1. Fatma Elsayed Meawad Dr. Geneen Stubbs Ray Kingdon
Faculty of Advanced Technology
University of Glamorgan
South Wales, UK

2. The Need
A infrastructure for on-demand , personalized mobile learning at Scale.
Issues:
Organizational change
Mobile operators
Diversity & Limitations of Wireless technologies

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Deployment VLE registration (One Step)
Moodle with foundation students
Web administration account
Automated Mobile Client Installation
Device Recognition
Navigation adaptation

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Next Steps Cost issue Enhance adaptivity to include student profile.
Un-supervised testing with Students (final Release)

11. Questions?