• DocumentCode
    1838895
  • Title

    Challenges in Scaling Mobile Learning Applications: The Example of Quizzer

  • Author

    Giemza, Adam ; Verheyen, Per ; Hoppe, H. Ulrich

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Appl. Cognitive Sci., Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    27-30 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    287
  • Lastpage
    291
  • Abstract
    Today´s mobile learning application development does not only require a sophisticated pedagogical design, but also faces a number of technical challenges to overcome several problems and limitations. In this paper, we present common challenges in scaling mobile learning applications for real world environments and exemplify our solutions and decisions for the collaborative and context-aware quiz playing and authoring application called Quizzer.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer games; mobile computing; Quizzer; authoring application; collaborative quiz playing; context-aware quiz playing; mobile learning; Educational institutions; Games; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Sensors; Smart phones; context-awareness; flexible authoring; location-awareness; mobile; quiz; scalability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education (WMUTE), 2012 IEEE Seventh International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Takamatsu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0884-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WMUTE.2012.69
  • Filename
    6185049