Title :
Integrated Platform for Collaborative Learning in the Mobile Environment
Author :
Tai, Yu-Tsung ; Yang, Meng-Chien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Manage., Providence Univ., Taichung
Abstract :
The internet application for education has changed as development of technology. The prevalence of Web 2.0 makes internet become an environment to share knowledge differ from traditional e-Learning systems. Moreover, mobile devices have become more and more popular as a result of the advance of device performance. How to integrate the Web 2.0 environment and mobile devices to create a mobile learning system becomes an important issue. In this paper, we design an integrated platform for collaborative learning and mobile learning. The platform allows users to edit learning materials collaboratively in a Wiki system and learners can study online with a handheld device.
Keywords :
distance learning; groupware; mobile computing; Web 2.0; Wiki system; collaborative learning; handheld device; mobile devices; mobile environment; mobile learning system; traditional e-learning systems; Application software; Blogs; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer science; Electronic learning; Electronic mail; Handheld computers; Internet; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, 2008. MUE 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3134-2
DOI :
10.1109/MUE.2008.84