Digital systems for open access to formal and informal learning

From Informal to Formal?

The chapter describes an empirical study of a sociotechnical community—as an extended part of an institution—with the aim of revealing its changing processes. One hypothesis is that structures of socio-technical communities evolve from being less defined and informal to being more formal structures supported by evolving social control mechanisms, regulations and rules. The focus is the new emer...

L.I.M.E. A recommendation model for informal and formal learning, engaged

— In current eLearning models and implementations (e.g. Learning Management Systems-LMS) there is a lack of engagement between formal and informal activities. Furthermore, the online methodology focuses on a standard set of units of learning and learning objects, along with pre-defined tests, and collateral resources like, i.e. discussion fora and message wall. They miss the huge potential of l...

Identifying the Goal, User model and Conditions of Recommender Systems for Formal and Informal Learning

This article addresses open questions of the discussions in the first SIRTEL workshop at the EC-TEL conference 2007. It argues why personal recommender systems have to be adjusted to the specific characteristics of learning in Learning Networks. Personal recommender systems strongly depend on the context or domain they operate in, and it is often not possible to take one recommender system with...

Digital games: motivation, engagement and informal learning

Formal Verification and Validation of Interactive Systems Specifications - From Informal Specifications to Formal Validation

This paper proposes a development process for interactive systems based both on verification and validation methods. Our approach is formal and use at first the B Method. We show in this paper how formal B specifications can be derived from informal requirements in the informal notation UAN. Then, these B specifications are validated using the data oriented specification language EXPRESS. Sever...