Fatma Elsayed Meawad Dr. Geneen Stubbs Ray Kingdon Faculty of Advanced Technology University of Glamorgan South Wales, UK
The Need A infrastructure for on-demand , personalized mobile learning at Scale. Issues: Organizational change Mobile operators Diversity & Limitations of Wireless technologies
Goals Operate at Scale Automation Simplicity Flexibility & Scalability Deployment Administration Simplicity Easily installed and maintained Simplicity and Usability for staff and students Flexibility & Scalability Delivered Content Produce adaptive interfaces Controllable cost
Architecture Components Conceptual Models of VLEs Course, tutors, students and administrators Learning activities (News, Events, Quizzes, Lessons, Workshops, assignments, Wikis, Forums, Participants, messages, Preferences, Personal Profile, etc. A J2ME Mobile Client Full Control Compact interface and use of learning activities Server Side Engine Seamless & centralized control Remote controlling the mobile client Automation
Architecture Web Interface VLE DB Java enabled device Remote online learning systems Mobile Web Web Interface Sql Server Side Engine Local DB Central Point of control Web services Interface Interface
Deployment VLE registration (One Step) Moodle with foundation students http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/it2006 Web administration account Automated Mobile Client Installation Device Recognition Navigation adaptation http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/mobiglam
Pre Evaluation Supervised testing for students Unsupervised testing for tutors 90% students use internet for games, tones, sports news All students are interested to use mobile learning
Post Evaluation Tutors used messaging extensively especially in replying to students query and feedback. Students were interested mostly in messaging, quizzes, feedback and sharing photos.
Student’s Literacy about mobile phones The importance of interface components (input, font and navigation) All Students are willing to pay a little fee for using this system
Next Steps Cost issue Enhance adaptivity to include student profile. Un-supervised testing with Students (final Release)
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