A guide to Fle3
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1. Learning with Collaborative Software A guide to Fle3 Teemu Leinonen Giedre Kligyte Tarmo Toikkanen Janne Pietarila Philip Dean Media Lab University of Art and Design Helsinki http fle3 uiah fi INDEX Introduction Scenarios Pedagogy The actors Student s User Manual Make Fle3 Personal Using the Webtop Using Knowledge Building Using Course Information Using Jamming Teacher s User Manual Administrator s User Manual Fle3 Glossary Fle3 has been developed in the framework of ITCOLE project funded by The European Commis sion in the Information Society Technologies IST framework IST 00 II1 2 School of Tomorrow Fle3 is a web based learning environment To be more specific Fle3 is server software for com puter supported collaborative learning CSCL Fle3 is Open Source and Free Software released under the GNU General Public Licence GPL The licence protects your freedom to use modify and distribute Fle3 Fle3 is easy to localize to different languages all you need to do is to translate one file Currently users may choose their user interface language to be Finnish English Spanish French Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese Norwegian Dutch Italian Lithuanian Estonian German Polish Danish or Chinese New translations are welcome Find out more about the possibility to participate in Fle3 environment development or to trans late the software s interface to your own2. Person taking care of Fle3 system Everything the Fle3 administrator needs to do can be done from so called global role in use everywhere in the system o Fle Staff Person with a right to add users and create courses in the Fle3 system Fle Staff is a so called global role and it is in use everywhere in the system e Fle User Person with a right to use Fle3 system Fle3 User is a so called global role and it is in use everywhere in the system e Webtop Module of the Fle3 system Each user gets a per sonal Webtop Webtops can be used to store different items docu ments files links knowledge building notes related to their stud ies organize them into folders and share them with others o Knowledge Building Module of Fle3 system where the study work takes place in courses and course contexts Users may start new knowledge building threads inside a course context e Jamming Module of Fle3 system where the study work takes place in the form of developing some file together The teacher or tutor may start a new jam session in which users may then con tinue with new versions o Course In Fle3 a course means a group of people studying together in a research like learning process Staff users may start new courses in the system A course always has a name and descrip tion bd Course Context In Fle3 courses are divided into course contexts The course context should be a meaningful section of st
3. Wife eee Gobel annes ie pot fact dere 20000227 a nd ee om a oh a ee You can find the note that you are replying to at the bottom of the page under the note that you are currently writing If your teacher has enabled the advisor feature you will see little Flea asking several questions at the right side of the page The questions help you to understand how to write a note for each knowledge type If you see that the note that you are writing does not correspond to the questions that Flea is asking you can change the knowledge type from the drop down menu below the questions Your note will be posted under the selected knowledge type category When you finish writing the note push the Preview button You may proof read the note and still do some changes by clicking the Edit button If you the decide not to publish the note at all hit the Cancel button YDIN Eapf d 7Y l N http fle3 uiah fi a Co gm m T m HH Tee in Climate changi id ike bo find Gut wha ia thd danger at elira bere thet wouldnt mind the tem How do add picture and link to a note Upload an When you are writing a note you can find Add image command at the bottom of the page You image or adda can select any gif or jpg image from your computer hard disk and add it to the note Remember link in the that web browsers cannot display other image types other than gif or jpg You may g
4. s Webtops by making a search from your Webtop You can search by title by owner on whose Webtop the item is appearing or by words that the text files may contain Using search in Knowledge Building you will find notes from a specific course Make sure that you are in the right course first You can search by note title author words that the note may contain course contexts or by knowledge types Heils fis dt W Go Bosbmeee Tosh Mirckew ir Osheg OA C eG a CE Fiag Wairoa Bioziia hadd K OG BB a zi ain a a mE a E ETE ET a a 7 E Follow the Information link from the Webtop Change your password Fle3 interface language or your portrait picture a Make Fle3 Personal Fle How do I change my personal information On the WebTop you can find the Information link that opens your own information page You can update it by clicking the Edit user information link If you are visiting somebody else s WebTop you may view his or her information follow the similar Information link but you cannot edit it Fis Edt Wiwe Go Gackmarie Teo Windies iep Cebog D 4a Goede be teaT Pa tar erageemen ner ema Melis Bue BODOG w a n I 1 Lim hil i I E as a a d oe nie ee eT mii DL Eh smi dre mhhin ger le i Le ie i Bnowviesige Puiieing lamarin O Peano amp Management Consulting Login sare deere ddewes line li Pro When editing your information pa
5. Daug GA 4 CP hepi aa Bge Ned paana Cirta asd doge am mion T a deuga aneian MCLE bcos Beil iD 2 MIE 4 a T a a AR pene a eee re a if iiih 4 T E E naira e f case EiB Sbe kh ur I EET r fan OO 07 2003 02 30 Tike that dewo 18 54 2003 10 03 Click on the Add annotation link and write your own Your name and the time of the creation of annotation will be added by the system automatically How do link Jamming views to Webtop The functionality for linking Jamming views to Webtop is the same as in Knowledge Building Find the appropriate view and click the Create link on Webtop button in the location path under the course participants names You will see a link to that particular page when you visit your Webtop gt Moie Fie Gen Wew Go omaks Tos Winde Hep Gebog QA a a wie TT ne je Ete ete fe nee Tae ee ee ponent o a A amp Esa 7a 4 Let s design a taht for the schon sport team Feel free to make ee version When making yur verion aise th Rode t oan be en glerenhed Motivation builds on context and shared meaning Teachers are staff users Add new users manually or invite them by email TEACHER S USER MANUAL Flens After reading the Introduction and Student Manual sections of this manual you already know that Fle3 is designed to help study groups interested in collaborative learning to engage in a research like learning process We know
6. Ja rmmmng Cee EEA pE Web bos p m Bercule kien ta Find mut what in than dagar errs TEL pe bret Finniiah natura it MiMi a deit hrir kai epera y Hege E i woather bo mgbout dimate change Kati 2000 26 ay ar 3003 0 7 You can view all the notes body content displayed inline if you click the Show bodies of all notes link In this way you can overview all of the discussion at one glance or print it Notice that if there are many notes in the thread it will take quite long to load the page If you don t have a fast computer it is better to hide bodies of the notes and browse them one by one i 7 l I lt neer Emain bii mi ik vuld like be fing cut what is phe danger that dimete change binge io our emdpereri and Finnish nature w is so cad here Chek 1 wpdnt minj if the bempecsture pes fee degrees bn ie J wmd like the mesther te pet warner Especially i gummer p amrai HE Tist is s0 dangerous aboot climate change Kati 2002 06 29 Ey ae fires in the forest din 2002 08 99 WA p et oiod deme i MI id 14 a C Global Warming i not fact demo 2003 08 27 i ybin g f d774 l UI fle3 uiah fi http mh oO l a 3 Choose the way you want the messages to be sorted as thread by knowledge type by person or by date Sorting by date is a good way to catch up with the discussion the new
7. and books from the library Students also have access to several article databases on the Internet and the expert parents offer them a lot of new information Some of the groups want to try some experiments so they decide to use the school s science lab and some simulation software available in the classroom computers For instance one group does a comparative study on the costs of the production and use of solar energy compared to nuclear energy As a primary source of their study they use case studies found from the Internet At the end of the project the groups present the progress of their work to others and publish it in the form of a study report and poster The posters are presented ina closing conference organized at the school At the end of the project all the works are available at the school s digital library on the Internet In a blended learning project Three students coming from Bangalore Johannesburg and Helsinki meet in the queue to the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt While waiting to get into the library building they chat about their experiences in Egypt All of them have noticed that the air quality in Cairo is not very good On the other hand all admit that its not that good in their home towns either The engineering student from Bangalore has just read about different new techniques and materials for filtering air pollution The business management student from Johannesburg who drives a scooter himself is wonde
8. and send them to the development team The translations will be made available from the Fle3 web site for download You may also download Knowledge Type sets made by other users from http fle3 uiah fi download html and import them to your own Fle3 installation How can I get involved in developing Fle3 If you are a software developer or becoming one you can browse the code at our web based CVS repository or download the source from anonymous CVS You can find instruction about this at http fle3 uiah fi get html I have other questions or problems What to do Go to http fle3 uiah fi and see what documents and instructions are available If you can t find an answer to your question take a look at our mailing lists Old messages are available in an archive so take a look there first If you can t find the information you need subscribe to fle3 users mailing list and post your question to the list Fle3 GLOSSARY the Fle3 s web user interface Some more advanced things like import and export database must be done through the Zope s web based management user interface Fle3 Administrator is a run Fle3 usually Internet You need it to host and run Fle3 e Web Master Person taking care of the web servers of your institution In a normal situation she is also responsible of taking care that the servers are on and online all the time She should also take backups of the data in the server e Fle Administrator
9. can visit other people s WebTops from here Pied J idee Oe paiana barika Ruckd GF JOELL TP oa ahtemged ep be 22 52 EE Jame F i miea sik e AA e ee L a a f a aoe ak How do read notes You can go directly to the Knowledge Building thread that interests you by clicking the subject of the starting note from the course page You can choose the course context that you will work in by clicking the course context title You can see the description of the context and starting notes of all the Knowledge Building threads that belong to the same course context Clicking the Show full thread link displays all the notes titles Mpa epee pHk lamaring lange y Radi f 22000 2002 06 29 ia 1209 S02 fF 02 The chosen note is at the top and the whole thread at the bottom of the page Show all notes bodies inline for easy printing Choose the note that you would like to read The chosen note is displayed at the top of the page and the rest of the thread is placed under it To browse the notes you can either use the Previous and Next links or scroll down and select any note subject from the thread Mei he Co Wie Ge koraki Toots Wais Hep Dig Ga a Cethan Ma HET ene Tel cores Der AEn dh ee SE tS 8 kharia Rad iO Md es ail 3 i i jia 1 ea a E H D an H z E Keowied ge Muiiin
10. language from the Administrator s manual Fle3 is a web based software for collaborative learning You need a computer connected toa network and a standard web browser Webtop Knowledge Building Jamming INTRODUCTION What is Fle3 Fle3 is a web based learning environment To be more specific Fle3 is a server software for computer supported collaborative learning CSCL Fle3 is designed for group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expres sions of knowledge i e knowledge artefacts What do I need to run Fle3 To use Fle3 you need a computer connected to a com puter network The network you will be using is most likely the Internet However a connection to pub lic Internet is not a requirement as it is possible to use Fle3 just in a local area network or Intranet using the Internet protocol Contact your administration to figure out how to do this in practice Fle3 works with all standard web browsers In your web browser you just have to point to the location of your Fle3 server installation and log in What are the tools of Fle3 Each user gets a personal Webtop WebTops can be used to store different items documents files links to web amp knowledge building notes related to their studies organize them into folders and share them with others You can also visit other users WebTops Knowledge Building is a discussion environment for structured knowledge buil
11. models where the teacher tells learners exactly what to do and when to do it Fle3 is a good tool for group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expressions of knowledge i e knowledge artefacts Fle3 is a software for computer supported collabora tive learning CSCL taking place in a Future Learning Environment If yoin ga f d 2Y fle3 uiah fi http Co Fleg Three user roles in Fle3 fle admin staff and user The actors roles By default there are three different categories of users in an Fle3 system fle admin staff and user Fle admin is the most powerful and can access all functions within the Fle3 system The staff user is a bit more restricted and cannot administrate an Fle3 system itself but can create and manage courses students and so forth Finally user is a restricted user who can take part in courses but can t create courses or new users nor remove existing ones In most cases stu dents are defined in the system as users and teachers hold the staff users rights The staff user account can also be given to a secretary of the department and she will be the person respon sible for giving user accounts for including users to courses and managing courses etc Addition ally each user gets a role within every course On a particular course a user can be a teacher tutor or student Each level has less access rights for that course only As an example you mi
12. notes appear at the top Sorting by knowledge type is useful if you want to find for example all the summaries written by your group easily You can find all your notes or see what a specific Sort the notes person in your group has been working on if you sort your notes by person view who has YOu can see who and how many times has someone read each note in the Knowledge Building read the notes by clicking an icon at the bottom of the note layout on the right side of the page C emnene maeta C aw Wie bo fied Gat what te the dinger at dinate dange bigs fo our eres rere is go cid here thi l edd minj if the berepeceture iers few degrees ii fect would pet warner Especially os summers b See be oF el LN What is so dangerous abist dimate change Kati 2007 06 29 mye fies inthe forest 7 Ain 2009 02 29 TM anp We e i dere y Beda immy expel Global Warming hb not fect demo 2000 01 27 How do write notes Click on note f you are not replying to any note but are introducing a completely new topic start a new subject in the Knowledge Building thread select the course context by clicking the course context title in the PERAR top level Knowledge Building page and click the Start a new thread link in the toolbar course context page in the Knowindge Dud ing Knowledge Building p e U a HUT EnV ipn meni 1 7 In Did Coorse titen ee vail explant hew the ciao change affects
13. power stations Once the study period starts the teachers give a tour of Fle3 to the students and explain what kinds of modules tools and materials are available Furthermore the teachers explain to the students how the work is supposed to progress in Fle3 and remind them to be active producers of their own study problems explanations and deeper knowledge found from different sources For the participating parents the teachers explain that their role is mainly to act as external experts from whom students may get scientific information and references to information sources The study group starts the work in Fle3 s Knowledge Building module by presenting questions and problems related to solar energy Some of the problems presented in the first stage are such as why all the roofs of all houses are not covered with solar panels to gain as much solar power as possible Students also present their own explanation and prior understanding of the topic For instance a student s own explanation of the previous problem could be there is not enough factories to produce all the needed solar panels After several hours of working with the Knowledge Building students are divided into teams The teams define for themselves their inquiry tasks and goals Students own initiative to start a project Forming a group In order to find scientific knowledge on solar power and the economics of energy students use their school books
14. relevant information based on her experience of using a helmet Before starting the project the students still make sure that they can compensate some studies in their study programs with this study project To start working in the study project the student in Bangalore sets up the Fle3 server He invites all the participants to the server and they start to have a general discussion in Fle s Knowledge Building module In the first stage of the project all the participants introduced themselves and get familiar with each other In the second stage the participants collect information related to filtering technologies motorcycle helmets city life and air pollution in big cities and share their findings in Fle3 In the third stage of the project all the team members define the design challenges from users engineering design manufacturing and business points of view The process moves on by presenting different design ideas and evaluating them After five weeks of intensive work in the Fle3 Knowledge Building the group have an initial concept idea for a helmet with a filter To elaborate the idea and to put it in more concrete form they move to work in Jamming One of the students make a draft sketch and blueprint of the design to start the jam session The members of the team provide different variations that derived from that Starting point www euro cscl org community website You can read more and share your experiences of successful use o
15. that inquiry learning requires a high level of motivation from your students We have also noticed that students often have difficulties adjusting them selves initially but most who make an effort to try the process themselves will feel rewarded For this reason using Fle3 should always take place in a meaningful process aiming to solve problems Meaningful process means that there is a context and a shared meaning for the group This will result in the study group s deeper understanding of the subject under study It also has a great effect on students motivation The teacher in the Fle3 are most often configured to the system as staff users see section The actors on page 8 The staff members have the right to start courses and add new students to the system There are two tools for carrying out these management tasks Course manage ment and User Management These tools are visible only for the staff users How do I add new users to the system From the main tabs choose User Management There are two alternative ways to add users to the system 1 You can manually write the user names and password to the system or 2 you can invite them by email Both ways of adding users to the system take place from inside Fle3 If yoin ga f d 2Y No Uu fle3 uiah fi http N A Filet Adding a user manually Inviting a user by email Check invited and invite again If you add you
16. the Fle3 system can also export the data of the whole course in a format that can be imported back to another Fle3 system For research purposes you may run one Fle3 system in your own workstation and import your courses to it once in a while In the Course page you can Edit course information edit the basic information about your course that you added to the system when creating it in the first place Edit course participants add students and tutors to your course e Edit course resources add links and a list of references related to the course YDIN Eapf d 7Y l N UI fle3 uiah fi http N Os The course participants can be students tutors or your co teachers Mais Mis Edi Vree Go Mechmaris Toos Windes jep Dabag OA 4 TP 4 g i A BOG Ra Cine Anarene 1 corer Draha and dag Morka det iD HAA o a i ki gite Aem a a Gh mpy a vd fee el L F f ann mend W i m T E a np Be E og Aun lo rey LPs F bjar m 7 Lritts Afi Oe6 on t the etd Of ive semear vee Will hae a fair ot chee Weare Che tere mii be diepe wands the headeks well Be usd of gits Sr for aaam were Sy d Lea Hamad We wll wie Mmming teal for pring arat eoliebaratrem design How do edit course participants In the Edit course participants view you can add students and tutors to your course from the list of all the users of the system On the left side you can see a list of all the users of the system
17. ality that exports an environment com pletely to an XML file which can later be imported as a new environment into a newer Fle3 version You will find an environment specific management link in ZMI by clicking on the envi ronment and choosing the Tools tab We recommend that you first export all your environments rename them out of the way up grade Fle3 restart Zope and recreate new environments selecting an appropriate export file in the creation form for each environment How do translate the Fle3 interface to my language You can translate the user interface user manuals and knowledge type sets to your own lan guage Simple instructions on how to download and translate the Fle3 vocabulary file can be found from http fle3 uiah fi how_to_translate html Please check your translations with other If yoin ga f d 2Y No O fle3 uiah fi http Uu QO You have to translate just one file to localize Fle3 user interface Download the Fle3 source code from anonymous CVS Fle3 Fle3 is a Learning Environment Server Hardware connected to the network where you CSCL experts in your country and send the translation file to the developer team It will be included in the next release of the Fle3 system There are 2 knowledge type sets included in Fle3 software Progressive Inquiry and Design think ing types sets You may make translations of knowledge types in the Knowledge type manage ment in Fle3 export them
18. and on the right side the users participating in your course FehT on Kew dos Mukim AO Lita tt course Crafts and dae Choose the users you want to add to your course and use the arrow buttons add remove Your course participants can be in the role of a student a tutor or your co teacher within the course As co teachers or tutors of the course the participants will have the right to add new course contexts and jam sessions to your course Start Knowledge Building and Jamming for your students Select a knowledge type set when creating a course context Select a jam session type when creating new jam session Get familiar with existing thinking types before creating a course context How do I start Knowledge Building and Jam Sessions As a teacher or tutor of the course you have the right to create course contexts in the Knowl edge Building and start jam sessions in the Jamming Go to the Knowledge Building of your course and click the Create course context link or in Jamming click the Add jam session link From the course context page you and your students will be able to start new knowledge building threads It is better if you have already created course contexts to the Knowledge Building before adding users to the course In this way your students may start Knowledge Building discussions immediately when they login to the system for the first time When creating a course co
19. cking the link under the course title in any page The information page contains course starting and ending dates course description and methods course members and suggested resources The course resources will contain some Internet links and titles of literature to read that the teacher has proposed for the course gt Magia fie Ce Wiew Co Bosbmara Took Window ihip Debug DA 4 CPA Peppi be 15207 fad W Mal j crana Que eeeeserere cose Clues change meses Wit 6 H dareerces abcer cise CAFE birria ki OD J00Ge C a a i Eia bo L PAIE Se l LIE a baila ee ee he Ld Ji imik Y Bri Vi a 0 ETL Tg Ja nye our anerecrsere cif taeae If yoin ga f d 2Y mh O http fle3 uiah fi N Q Filet Access information about your own participation from the course information page Different versions of artefacts are derived from the same starting artefact Where do I find information about my own participation You can find a link to My notes and My artefacts at the bottom of the course information page From these links you can access a page that contains all your written notes or uploaded artefacts The notes will be displayed as little squares on the timeline By clicking a square you can access a corresponding note in the Knowledge Building or artefact in Jamming You can choose to display the notes according to knowledge types or replies t
20. ding in groups The knowledge building discussion is scaffolded by knowledge types which label the thinking mode of each discussion note Jamming is a tool for collaborative construction of digital artefacts In jamming you may ex plore the possibilites of changing a file picture audio video text etc by making new ver sions of the original artefact together with others If yoin ga f d 2Yy The staff and other people taking care of the courses and course participants have tools for managing users courses and participants of the courses Ordinary users students pupils don t use these tools 3 Planning a study project Introducing Fle3 for the participants Scenarios In a classroom Two teachers in a secondary school decide to carry out a study project with the classes they are both teaching together on the production and use of solar energy One teacher is a science teacher and the other teaches history economics and social sciences Together the teachers plan the major phases of the project search for materials and discuss what are the main concepts ideas and skills they want their students to master by the end of the project To enrich the students learning process the teachers invite two parents to join the online class One parent is a locally known Green activist that supports alternative energy sources whereas the other parent is working as a researcher in a power company main taining nuclear
21. e type sets from the Course Management page From there you can view duplicate and edit existing knowledge type sets or create your own one You can also import and export knowledge types This makes it possible to exchange your own knowledge type sets with other teachers You will have to select some knowledge type when creating a course context so it is good to get familiar with available knowledge type sets before creating a course context If yoin ga f d 2Y N N http fle3 uiah fi N Co Flets gt Remove only notes that contain illegal content You need a computer the Zope application server software and a net connection Instructions are at fle3 uiah fi Create new Fle3 environments as needed How do I remove notes from Knowledge Building As a teacher and tutor of the course you have a right to remove notes from the Knowledge Building discussion You may also restore a removed note When removing a note you will be asked to write an explanation for the removal This text will be shown for all the participants when they attempt to open the removed note After removal the original note is visible only for the author and the teacher with the explanation for the removal written by the teacher The removal functionality is recommended to be used only in a case of the note containing illegal content ADMINIS TRATOR S MANUAL What do I need to run Fle3 server Fle3 is a Zope product so you need to ins
22. eelis Fis Edit view Go Geckmare Teo Windrer lie Dag Q a henge it be 2050 aoe ee hh a a ues 3 1 a ih ee ee ee SP ee a E F a eae 1 z y E Knowledge Eikii lamming b Aogared Mai gt Ler POUT Ach rree e Mrita E Cgi Prsi namre E La name Language pi Gt pee E ina bo on iraga How do I visit other people s Webtops You can visit other people s Webtops they must belong to the same course as you by clicking a name or an image of the person at the top of any Knowledge Building page You may view all the items on their Webtops but you cannot make any changes You can access other people s information by clicking the Information link Others can visit your Webtop too and you cannot prevent this This possibility is a necessary function in support of the collaborative learning model employed in Fle3 H nawkdgn Busing Our dilimni amp ETE If yoin ga f d 2Y Uu http fle3 uiah fi A Flet Poeple in the white box on the left are currently online Click the note subject in the course or course context page in the Knowledge Building Using Knowledge Building How do I know who I m working with You can see the names and images of all the people that belong to the same course at the top of any page in Knowledge Building Your name is always first in the row The others that are in the white box on the left are currently online You
23. ers from the system Because Fle3 is a multi user system where participants are encouraged to build on top of other users contributions there is no particular deleting users functionality With this arrangement we can ensure that the history of Knowledge Building and Jamming stays visible for the partici pants However staff users can freeze and unfreeze users This works very much like remov ing or deleting users from the system When the user is frozen she cannot login to the system anymore and gets the announcement that she should contact her teacher if she still wants to use Fle3 The functionality for freezing users is found from the first page of the User Management How do create a course To create your course choose the Course Management tab Choose the Create course link and fill in the information for your course Menia Tie Cet iee Go Geckmarke Teo Wini iep Daig Oe TP d Oe eee i e an amp Fal i Coens Mergers Haii ihai h IAH H a a Hika Lika hh Es TLIA l i ed de ee ee i E a i LA E E f a ee 1 e e ae l WebT on T Emra idge Bubling n Crafts snd desig After pressing the Create your course button the course will be visible on the course list of the Course Management main page By clicking the name of your course you can continue the course creation by adding users and basic resources in it For studying and browsing purposes the admin user of
24. etwork computers and mobile devices in the learning process The theoretical background of the Future Learning Environment concept is located in social constructivist theory that sees learning as a participation in social processes of knowledge con struction Future Learning Environment should not be understood only as Fle3 software The whole concept includes certain pedagogical thinking hypothetical use cases and situations where Fle3 software could be useful The role of Fle3 software is to be the learning tool of the Future Learning Environment This means that the Future Learning Environment requires much more than Fle3 software Traditional school communities utilizing a teacher centered approach with 45 minute lessons and strict division of school subjects must carry out organizational changes such as new ways of working new kinds of scheduling and new kinds of curriculum thinking in order to become Future Learning Environments In the field of learning technology solutions Fle3 has a very specific focus We hope that Fle3 will be useful in constructive and inquiry like learning processes We know that for a more tradi tional teacher concentrating on instruction and didactic based training Fle3 might not be the right tool Fle3 does not lend itself easily to material based learning where obligatory course material is delivered and then questioned Neither does Fle3 offer much support for teacher centered
25. f Computer Supported Collabo rative Learning technologies CSCL in various learning environments in the www euro cscl org community website which was also developed as part of the ITCOLE project This web site serves as a resource of information for practitioners teachers researchers and school admin istrators in the CSCL field There you can find news and best practices from the CSCL commu nity links to CSCL research information about CSCL software tools and have discussions with other members of the community Student centered collaborative production of knowledge and design artifacts New ways of working and new kind of curriculum thinking Fle3 is a tool for group centered work 23 Pedagogy Flens Fle3 software is based on the concept of a Future Learning Environment developed since 1998 by University of Art and Design Media Lab in cooperation with the Center for Research on Net worked Learning and Knowledge Building Department of Psychology at the University of Hel sinki The term Future Learning Environments is a loose conception of learning which differs from traditional content teacher and didactic based teaching by emphasizing meta cognitive problem solving and cooperation skills The concept stresses student centered collaborative activities aiming to the production of knowledge and design artifacts by embedding meaningful tools and involving the use of information and communication technology n
26. ge you can change your password your real name first and last names e mail address and the interface language In this page you may also change your portrait picture and contact information as well as your further information such as your background personal interests etc By Merle Wie Cot die Ge hemaii Toots Wiari Wep Deap Ga CP abet be eo Bo i Mande Bebe iD DICE F 5 a 4 a rr LP PD cm eee ie ee E p i a n Ri i Wii T oe Kemaieoge Desig Jamming pon mi e al Required Ne Weer account YDIN Eapf d 7Y l http fle3 uiah fi N F ae 3 How do I add my picture Els When editing your user information page you will find the add image item You may either upload your image from your own hard disk or add a link referring to your picture somewhere on Use 32 X 32 the web The shape of the picture should be as close to a square as possible The best size for pixel size Your picture is 32x32 pixels or larger All pictures are cropped to a square shape and then scaled image to 32x32 pixels by the system Using the Webtop How do add folders documents links and memos Use the On your Webtop there are two toolbars From the upper one you may add folders documents toolbars in Webtop links and memos to your Webtop or into the folder that you are currently in With the tools in the lower toolbar you may handle your folders documents links and memos on
27. ght be a fleadmin and still be defined as a student on a particular course Additionally somebody from the user class might be a teacher on one course and have more rights to manage that course for that course only Log in with your user name Quit your browser to log out Main tool tabs Change the course from the drop down menu E STUDENT S USER MANUAL Flees How to login in and out In order to use Fle3 you need a user name nick name and password You will receive your user name and password either directly from your teachers or you will get an invitation email asking you to create your user name and password yourself When you click the Log in here link the system asks for your nickname and password To log out you have to quit your browser a ia u N 7 How do I navigate in Fle3 The main tools of Fle3 are always visible in the tabs at the top of the page From the tabs you may choose the tool that you want to work with Manila fis Edt Wew Go Reckrarks Tosh Windya Mieip Debug QA Ta pin u arene Hari heed i feito C Se a l L air a E a e aE HAL l Fa pua 1 T E ur e ae Ai bh ali Pe i m FA T j Dir where eres ral The title of the course that you re currently working in is displayed at the top of the page You may change the course from the drop down menu on the top right hand side of the page If you participate in only one course there is no drop d
28. hnology IST RTD programme contract IST 2000 26249 The author is solely responsible for the content of this publication It does not represent the opinion of the European Community and the European Community is not responsible for any use that might be made of data appearing therein ISBN 951 558 127 3
29. ive a title reply form to the image You may add a link to the note by giving the URL address http If you don t remember the correct address open another browser window find the web page that you are referring to copy the URL from the address bar and paste it to Fle3 Give a title for the link Locate the page that you want to link to the Webtop and press the Create Link on Webtop button View course information for course description resources and members How do I link Knowledge Building to Webtop You may link any view in Knowledge Building to your WebTop Find the course context Knowl edge Building thread or a note that is interesting and click the Create link on WebTop button in the location path under the course participants names You will see a link to that particular page when you visit your WebTop This functionality will help you to find important notes afterwards You may also group these links into folders just like any other items on the WebTop Meril Nis iii Wie Ce komaki Toots Winders Hep Dobog f SAA Eji be Ld Ln Ted Prone Owe AATA corner Chee charge i thead Fui ii io dergerees aboa raaa change Rode Badd Hi FPHIH IH o amp 3 T d nrp rarm E ee ee ee ee i i mas T K irom dge Bubbling larry Soo Using Course Information How do I view course information You can access course information by cli
30. ntext you will be required to select the knowledge type set used in this context You can view available knowledge type sets if you click on the link to the Knowl edge types management in the Course Management You will not be able to change the knowl edge type set in the course context afterwards so it is a good idea to get familiar with available knowledge type sets before creating a course context If you select a wrong knowledge type by mistake you will have to delete the whole course context and create a new one When creating a jam session you will have to select a jam session type from 3 options Mutate on previous the versions of artefacts follow one another in a linear manner Explore possibilities the artefacts are layed out in a branching tree structure there is a possibility to upload several versions of artefacts derived from the same artefact Diverge and converge the artefacts will be displayed in a network like layout a new version of the artefact can be linked to several artefacts How do I manage knowledge types Knowledge types give you a way to scaffold and structure your knowledge building discussion The Knowledge Building tool contains two default knowledge type sets 1 Progressive Inquiry and 2 Design Thinking Depending on the selected knowledge types set users get guidelines and a checklist on how to write their notes to the Fle3 database You can find a link to managing knowledg
31. o other people You can sort the notes by weeks or by months If the course is really long and you haven t been very active it may be a good idea to sort all your notes by month to make the page shorter This Statistics page is accessible only to you gi Moris mis Edit View Go Beckraris Tons Wingo lep Ceutrag Gh TP qi ajinga a le 6 amp E Mal cmane j Gur mevironen biy rean Blasi ei SIALE ee T i 7 oe 4 4 ey ae ee a lnk i eh T inn inn wiedge Maing Jarmina i Der armmperari Dur Our ditrima a Using Jaming How do I view artefacts On the top Jamming page you can find the list of all the Jam Sessions in the course Select the one that you would like to work on You can see all the artefacts that your course group has created in tree chain or network layout The artefacts that are lower in the page are versions derived from the artefacts above The icons of the artefacts indicate the file types image sound video text etc gif and jpg artefacts have small thumbnail images of the actual picture View artefacts in your web browser or download them to your computer Select a radio button on the left side of the artifact and continue with your version al ell oa rel ahd oy Jammin Ce bd mage T Ec i Crafts ated deshgn Select the artefact that you would like to see The files that can be displayed inline by your browser gif jpg html etc will be
32. our environment i Fintan i iieri Serta Paes ir ein Bin a miah hear mann deel larmar ieee Pee ceed jae Th Hirem in ma Select the note that you want to reply to In order to reply you have to choose the knowledge type Review little Flea s questions and use the right knowledge type for your note If you want to reply to a note in the thread click the title of the note that you want to reply to The selected note will appear at the top of the page The Add note button will be at the bottom left corner of the note layout You can reply only to the currently selected note If you want to reply to a note you must select one of the knowledge types defined by your teacher from the drop down menu and then hit the Add note button If you don t understand some thinking types you may click the question mark icon to get the knowledge type descriptions i n Fie Coe Wem Co Bootie Teniu Windee hep Deeg OA 4H Aa Ri Ee e866 fe omen Creer anes Ebru rage ih Wat nw drain seu rut ge Bons fue ie 2000 Ob LO be c a z i 7 E fi E Pa id IONS Ld e737 prre me E af za a i Enos ledge Bailie ANHE like bo find mat whetis Gee danger that demale dange Wags io gur environment ard Fines rabie i so coid hate that J anat mind if the tempertire ses fen denwees in fact ald like the weather to ote eel Citta ngk i Kath JME j Bi cha foksi i Ain 2000 29 n im epl Wel pereda demas TO02 10 14
33. own menu available If you change to another tool for example from Jamming to Knowledge Building you will still remain in the same course If yoin ga f d 2Y fle3 uiah fi http Q Location path in Knowledge Building Location path in Webtop Search for items in all Webtops and in Knowledge Building Morii Fie idt View Co Bains Tashi Wriw aip Debug GA Tha irae be L eoa Mal esana Our ewrermem boil Reed iD PIHE a T J a i ri Se ee 2 ee i ee Se l EAU ee 2 fa Enpe kige Duikiing Dur environment In Knowledge Building and Jamming tools you will find the You are in bar telling your current location By clicking links in the bar you will reach the corresponding pages Mecile File Foo kira Go fieeirmorie Teme Winco lie Cebop CA TP a ieee be he oe E EA Heb cous Car AACE i aE Carnes change thread A i up dangerous abou chores CUa Mradi hed E HOHH E pee Se ma a eee e oe j a T EL E G Eka lika Pcl nc ee ee ee et te LL E f ama a H Knowledge Biya el brag i lami Durersevareni thares You can find a similar navigation on your Webtop The location bar tells you the path to the folder or item you are currently viewing You may return to the top level of your Webtop by clicking the Webtop link inside the path How do search in Fle3 You can find items on your and other people
34. pe In ZMI select FLE from the pull down menu fill in the creation form and repeat for all environ ments that you need We have screen shots of this process at fle3 uiah fi What management tasks do I need to do Maybe the most important task is taking backups All data inside Zope is stored in Zope s var directory as Data fs Backup this file regularly at least once per week One important task is compacting the database As changes happen in Zope its database grows steadily and will need to be compacted every now and then For a busy site with hundreds of users we recommend compacting the database once per week This is done in ZMI s Control Panel but we also have a script inside the FLE archive as util pack_zope that you can call from the command line or use as a cron job that will automate this task If you find that Zope isn t very stable for you restarting Zope every now and then seems to help You can do this right after compacting the database for example Other tasks for the administrator include creating new environments and changing lost pass words You may delegate this password replacement task to your Staff users since they can also do that The creation of courses should also be responsibility of teaching Staff members How do I upgrade to a newer version of Fle3 Newer versions almost always change so much that the existing old environments do not work properly For this reason we have an export function
35. r users to the system manually you must somehow deliver the user names and passwords you created to your students If you invite you students by email your students will create their own users names and passwords With novice users we advice to use the first option but with more advanced users the second option works fine Prebiop Emoe madga Building Ji mmng Durie Mandgemerd ra T Ailing Eber a Required fleld b jigar BODOUTE Hiire e Miki ordi Comm Dam mAN Language Amie gt i O Sai a WanToe backgreund erage Bo E ri j he F 4 m 0 ure BLT Qe When inviting users by email you can also invite people again if they have not responded to your invitation To check and invite them again click the Check invites link in the main page of User Management Before adding or inviting new users it is good to check if the person already has a user name in the system It is possible that a colleague that teaches the same students has already added or invited the person to the system To reduce the time spent on inviting students by teaching staff it may be advisable to arrange that administrator or secretary adds all students in the classes utilizing Fle3 at the beginning of the academic year The teachers only have to add already registered users to their courses and define their roles You can freeze and unfreeze users Create the course add users and resources How do I remove us
36. rendered inside your browser window Other files will be downloaded to your computer hard disk Click on the artefact icon and direct the file to the preferred folder on your hard disk You may open the artefact from there and make changes in a corresponding application image text sound or similar editing program How do I add artefacts Notice that when you view a jam session each artefact has a radio button on its left hand side If you want to upload your version of the artefact you must select the original artefact that your version is based on by clicking its radio button Then you may hit the Continue with your version button at the bottom of the page It will bring you to the Adding new artefact form You may upload your version of the artefact from your computer hard disk Give a distinct name for it This will make it easier for others to recognize your artefact from the jam session view If yoin ga f d 2Y N fle3 uiah fi http No No Filet Add your annotation to the artefact Link any view in Jamming to your Webtop How do annotate artefacts You can see the number of annotations that the artefact received under its title in the jam session tree or chain view Clicking on the annotations link will bring you to the annotations page From here you can reach the artefact read annotations or write your own Moria Mis Edt View Co Gackmarie Tods Winds lep
37. ring why there is no motorcycle helmets where these kinds of filters are attached The industrial designer student points out that it would be better to filter the air earlier than in front of people s mouths but still agrees that the protection device could also protect people from pollution After visiting the library the students exchange e mail addresses and disappear into the bazaars of Alexandria and Cairo A month later the student from Bangalore writes an email to the students he met in Egypt He proposes that they could make a study project about a filtering system for motorcycle helmets The student from Johannesburg is very interested in the idea but definitely wants to have his friend who s studying environmental politics to take part in the project as well The industrial designer student from Helsinki is at first very skeptical and wonders if they will ever get any credits from the work Finally he goes and introduces the study project idea for his professor who thinks it is a brilliant idea and wants to be the tutor of the study project To strengthen the If yoin ga f d 2Yy http fle3 uiah fi Os Flets gt Design process in Fle3 Share your experiences of using CSCL in the www euro cscl org community website team the student from Bangalore proposes that his sister who uses a motorcycle daily to go shopping could also take part in the team The students believe that the sister is able to contribute with
38. tall the Zope application server Zope itself is a free product that you can download from http www zope org Zope is available for Linux Solaris and Windows as well as a source package that will install on any POSIX compliant system such as BSD and other Unices You need a computer that has at least a few hundred megabytes of free disk space If others need to connect to your Fle3 then the computer should be permanently connected to the Internet or your intranet How do I install Zope and Fle3 First you need to install Zope and get it running We ve provided more detailed instructions at http fle3 uiah fi Note that you may need to install a few extra libraries to get all the features of Fle3 working Take a look at the installation instructions on our web page for more details How do I start using Fle3 When you have Zope running and Fle3 is installed as a Zope product you ll need to create one or more Fle3 environments which your users can then use Go to the Zope Management Interface ZMI using your browser enter the address http yourserver port manage as the location The port is often 8080 but can be configured to be Take backups campact the database restart Zope every now and then Export existing environments upgrade Fle3 restart Zope and import your old environments again anything else You will be asked to provide a user name and password Enter the information you saw when installing Zo
39. udy o Thread In each course context there can be several knowl edge building threads which are discussion paths each starting with a single message e Knowledge Type Set A set of labels with associated in structions for structuring the discussion process towards a process that the knowledge type set is designed to support e Teacher course Person who organizes and leads a course divides the course into meaningful study sections and takes care of the timetable Teacher is a so called local role which is in use only inside a course o Tutor course A person or several persons who help teacher s in a course The tutor may create new course contexts to a course Student course A persons taking part in a course courses The student may use the WebTop s and take part in knowledge build ing discussions Copyright Taideteollinen Korkeakoulu University of Art and Design Media Lab Authors Teemu Leinonen Giedre Kligyte Tarmo Toikkanen Janne Pietarila Philip Dean Graphic design Giedre Kligyte Photography Philip Dean Giedre Kligyte Umakant Soni Printing Yliopistopaino Paper LumiArt Silk 2003 Media Lab University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH Hameentie 135 C 00560 Helsinki Finland Address Hameentie 135 C 00560 Helsinki Finland Tel 358 0 975630 Project web site http www euro cscl org Work partially supported by European Community under the Information Society Tec
40. your Webtop or inside the folder that you are currently viewing First you must select which objects you want to handle Then you may choose rename copy cut or delete Copy cut and paste work just as in most computer systems When you delete something it first goes to Trash which you must empty once in a while From the Trash you may also restore items if necessary Modis Fle fdt Oem Co Eosteaks Tgk Werdew iep Cohan oA Ti Gage eo 71 4 Boe Hed mepi bape aed a Pe iA a r 3 Ji di umika iah maa T ii a a E ae ee ee E i T E kWeaebT cop Enom dyr Duty Pamma Courtes ghi Chif anvinrsrnert Poksa D mea S fas bai 3a 17 Arii cee eh im Sa cy Crafts and design Pepe ma f Ti ec 7000 03 48 oO ee TEET BO0G 00 18 1 ke Por se aE i kil HG irs 17 IFE 000 019 T4368 Mio 15 5 ke DEH ran Choose or upload your Webtop background image Choose a person from Knowledge Building and visit his or her Webtop How do personalize the Webtop You can change the background color of your Webtop while editing your personal information You can either select one background image from the set of images provided or upload your own You can upload any gif or jpg image as your Webtop background image Notice that many items on the Webtop are white so if you want to see them clearly choose quite dark images for your background M
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