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Implementing learning object metadata for mobile devices using CanCore
(Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications, 2006-02-19)
Pedagogical and other types of metadata are important in the implementation of learning systems for use by mobile devices. Metadata is key to the use of learning objects. Learning objects represent a means of rendering ...
Mobile technologies and the future of global education
(Indira Gandhi Open University, 2005-11-15)
Optimism for the future lies on the diminishing “cost” of the production and dissemination of
knowledge. This must be differentiated from the “price”. The cost reductions are based on the
increased power of technology ...
The Athabasca University Digital Reading Room: Library resources for mobile students
(IADIS, 2005-06)
This project has been designed to test the boundaries of Mlearning and to begin to build a platform for AU to raise an effective m-library. Building on the research conducted in Canada and abroad, the researchers are ...
Mobile devices and the future of free education
(International Council for Distance Education, 2005-11)
The major technological trends supporting the view that "equal" or "free" education is becoming possible are those involving the new mobile devices: digital divergence - the growth in popularity of dedicated wireless devices ...
eduSource Canada: learning object repositories & m-learning
(mLearn 2004, 2004-07)
This presentation will explain the concept of learning objects and metadata and introduce the eduSource suite of tools, applicable for mobile learning. Learning objects are enabled and made interoperable using mobile and ...
Implementing Mobile Environments using Learning Objects: The Athabasca University Digital Reading Room
(2005)
This investigation determined some of the better strategies for delivering educational resources to mobile devices from the Digital Reading Room (DRR) and the Athabasca University(AU) library catalogue using AirPac, making ...
Web-Based Training
(2008-05-27)
Current Web-based training (WBT) is based on accumulated research and experience with strategies for improving learning and instruction, beginning in the early part of the twentieth century and continuing to the present. ...
The Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (Frame) Model: An Evaluation of Mobile Devices for Distance Education
(2006-05-18)
Mobile technology is a new and promising area of research in distance education. Currently, there are few if any descriptive models of mobile learning that can be used to develop appropriate pedagogical practices. This ...
Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME) Model: Revising the ABCs of Educational Practices
(Networking, International Conference on Systems and International Conference on Mobile Communications and Learning Technologies, 2006. ICN/ICONS/MCL 2006. International Conference on, 2006-04-23)
The Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME) model was originally developed as a basis for assessing the effectiveness of mobile devices for distance learning [1]. The FRAME model is the first ...
Practical Issues in Mobile Education
(Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education - (WMTE'06), 2006-11)
Practitioners interested in integrating mobile technology effectively into distance learning programs need to consider both the benefits and limitations of such devices. This paper outlines some major limitations of mobile ...