TY - GEN
T1 - AFEL: Towards Measuring Online Activities Contributions to Self-Directed Learning
AU - d’Aquin, Mathieu
AU - Adamou, Alessandro
AU - Dietze, Stefan
AU - Fetahu, Besnik
AU - Gadiraju, Ujwal
AU - Hasani-Mavriqi, Ilire
AU - Holtz, Peter
AU - Kimmerle, Joachim
AU - Kowald, Dominik
AU - Lex, Elisabeth
AU - L´opez Sola, Susana
AU - Maturana, Ricardo A.
AU - Sabol, Vedran
AU - Troullinou, Pinelopi
AU - Veas, Eduardo Enrique
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - More and more learning activities take place online in a self directed manner. Therefore, just as the idea of self-tracking activitiesfor fitness purposes has gained momentum in the past few years, toolsand methods for awareness and self-reflection on one’s own online learning behavior appear as an emerging need for both formal and informallearners. Addressing this need is one of the key objectives of the AFEL(Analytics for Everyday Learning) project. In this paper, we discuss thedifferent aspects of what needs to be put in place in order to enableawareness and self-reflection in online learning. We start by describing ascenario that guides the work done. We then investigate the theoretical,technical and support aspects that are required to enable this scenario,as well as the current state of the research in each aspect within theAFEL project. We conclude with a discussion of the ongoing plans fromthe project to develop learner-facing tools that enable awareness and self reflection for online, self-directed learners. We also elucidate the need toestablish further research programs on facets of self-tracking for learning that are necessarily going to emerge in the near future, especiallyregarding privacy and ethics.
AB - More and more learning activities take place online in a self directed manner. Therefore, just as the idea of self-tracking activitiesfor fitness purposes has gained momentum in the past few years, toolsand methods for awareness and self-reflection on one’s own online learning behavior appear as an emerging need for both formal and informallearners. Addressing this need is one of the key objectives of the AFEL(Analytics for Everyday Learning) project. In this paper, we discuss thedifferent aspects of what needs to be put in place in order to enableawareness and self-reflection in online learning. We start by describing ascenario that guides the work done. We then investigate the theoretical,technical and support aspects that are required to enable this scenario,as well as the current state of the research in each aspect within theAFEL project. We conclude with a discussion of the ongoing plans fromthe project to develop learner-facing tools that enable awareness and self reflection for online, self-directed learners. We also elucidate the need toestablish further research programs on facets of self-tracking for learning that are necessarily going to emerge in the near future, especiallyregarding privacy and ethics.
M3 - Conference paper
T3 - CEUR Workshop Proceedings
BT - CEUR Workshop Proceedings
T2 - 7th Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology Enhanced Learning
Y2 - 12 September 2017 through 12 September 2017
ER -