Using hCard and vCard for improving usability in Moodle

Author

Dragulescu, B. ; Ermalai, I. ; Bucos, M. ; Mocofan, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun., Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

fYear

2011

fDate

19-21 May 2011

Firstpage

473

Lastpage

476

Abstract

Extraction of information relays heavily on the user. The correct extraction of information is very important especially in an eLearning environment. We can ensure correct distribution of important data (contact information, calendar events, and locations) by encapsulating that information in the correct formats and rely on automated agents for data processing. In this paper, we propose a model of republishing the user contact information from Moodle in hCard and vCard formats, and also QR codes for mobile tagging. This application model can be extended in the future to data regarding calendar events (vcalendar, hcalendard, ical) and locations.

Keywords

bar codes; computer aided instruction; data encapsulation; knowledge acquisition; mobile computing; object-oriented programming; software agents; software reusability; Moodle; QR codes; automated agents; calendar events; correct distribution; data processing; eLearning environment; hCard format; information encapsulation; information extraction; information relays; mobile tagging; usability; user contact information; vCard format; Browsers; Data mining; Databases; Google; Internet; Mobile communication; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), 2011 6th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Timisoara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9108-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SACI.2011.5873050

Filename

5873050