A Cloud-Based Learning Platform: STEM Learning Experiences with New Tools

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Author(s): Rocael Hernandez Rizzardini (GES, Galileo University, Guatemala)and Christian Gütl (Graz University of Technology, Austria & Curtin University, Australia)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on Cloud-Based STEM Education for Improved Learning Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Lee Chao (University of Houston - Victoria, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9924-3.ch008

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / STEM Education

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A wide range of innovative Web 2.0 tools can be used for STEM education; however, learning orchestration issues arise in terms of management, adaption, and intervention. These issues can be solved through the manipulation of the tools' Web application programming interfaces (APIs) in order to orchestrate the learning experience. In this chapter, the authors present a learning platform that is capable of orchestrating learning activities through Web interoperability with Web 2.0 tools. This interoperability is realized through advanced Semantic Web technologies such as JSON-LD and Hydra, and a specialized architecture to automatically recognize, process, and use the tools' Web APIs. Finally, an evaluation of the architecture in a Massive Open Online Course is presented which reveals satisfactory usability and emotional evaluation results.

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