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An Integration Platform of Social Networking Applications to Support Life Long Learning in Rural Territories: the “SoRuraLL Virtual Learning World” Environment. V. Stefanis M.Sc. Computer Engineer RACTI. Contents. Social Web Social networks – digital divide - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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An Integration Platform of Social Networking Applications to Support Life Long Learning in Rural Territories: the “SoRuraLL Virtual Learning World”
Environment
V. StefanisM.Sc. Computer Engineer
RACTI
Contents
Social Web Social networks – digital divide The SoRuraLL Virtual Learning World System overview System functionalities System evaluation Conclusions
Social Web
Major component of the Web 2.0 movement Social Web
“people interlinked and interacting with engaging content in a conversational and participatory manner
via the Internet”
Social Web Applications
Wikis Forum Blogs Media sharing Social networking Folksonomy Messaging applications Social bookmarking Comments RSS
Digital divide
As more individuals are connected online, those who are not connected are increasingly in danger for becoming more marginalized within society.
World widely there is a rising concern over this “digital divide”
This concern is seen to be greatest in relation to those living and working in rural and remote areas
Social networks VS digital divide
A valuable tool to bridge the digital divide:– Teach students how to be effective collaborators in that
world, how to interact with people around them– Build learning communities for primary and secondary
education– Assist specialized scientific education– Provide new opportunities for training professionals– Provide new opportunities for lifelong learning initiatives– Create a new learning style of “learning by doing”
The SoRuraLL Virtual Learning World
SoRuraLL Virtual Learning World (VLW)– SoRuraLL Lifelong Learning Program– Delivers a specialized Social Networking platform– Specific target groups were selected to present
the idea– Functionalities of the system according to target
groups’ needs
System overview
Web based platform– Web 2.0 services– Open source and free technologies– Common integrated environment– SSO
Two levels of customization– Per user site– Per user
Main page
Users’ type
Four types of users– Platform administrator– National administrator– Simple user– Guests
VLW - System architecture
Integration platform
E-learningSocial network
System functionalities
Integration platform– Blogs– Forums– Video sharing– Wiki– IM– External application– Tagging– Video chat– Web chat– Mobile version
E-learning
asynchronous e-learning platform content upload announcements links students groups chat forum surveys exercises wiki
Social networking
Create relationships Friends File sharing Blogs Groups Pages Bookmarks Messages Tagging
Evaluation - statistics
Data collected during the pilot phase– November 2009 to October 2010
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86
17
23
88
31
0 20 40 60 80 100
Bulgaria
European
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Polland
Spain
Users
3
1
2
23
4
6
0 5 10 15 20 25
Bulgaria
European
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Polland
Spain
Posts
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26
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4
15
8
5
0 20 40 60 80
Bulgaria
European
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Polland
Spain
Posts
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0 10 20 30 40 50
Bulgaria
European
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Polland
Spain
Posts
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13
2
0 5 10 15 20
Bulgaria
European
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Polland
Spain
Posts
Number of forum posts Number of blog posts
Number of Wiki pages Number of video posts
Questions?
Thank you for your attention!
