders: Re-Use of Smart Learning Objects in Advanced Content Access Systems
by Hamza Manzoor, Kamil Akhuseyinoglu, Jackson Wonderly, Peter Brusilovsky and Clifford A. Shaffer
Future Internet 2019, 11(7), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/fi11070160 - 19 Jul 2019
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Abstract
Researchers in many disciplines are developing novel interactive smart learning objects like exercises and visualizations. Meanwhile, Learning Management Systems (LMS) and eTextbook systems are also becoming more sophisticated in their ability to use standard protocols to make use of third party smart learning [...] Read more.
Researchers in many disciplines are developing novel interactive smart learning objects like exercises and visualizations. Meanwhile, Learning Management Systems (LMS) and eTextbook systems are also becoming more sophisticated in their ability to use standard protocols to make use of third party smart learning objects. But at this time, educational tool developers do not always make best use of the interoperability standards and need exemplars to guide and motivate their development efforts. In this paper we present a case study where the two large educational ecosystems use the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard to allow cross-sharing of their educational materials. At the end of our development process, Virginia Tech’s OpenDSA eTextbook system became able to import materials from Aalto University’s ACOS smart learning content server, such as python programming exercises and Parsons problems. Meanwhile, University of Pittsburgh’s Mastery Grids (which already uses the ACOS exercises) was made to support CodeWorkout programming exercises (a system already used within OpenDSA). Thus, four major projects in CS Education became inter-operable. Full article
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