Learning Technology for Education in Cloud

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. MOOC Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Engagement Measures in Massive Open Online Courses

      • Jane Sinclair, Sara Kalvala

      Pages 3-15

   3. Two-Dimensional Knowledge Model for Learning Control and Competence Mapping

      • Vello Kukk, Kadri Umbleja, Martin Jaanus

      Pages 16-27

   4. Learning, Knowledge and Competence in Global Online-Universities: How Terminology Shapes Thinking

      • Sabine Siemsen

      Pages 28-42

   5. MOOCs and the Integration of Social Media and Curation Tools in e-Learning

      • Jean-Eric Pelet, Marlene A. Pratt, Stéphane Fauvy

      Pages 43-53

   6. The Role of Social Connections in Plagiarism Detection

      • Aljaž Zrnec, Dejan Lavbič

      Pages 54-63

3. Cooperative Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. Eight R’s – Case Study

      • Marja Naaranoja, Lorna Uden

      Pages 67-76

   3. Designing a PBLJii Script in a CSCL Environment for Bolstering Collaboration and Communication Skills

      • Sofia Gkemisi, Fotini Paraskeva, Aikaterini Alexiou, Hara Bouta

      Pages 77-92

   4. Applying Adult Cooperative Learning Underpinning Principles to Learning with Social Media

      • Jonathan Kaplan

      Pages 93-103

   5. Social Tagging for e-Learning: An Approach Based on the Triplet of Learners, Learning Objects and Tags

      • Luciana A. M. Zaina, José F. Rodrigues Júnior, Anderson R. do Amaral

      Pages 104-115

4. Learning Engineering

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Learning Analytic and Evaluation in Malleable Learning Environments

      • Manel BenSassi, Mona Laroussi, Henda BenGhezala

      Pages 119-133

   3. Knowledge-Management by »Social Writing«

      • Sabine Siemsen

      Pages 134-147

   4. The Design of Personal Learning Environments (PLE) with Scope on Information Literacy in High School

      • Sabine Seufert, Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Severina Müller, Nina Scheffler

      Pages 148-163

   5. Effectiveness of Blended Learning Approaches in Engaging Non-law Students to Study Law

      • Kanchana Chandran, Sanath Sukumaran, Kalpana Chandran

      Pages 164-173

5. Learning Tools and Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175

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   2. The Information Society, a Challenge for Business Students?

      • Viktorija Florjančič

      Pages 177-187

   3. System Support for Social Learning in Computer Science at a Distance University – The University of Hagen

      • Birgit Feldmann

      Pages 188-196

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Learning Technology for Education in Cloud, LTEC 2015, held in Maribor, Slovenia, in August 2015. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. The papers cover various aspects of technologies for learning, such as MOOC challenges; cooperative learning; learning engineering; learning tools and environments; STEM.

• Blended learning
• Collaborative computing
• Collaborative learning
• Distance learning
• E-learning
• Education
• Human-centered computing
• Interactive learning environments
• Knowledge management
• MOOC
• Massive open online courses
• Online education
• Social computing
• eLearning

• Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

  Lorna Uden

• Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile

  Dario Liberona

• University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

  Tatjana Welzer

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