A reusable, extensible infrastructure for augmented field trips

Author

Weal, Mark J. ; Cruikshank, Don ; Michaelides, Danius T. ; Millard, David E. ; Roure, David C De ; Hornecker, Eva ; Halloran, John ; Fitzpatrick, Geraldine

Author_Institution

IAM Group, Southampton Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

13-17 March 2006

Lastpage

205

Abstract

This paper describes a reusable pervasive information infrastructure developed as part of the Equator IRC, designed to allow the construction of literacy based eLearning activities on top of material created as part of a more traditional visitors system. The architecture of the system is described along with details of the creation of the curated material and the subsequent adaption of the system by local primary school teachers to create a literacy experiences. Results of the first trials of the system are presented with conclusions drawn and discussion of future directions

Keywords

computer based training; groupware; ubiquitous computing; Equator IRC; augmented field trip; extensible infrastructure; interdisciplinary research collaboration; literacy eLearning activity; reusable pervasive information infrastructure; visitors system; Aging; Building materials; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; History; Informatics; Relays; Software libraries; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, 2006. PerCom Workshops 2006. Fourth Annual IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2520-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PERCOMW.2006.12

Filename

1598969