Cloud-based service for eBooks using EPUB under the Aspect

of Learning AnalyticsMartin Ebner, Christoph Prettenthaler, Mohamed Hamada

International Workshop on Cloud Computing based e-Learning Systems

Learning Analytics is about the interpretation of learners’ data to enhance their learning process

individually

Martin Ebner & Martin Schön (2012)

E-Reader for E-Books

iPad (http://www.crunchbase.com/product/ipad)

Kindle(http://www.amazon.com)

Sony E-Reader(http://inhabitat.com)

E-Book-Examples

http://ebook.tugraz.at

Main idea is to combine e-Books and Learning Analytics to enhance personal learning processes using a cloud based

service

How has a prototype look like of a cloud-based system creating interactive

e-Books?

Cloud / Webplatform creates different exercises

Learner e-Book

Learner e-Book

Learner e-Book

Learner e-Book

Teacher

Create e-Book / see results

Doing Exercises

Main Architecture

Download e-Book

Teacher creates a ePUB in the cloud with the help of the web platform.

There are different exercises provided.

Exercise: True/False

!

Exercise: Word search

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Exercise: Word mark

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Exercise: Drag/Drop

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Exercise: Cloze

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Exercise: Match Letter

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Exercise: Multimedia

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Learner download the ePUB to their personal devices and do the exercises.Afterwards results are stored on the

webplatform.

Learning Analytcis

Each result done within the book can be seen by the

teacher

Live Demo

http://youtu.be/IOhVJCkU_og?list=UUQ_Bow1IcRGjvPiTvmbnJ7Q

• Learning Analytics can help to improve the learning process through individualization

• Learning Analytics means data, more exactly really big data. Nevertheless we have to bear in mind data security of all personalized data to any time.

• The implementation of the electronic exercise books is based on the EPUB 3 standard and relies on the support of this standard on the according reading device.

Discussion

There is a great potential for the future of interactive text books.

Graz University of Technology

SOCIAL LEARNINGComputer and Information Services

Graz University of Technology

Martin Ebner

http://elearning.tugraz.atmartin.ebner@tugraz.at

Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at

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