Presentation at Online Educa 2014, 3-5 December 2014, Berlin

1. Becoming
Crea-ve
Creators
and
Entrepreneurs:
Simula-ng
a
Global
Workplace
though
Virtual
Mobility
Dr. Diana Andone
Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
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2. Digital students & Technology
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3. Digital
students
need to control - online activity,
communication, eLearning environment
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4. Crea-ve
creators
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5. Global
workforce
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6. Virtual mobility or virtual placement
virtual components facilitated through an ICT
supported learning environment, where the
three key stakeholders (students, universities
and enterprises) interact with one another
independent of time and space
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7. Projects
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8. TalkTech
project
2008-­‐2014
UP
Timisoara
Romania
Bentley
University,
Boston,
USA
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9. TalkTech
2008
–
2014
Where
We
Are
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10. TalkTech
2008
–
2014
Students
Bentley
University
• IT
101,
InformaOon
Technology
• 55
students
• Spoke
English
• Web
literate
• PC
Literate
• Age
18-­‐21
UP
Timisoara
• TMM,
Technologies
of
MulOmedia
• 50
students
• Spoke
English
• Web
literate
• PC
Literate
• Age
21-­‐24
635
students
involved,
no
dropout
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11. TalkTech
2013
Students
EOdn-­‐mlineed
Eiad
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12. TalkTech
2013
ques-ons
• How
can
the
use
of
web-­‐based
collabora-on
tools
to
complete
a
group
project
encourage
or
develop
cri-cal
and
computa-onal
thinking
skills?
• Can
students
appreciate
the
relevance
using
web-­‐based
communica-on
and
collabora-on
tools
in
a
global
classroom
exercise
as
prepara-on
for
their
own
careers
as
future
informa-on
technology
professionals?
• Would
students
be
able
to
learn
new
technologies
and
handle
the
challenges
that
are
associated
with
working
in
a
global
environment?
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13. ViCaDiS
campus
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14. TalkTech
2008
–
2013
2008
• Create
a
web
page
with
images,
a
video,
a
PowerPoint
or
Google
presentaOon,
a
recorded
audio
conversaOon,
or
a
combinaOon
of
any
of
these
that
presents
your
group’s
understanding
of
a
current
issue
in
technology
and
culture
• Post
content
and
group
progress
to
a
collaboraOve
Google
Site
TalkTech2008
2009
• Research
a
web-­‐based
collaboraOon
tool
• Create
a
wiki
page
with
images,
blog
entry,
video
or
video
tutorial
of
a
tool;
post
link
on
ViCaDiS
2010
• Create
a
short
video
evaluaOng
two
similar
online
collaboraOon
tools
(screen
sharing,
forms,
presentaOons,
video
conferencing,
scheduling,
project
management,
mind
mapping)
from
the
perspecOves
of
usability
and
entrepreneurship
• Summarize
findings
in
a
Google
Doc
or
video.
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15. 2010
–
creaOng
an
online
video
tutorial
of
a
new
web
2.0
tool
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16. TalkTech2010
project
2011
evaluaOon
of
different
online
tools
–collaboraOve
video
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17. TalkTech
2008
–
2013
2011
• Create
a
presentaOon
in
which
your
group
analyzes
and
discusses
the
potenOal
of
various
start-­‐up
Internet
companies
• Use
VoiceThread
to
add
comments
or
narraOon
to
the
presentaOon’s
slides;
integrate
in
ViCaDiS
blog
2012
• Create
a
presentaOon
in
which
your
group
researches
innovaOve
methods
used
in
business
by
promising
start-­‐up
companies
• Use
VoiceThread
to
add
comments
or
narraOon
to
the
presentaOon’s
slides;
integrate
in
ViCaDiS
blog
2013
• Research
popular
web
or
mobile
apps
• Create
an
interacOve
image
using
ThingLink
AnnotaOons
must
include
audio
and
video
clips
in
which
internaOonal
partners
appear
simultaneously
discussing
their
topic
• Post
ThingLink
to
ViCaDiS
blog
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18. TALKTECH
2013
TOPICS
• 1.
Most
Popular
Android
Apps
• 2.
Most
Popular
iPhone
Apps
• 3.
Most
Popular
Cloud
Storage
Providers
• 4.
Most
Popular
Social
Media
or
Technology
Blogs
/
Podcasts
• 5.
Most
Popular
Travel
Web
Sites
• 6.
Most
Popular
Google
Products
• 7.
Most
Popular
Web
AdverOsing
Services
• 8.
Most
Popular
Photo
Sharing
Sites
• 9.
Most
Popular
Social
Networking
Sites
• 10.
Most
Popular
Social
Bookmarking
Sites
• 11.
Most
Popular
Health
and
Fitness
Apps
• 12.
Most
Popular
Mapping
Sites
and
Apps
• 13.
Most
Popular
Video
Conferencing
/
VOIP
Services
• 14.
Most
Popular
Online
or
Mobile
Payment
Services
or
Apps
• 15.
Most
Popular
Videostreaming
sites
and
Apps
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21. TalkTech
2008
–
2013
main
Tools
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22. Task Tools
align time zones timeanddate.com
chat Facebook, Yahoo! IM,Google Hangouts
create and host audio SoundCloud
create and host video YouTube, Screencast-o-Matic
create interactive images ThingLink
edit audio Sound Forge
edit images PhotoShop, Paint.net
edit video Windows Live Movie Maker
email Gmail, Outlook
hold video conferences Google Hangouts, Skype
record video mobile phone camera apps
schedule meetings Doodle
search the web Google, Bing
share photos Flickr, Tumblr
share screens join.me, Google Hangouts
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23. TalkTech
EvaluaOon
• Usage
data
• Interviews
• Online
quesOonnaire
ZEF
evaluaOon
www.zef.fi
• Desirability
methodology
• ComputaOonal
thinking
analysis
• Entrepreneurial
abiliOes
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24. TalkTech
2008
–
2013
• instructors’
input
minimal
• MulOcultural
• Online
–
different
Omezones
• Simulate
real
world
work
in
an
IT
company
• Students
freely
choose
the
tools,
communicaOon,
working
Ome
and
hours
• Students
connect
using
several
social
media
tools
• All
students
finished
and
delivered
the
arOfact
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25. TalkTech
2013
Student
Use
of
Technologies
• 1.
Mobile
phone
• 2.
SMS
–
text
messaging
• 3.
iPod
/mp3
player
• 4.
Search
engines
(Google/Bing)
• 5.
Online
Messaging
(Yahoo,
G-­‐Chat,
etc)
• 6.
VoIP
(Skype,
Google
Talk,
etc)
• 7.
Mobile
chat
(WhatsApp/Viber)
• 8.
Online
video
(YouTube)
• 9.
Photo
Sharing
(Flickr,
Picasa)
• 10.
Online
games
• 11.
Blogs
• 12.
Wikipedia
• 13.
Facebook
• 14.
Twiier
• 15.
CollaboraOve
WriOng
Apps
(Google
Docs/Office
Web
Apps)
ZEF
analyOcs
tool
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26. TalkTech2013
Desirability
Test
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2014

27. Computa-onal
Thinking
Analysis
• Analyzing
effects
of
computaOon
– Impact
and
use
of
technology
• CreaOng
computaOonal
arOfacts
– CreaOng
collaboraOvely
MulOmedia
arOfacts
• Using
abstracOons
and
models
– needed
to
disOnguish
between
data,
informaOon,
and
knowledge
in
order
to
create
their
mulOmedia
arOfacts
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28. Computa-onal
Thinking
Analysis
• Analyzing
problems
and
arOfacts
– divide
the
project’s
requirements
into
mulOple
tasks
and
delegate
responsibiliOes
among
group
members,
compare
available
sokware
tools
for
administraOve
tasks,
communicaOon,
collaboraOon,
and
mulOmedia
creaOon
to
use
throughout
the
project
• CommunicaOng
processes
and
results
– ViCaDiS,
share
on
social
networks
• Working
effecOvely
in
teams
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29. Conclusions
• introduced
students
to
real-­‐world
technology
topics,
trends
and
working
methods
• 65%
of
students
declared
interest
in
gemng
involved
in
start-­‐ups
• Empowered
students
• create
the
learning
and
working
environment
for
producing
the
final
arOfact,
in
a
self-­‐organized,
networked-­‐based
and
quite
oken
complex
and
chaoOc
manner
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30. Give up control
This is messy!

31. CONTACT
Dr.eng. Diana Andone
Director, e-Learning Center
Tel: +40.256403300,
Email: diana.andone@upt.ro
http://elearning.upt.ro/diana_andone
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