A general architecture for m-learning
01 Nov 2003-
TL;DR: The functionalities that should be provided by e- learning and m-learning are analyzed and presented in a general mobile learning platform that is extension to traditional LMS and thus able to provide all possible e-learning services and additional specific services to the mobile users.
Abstract: With the advances in mobile technologies it is already possible to support learners and teachers activities on the move. Nevertheless the interoperation between a Learning Information Systems and mobile technology is still weakly explored. We analyzed the functionalities that should be provided by e-learning and m-learning and present them in a general mobile learning platform. It is extension to traditional LMS and thus able to provide all possible e-learning services and additional specific services to the mobile users. Such a system should have three main functionalities Context Discovery , Mobile Content Management and Presentation Adaptation and Packaging and Synchronization .
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18 Oct 2007TL;DR: Assessment of the potential of mobile learning for Nursing practice education experiences in rural higher education settings and the initial stages of a project to integrate mobile learning into the Bachelor of Science Nursing curriculum in a Western Canadian college program.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to review the research literature pertaining to the use of mobile devices in Nursing Education and assess the potential of mobile learning (m-learning) for Nursing practice education experiences in rural higher education settings. While there are a number of definitions of m-learning, we accept that advanced by Koole’s (2005) FRAME model, which describes it as a process resulting from the convergence of mobile technologies, human learning capacities, and social interaction, and use it as a framework to organize this literature. We also report on the initial stages of a project to integrate mobile learning into the Bachelor of Science Nursing curriculum in a Western Canadian college program. Third year students and instructors will be using mobile devices with wireless capability and selected software, such as Nursing decision-making and drug reference programs, during their practice in a communitybased course. Course learning activities will be developed to test the use of these devices to support students' access to resources at the point-of-care, to connect to web-based resources, and for peer-to-peer communication. A formative evaluation is planned to determine if the use of mobile learning can be implemented and sustained in an independent learning setting, to assess the appeal of mobile learning use in a real life instructional setting to the target audience, and to judge the effectiveness of the program to enhance reflective practice in Nursing students.
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...Trifonova and Ronchetti (2003) agreed, noting that m-learning is often defined as elearning carried out by means of mobile computational devices and point out that this refers mainly to PDAs and digital cell phones....
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...opportunity for inexpensive and beneficial computing power for learners (Hill & Roldan, 2005; Wagner, 2005). Wagner (2005) then asks why, with the continuing expansion of wireless networks and improved capacity portable electronic devices, this mobility should not apply to learning....
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01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: This paper presents ‘Mobile ELDIT’ (m-ELDIT), a system under development which goal is to offer access from PDAs to the learning materials of ELD IT – an adaptable language learning platform.
Abstract: This paper presents ‘Mobile ELDIT’ (m-ELDIT), a system under development which goal is to offer access from PDAs to the learning materials of ELDIT – an adaptable language learning platform. The ELDIT system, which is developed at the European Academy of Bolzano, consists of a learner’s dictionary and a text corpus. Exercises, a tandem system and a tutor module are planned. The system works online and the adaptation of the content is done dynamically according to interactions with the learner. We analyze the requirements for adaptation and transformation of the data, the user interfaces and also the architecture of the ‘Mobile ELDIT’ . We discuss the necessity of specific user modeling in order to provide both online and offline access to the learning materials from mobile devices.
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...We analyzed different ways to apply mobile devices in education (Trifonova & Ronchetti 2003a) and discussed that a mobile learning system should have three main functionalities – “Context Discovery”, “Mobile Content Management and Presentation Adaptation” and “Packaging and Synchronization”....
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...Mobile learning is a field that recently has attracted the interest of lots of researchers in the learning domain (Trifonova & Ronchetti 2003b)....
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TL;DR: The main objective of the works that have been carried out is to develop a server-side M-Learning application using the Microsoft .NET infrastructure to act as preliminary work for future development of M- learning application in campus-wide environment.
Abstract: Mobile learning (M-Learning) integrates the current mobile and wireless computing technology with education primarily to enhance the effectiveness of the traditional learning process. One of the difficulties in implementing M-Learning is to deliver the content efficiently. This paper focuses on the development of M-Learning management tool in campus-wide environment using the Microsoft .NET infrastructure. User acceptance study was carried out to measure the feasibility of the M-learning management application development. The results of the study indicate a tendency towards the M-Learning acceptance in campus-wide environment. The main objective of the works that have been carried out is to develop a server-side M-Learning application using the Microsoft .NET infrastructure. The works that has been carried out act as preliminary work for future development of M-Learning application in campus-wide environment.
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...It should be possible to use M-Learning system without reading a user manual and the experience of studying with the help of such devices should be interesting and engaging (Trifonova & Ronchetti, 2003)....
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25 Jun 2008
TL;DR: In this article, a survey was carried out at the Near East University to find out the opinions of students on mobile learning, and also a literature study was done such that it could perform the basis of this study.
Abstract: The advances in information and communication technologies in present day are moving the education into a different dimension. Especially, it is not wrong to say that the mobile phones are taking a very important part of our everyday life. The interest in mobile phones is growing day by day and individuals from age 7 to 70 are interested in such devices. People not only follow the advances in mobile phone technology, but they purchase new phones and use their advanced features. As a result of this, we see that educational establishments are including mobile phones in their daily teaching activities. The acceleration of scientific studies in this area is increasing every day. Based on this point, this study has been carried out at the Near East University (by information technology students) in order to find out the opinions of students on mobile learning. A survey was carried out in order to find out the student opinions, and also a literature study was done such that it could perform the basis of this study. The survey consisted of questions and was prepared carefully with the aim to find out the opinions of students on the effects of mobile learning. The results of the survey were analyzed and tabulated using the SPSS packet program. Based on the results of this analysis, positive suggestions are made on the opinions and recommendations of students on the effective use of mobile learning tools. In addition, recommendations are made on how the students can follow the recent advances closely in information technology and also in the right time.
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...M-learning provides location awareness applications to learners (Trifanova and Ronchetti, 2003)....
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TL;DR: The framework of a contextual mobile learning system taking into account the learning environment at Saudi Arabian universities is presented and the main principles and the essential components such as functional modules and context databases are presented.
Abstract: the rapid development of mobile computing technologies, a new style of learning, termed as ―mobile learning‖, has exploded everywhere in the world. This is now considered as an essential learning style in the future. This paper presents the framework of a contextual mobile learning system taking into account the learning environment at Saudi Arabian universities. With the help of this system, the students can learn just in time in their daily lives whenever they need to learn; using mobile computing devices like Tablet PCs and Smart Phones. The main principles and the essential components such as functional modules and context databases are presented. The mobile learning framework has been validated by an interview based qualitative method.
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...Trifonova and Ronchetti[3] agreed, noting that mlearning is often defined as e-learning carried out by means of mobile computational devices....
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TL;DR: This paper aims at helping, by reviewing the existing work, and classifying the research directions that try to answer the questions of how m-learning will help reaching the goals of a better learning, and how it will be different from the rest of e-learning.
Abstract: M-learning is a quite new, exciting and promising field. Papers on this domain are spread through several conference and workshops proceedings, so it is rather difficult to have a complete view of the field. This paper aims at helping, by reviewing the existing work, and classifying the research directions that try to answer the questions of how m-learning will help reaching the goals of a better learning, and how it will be different from the rest of e-learning. Finally, we try to foresee some directions for successful m-learning research.
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01 Jan 2001
TL;DR: This report provides a survey of current technologies related to the creation of device independent web content and web applications.
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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: Porta-bile, a project under development in the authors' University that intends to investigate the use of mobile computing technologies to support the learning processes in an educational context, focuses on the technological aspects of mobile learning, and on their integration with e-Learning systems, and more generally, with the information systems of the academic institutions.
Abstract: The paper presents Porta-bile, a project under development in our University that intends to investigate the use of mobile computing technologies to support the learning processes in an educational context. The project focuses on the technological aspects of mobile learning, and on their integration with e-Learning systems, and more generally, with the information systems of the academic institutions. The project has its foundations in the availability of significant experience on e-learning real processes, and on the availability of the source code of an e-learning system developed in previous projects at the University of Trento and presently in production at the Economics school, and of the newer platform for the whole University of Trento that gathers the experience obtained in the past. 1. Introduction In this paper we will present Porta-bile, a portal for mobile learning that is under development at our University. The main goal of the project is to experiment m-learning technologies in real learning processes taking place at a University. The use of ICTs for learning has been studied in various ways, but in the recent years quick advance of mobile technologies a new term has appeared – mobile learning. Mobile learning is a field which combines two very promising areas – mobile computing and e-learning. Mobile learning is intended as any form of learning and teaching that use mobile devices (like cellular phones, Personal digital assistants (PDA), smart-phones, tablet PC etc.) in a mobile environment. On the other side of mobile learning, we have e-learning, i.e., every educational process assisted by computers through the use of networks, and Internet in particular. M-learning is often considered as the future of learning, or as an integral part of any other form of educational process in the future. A mobile learning educational process can be considered as any learning and teaching activity that is possible through mobile tools or in settings where mobile equipment is available. In the first part of this paper, we shall briefly overview the state of research in the m-learning field. In fact, ass m-learning is quite a new domain, there is a lot of work and research that is presently going on. People are trying to understand: • Which learning models can help obtaining better learning processes when communication is mediated by mobile devices, and how the student mobility affects her/his learning process . • How it is possible to evaluate efficiency and effectiveness of learning processes based upon mobile technologies, given the physical limitation of mobile devices. • Which services are useful for mobile devices, and which is the enabling technology that can affect the wide diffusion of mobile learning. In the second part of the paper we shall discuss our approach to the problem: we intend to develop methodologies and tools for the design, the analysis and the prototyping of services for mobile computing. The coupling of advanced technologies, like the ones involved in mobile computing, with learning and assessment models represents an advanced point of research. We will propose a system that will integrate a traditional Learning management system with extensions that allow to face with infomobility, thus allowing users of a LMS to interact with the other actors through the use of mobile devices. This integration will be realized with web services technology, in order to be free from platform, operating systems and development framework constraints. The objective will be pursued through: • Adoption of a well tested e -learning platform adapted to the usage of mobile devices • Implementation of mobile computing services by using widespread mobile devices, on the client side, and web services on the server side. • Study of learning models linked to mobile technologies, in order to understand in which way the use of limited devices impact the learning processes • Design and development of Learning Objects suited to mobile learning, together with services for evaluating their effectiveness • Experimentation of prototypes built in real learning processes Another interesting aspect of the project is the experimentation of the integration between the two most used development frameworks for web application available on the market today, i.e., SUN J2EE and Microsoft .NET. The core of the Learning management system is in fact built on J2EE and java-related technologies, while the mobile extensions will be built on .NET framework. The interaction between the two will be granted once again by web services technology. We want to deeply test the most branded advantage of the web services technology, i.e. interoperability between platforms.
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