DocumentCode
2740660
Title
Context awareness and adaptation in mobile learning
Author
Wang, Yuan-Kai
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Fu Jen Univ., Taiwan, Taiwan
fYear
2004
fDate
2004
Firstpage
154
Lastpage
158
Abstract
This study investigates the importance of context-awareness and adaptation in mobile learning. Context-aware mobile learning that senses mobile environment and reacts to changing context during learning process has four interaction modes with three mobile entities of different mobility. Contexts in mobile learning are categorized into six dimensions that form a context space. Several mobile learning systems are examined according to the definition of context-aware mobile learning. Challenging issues of context awareness and adaptation are explored.
Keywords
distance learning; educational technology; human computer interaction; mobile computing; portable computers; user interfaces; adaptation; context awareness; context space; learning process; mobile environment; mobile learning; Context awareness; Context-aware services; Intelligent sensors; Learning systems; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Space technology; Wireless LAN; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, 2004. Proceedings. The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7695-1989-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WMTE.2004.1281370
Filename
1281370
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