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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/WMUTE.2012.69
