Future Learning Environment http://mlab.uiah.fi/fle

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Future Learning Environment http//mlab.uiah.fi/fl
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• Teemu Leinonen
• Media Lab,
• University of Art and Design, Helsinki

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Future Learning Environment RD Project

• Research Partners
• Media Lab, University of Art and Design,
  Helsinki, Finland
• Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki,
  Finland
• Media Education Centre, University of Helsinki,
  Finland
• Industrial Partners
• Sonera Ltd (Telecom Finland)
• Grey Interactive Ltd
• WSOY Publishing Ltd
• Apple Computer Finland
• Financing
• TEKES (Finnish Technology Development Centre)
• Finnish Ministry of Education
• Industrial Partners
• Research Partners

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Design Principles of the FLE
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FLE pedagogy?

• Problem Based Learning (PBL)
• Inquiry Learning
• Collaborative Knowledge Building
• Distributed Expertise

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What is Problem Based Learning?

• In the learning process the students are setting
  up the problems they want to solve during the
  process

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What is inquiry learning?

• During the course the students solve the study
  problems defined by themselves
• Learning process research process process of
  inquiry

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What is collaborative knowledge building?

• Representing a culture of expertise
• Culture of research and design community
• Research, innovation and design intensive areas

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What is distributed expertise?

• Distributed human resources of the learning
  community
• Expert-like process of knowledge-processing

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What is the FLE-Tools prototype?

• www-based service for computer supported
  collaborative learning (CSCL)
• On-line learning community
• Collection of server-based applications and
  databases
• Cross platform
• (Linux, Mac, Win PC, WebTV, Nokia 9000, etc)

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FLE-Tools prototype

• Personal WebTop (desktop in the www)
• Knowledge building (conferencing)
• Jam Session -module
• Library
• People
• Administration

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Personal WebTop (desktop in the www)

• virtual desktop
• to store digital materials
• to share digital materials with other students
• leaving and sending messages (stickies)
• Evaluation tool

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Knowledge Building

• Shared spaces for discussion / conferencing
• The discussion is guided by the 'Deep Principles'
• Students are asked to label the discussion notes
  with different 'Categories of Inquiry', such as

My Working Theory
Problem
Deepening Knowledge
Help
Comment
Meta Comment
Summary
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Jam Session -module

• To develop ideas and concepts
• Collaborative construction of digital artefacts
• Providing graphical representations of projects
  phases

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Library

• Space to publish and browse multimedia learning
  materials
• The tutor or teacher may search clips from the
  FLE-Librarys database
• The tutor may choose relevant clips and publish
  them for the course
• Also the work of the study groups will be saved
  to the FLE-database

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People

• People (users) database
• User groups
• 1. Students/ basic users
• 2. Tutors (administrating courses)
• 3. Admin. (system administration)

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Administration

• Courses (new, remove, edit)
• Course materials (upload, remove)
• Users students, tutors (new, remove, edit)

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Future Learning Environment http//mlab.uiah.fi/fl
e

• Teemu Leinonen
• Media Lab,
• University of Art and Design, Helsinki