Supporting classroom activities with the BSUL environment

Author

Saito, Nobuji A. ; Ogata, Hiroaki ; Paredes, R.G.J. ; Yano, Yoneo ; Martin, Gerardo Ayala San

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Intelligent Syst., Tokushima Univ., Japan

fYear

2005

fDate

28-30 Nov. 2005

Abstract

In this paper we present our ongoing research about the integration of ubiquitous computing systems into classroom settings, in order to give basic support for some classroom and field activities. We have developed some Web application components using Java technology and configured a classroom with wireless network access and a Web camera for our purposes. In this classroom the students interact between them and with the professor through an Internet enabled PDA, using the different modules described in this paper. We include our evaluations about the performance and usability of the system in a computer science related course of the University of Tokushima, other practical uses and the future research and development work.

Keywords

Internet; Java; computer aided instruction; computer science education; mobile computing; mobile radio; notebook computers; Internet; Java technology; PDA; University of Tokushima; Web application components; Web camera; classroom activities; computer science related course; ubiquitous computing systems; wireless network access; Application software; Computer networks; Embedded computing; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Pervasive computing; Portable computers; Research and development; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, 2005. WMTE 2005. IEEE International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2385-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WMTE.2005.61

Filename

1579273