Mobile learning anytime everywhere

242 Pages·2005·2.9 MB·English

Mobile learning
anytime everywhere
A book of papers from MLEARN 2004
Edited by Jill Attewell and Carol Savill-Smith
MLEARN
2 0 0 4
Mobile learning
anytime everywhere
A book of papers from MLEARN 2004
Edited by Jill Attewell and Carol Savill-Smith
MLEARN
2 0 0 4
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction 1
MLEARN 2004 conference papers
Using learning theories to design instruction for mobile learning devices 5
Mohamed Ally
JELD, the Java Environment for Learning Design 9
Marco Arrigo, Manuel Gentile and Davide Taibi
mCLT: an application for collaborative learning on a mobile telephone 11
Marco Arrigo, Manuel Gentile, Davide Taibi, Giorgio Chiappone
and Domenico Tegolo
Engaging and supporting mobile learners 15
Jill Attewell and Tamatha Webster
Mobile learning in the retail trade: TransmobiLE 21
(EU-funded Leonardo da Vinci II pilot project)
Artur Barth and Gottfried Kreis
Wireless learning community hub 23
Russell Beale
Integrating situated interaction with mobile awareness 25
Russell Beale and Matthew Jones
Multimedia m-learning using mobile phones 27
Kuderna-Iulian Benta, Marcel Cremene and Razvan Padurean
Finding the appropriate learning objects: 29
human, mobility, and community issues
Andrew Brasher
Development of a research plan for use of ambient technology 33
to test mobile learning theories
Andrew Brasher and Josie Taylor
Interactive Logbook: the development of an application to enhance 39
and facilitate collaborative working within groups in higher education
Susan Bull, Larry Bridgefoot, Daniel Corlett, Paul Kiddie, Tom Marianczak,
Chet Mistry, Neil Sandle, Mike Sharples and Daniel Williams
Determining location in context-aware mobile learning 43
Will Byrne, Peter Lonsdale, Mike Sharples, Chris Baber,
Theodoros N Arvanitis, Pat Brundell and Russell Beale
The impact of innovation in medical and nursing training: 47
a Hospital Information System for Students (HISS)
accessible through mobile devices
Filippo Cacace, Maria Cinque, Michele Crudele, Giulio Iannello
and Marco Venditti
A system for adaptive platform-independent mobile learning 53
Nicola Capuano, Matteo Gaeta, Sergio Miranda and Laura Pappacena
Mobile learning = collaboration 57
Jo Colley and Geoff Stead
Tablet technology for informal collaboration in higher education 59
Dan Corlett and Mike Sharples
The role of user scenarios as the central piece of 63
the development jigsaw puzzle
Diane Evans and Josie Taylor
Team awareness in personalised learning environments 67
Alois Ferscha, Clemens Holzmann and Stefan Oppl
M-learning: an educational perspective 73
Johan B Freysen
Mobile vision for ambient learning in urban environments 77
Gerald Fritz, Christin Seifert, Patrick Luley, Lucas Paletta
and Alexander Almer
Mobile learning in tomorrow’s education for MBA students 81
Dirk Frohberg
Learning and collaborating using mobile devices and sessions 85
Michael Gardner, Hui-Na Chua and Anuroop Shahi
From virtual cooperation to distance learning: 89
realising remote multimedia platforms on a QoS-enabled network
Stefano Giordano, Gianluca Insolvibile, Valentina Chionsini
and Pietro Polese
Requirements for mobile learning games shown on 95
a mobile game prototype
Christoph Göth, Urs-Peter Häss and Gerhard Schwabe
A community of practice? The Toshiba Ambassador programme 101
Bob Harrison
PaperLinks – linking printouts to mobile devices 105
Martin Hitz and Stefan Plattner
Adaptive mobile learning systems – 109
the essential issues from the design perspective
Anu Jäppinen, Mikko Ahonen, Teija Vainio and Erika Tanhua-Piiroinen
Building a wireless learning management system 113
Ann Jeffery and Keith Webb
Context awareness for MOBIlearn: creating an 115
engaging learning experience in an art museum
Peter Lonsdale, Chris Baber, Mike Sharples, Will Byrne,
Theodoros N Arvanitis, Pat Brundell and Russell Beale
THE MOTFAL project: mobile technologies for ad hoclearning 119
Eleni Malliou, Stavros Savvas, Sofoklis Sotiriou, Antonis Miliarakis
and Manolis Stratakis
Providing quality of service (QoS) guarantees for 123
e-learning applications over IP networks: the MOICANE project
Riccardo Mazza, Enrico Roddolo, Gianmarco Panza and Enrico Balatti
eduSource Canada: learning object repositories and m-learning 127
Rory McGreal
Interactivity in a large class using wireless devices 129
Fabrice Mercier, Bertrand David, René Chalon and Jean-Pierre Berthet
mLab: handheld assisted laboratory 133
Jelena Mitic´, Markus Feisst and Andreas Christ
Collaborative m-learning using agents and virtual reality 135
Teresa Monahan, Gavin McArdle, John Kilbride, Eleni Mangina
and Michela Bertolotto
A new model for the m-learning emergency scenario in risk contexts: 139
the emergency operator
Anna Moreno and Sergio Grande
MOBIlearn user trials on the museum scenario: 143
the first results of preparatory work
Elena Murelli and Giorgio Da Bormida
How can one effectively assess students working in 149
a collaborative mobile environment on an individual basis?
Caoimhin O’Nuallain and Attracta Brennan
A case study on the future options for mobile workplace learning 153
Marika Pehkonen and Hanne Murto (née Turunen)
Approaches to just-in-time learning with mobile phones: 157
a case study of support for tourists’ language needs
Anita Pincas
Mobile lessons: concept and applications for 163
‘on-site’ geo-referenced lessons
Antonio Pintus, Davide Carboni, Gavino Paddeu, Andrea Piras
and Stefano Sanna
m-learning via the web: the challenge of size 167
Kris Popat and Geoff Stead
E-learning to m-learning: an investigation into the potential 171
for content conversion
Leon Rodin
Educational content anytime, anywhere on any device 177
Gerard Smyth
Blended learning, mobility and retention: 183
supporting first-year university students with appropriate technology
Andy Stone
HistoBrick: utilising J2ME to enable students to use mobile phones 187
for game-based learning on descriptive statistics
Georg Ströhlein
Evaluation of the technical and pedagogical mobile usability 191
Antti Syvänen and Petri Nokelainen
A mobile interactive guide to the Museo Diocesano di Catania: 197
how to ‘open’ the Museo using PDAs
Dr Carlo Tognoni
The shift to seamless augmentation and ‘humane’ applications 201
via mobile/wireless devices: a view to a future for lifelong learning
David C Traub
Mobile learning – the ethical and legal challenges 203
John Traxler and Nell Bridges
Implementing mobile technology as part of the 209
multimode (blended) teaching and learning academic strategy @
the Tshwane University of Technology
Prof H J van der Merwe
A study of mobile learning as part of everyday learning 211
Giasemi N Vavoula, Mike Sharples, Claire O’Malley and Josie Taylor
Using mobile phones and pocket PCs for creating, delivering 213
and retrieving content on the fly, based on mobile web browsers
Daniel Weiss
International Workshop on Mobile Learning for Emergency Management
(MLEM) papers
A mobile first aid training system for training doctors 217
in stabilising casualties on site
Verner Andersen
Management of novel situations through mobile learning resources 221
Claudio Balducelli
Logistics and medical support for isolated, mobile 227
and disaster situations: the I–DISCARE concept
Eli Larsen, Antonio Bove and Bernard Comet
Author index 231
Acknowledgements
MLEARN 2004 conference chairs Terry Keefe
ICT Research and Development
Giorgio Da Bormida
Ufi/learndirect, UK
MOBIlearn project coordinator
Prof Michael Kelleher
Jill Attewell
Learning Futures Ltd, UK
m-learning project coordinator
Prof Gabriele Kotsis
Professor Mike Sharples
Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria
University of Birmingham
Dr Eelco Kruizinga
The Conference Programme Committee CIBIT Consultants, the Netherlands
Dr Theodoros N Arvanitis Dr Paul Lefrere
MOBIlearn project, University of Birmingham, UK executive director, eLearning
Microsoft Education Solutions Group EMEA, UK
Jill Attewell
m-learning project coordinator, Learning and Skills Prof Zakaria Maamar
Development Agency (LSDA), UK Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Dr Russell Beale Dr Jon Mason
MOBIlearn project, University of Birmingham, UK education.au, Australia
Dr Roberto Bernazzani Prof Jeff McDonell
MOBIlearn Project, Università Cattolica Lingnan University, Hong Kong
del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Dr Elena Murelli
Dr Ing Michael Boronowsky MOBIlearn Project, Università Cattolica
Technologie Zentrum Informatik (TZI) del Sacro Cuore, Italy (and acting local chair
University of Bremen, Germany for the conference)
Prof Tak-Wai Chan John O’Donoghue
National Central University, Taiwan Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of
Wolverhampton, UK
Giorgio Da Bormida
MOBIlearn project coordinator Dr Jeremy Roschelle
GIUNTI Interactive Labs, Italy SRI International, USA
Dr Ingo Dahn Dr Carol Savill-Smith
Department of Computer Science, University of m-learning project, Learning and Skills
Koblenz-Landau, Germany Development Agency (LSDA), UK
Kevin Donovan Prof Mike Sharples
development advisor, Learning and Skills MOBIlearn project, University of Birmingham, UK
Development Agency (LSDA), UK
Prof Josie Taylor
Dr Michele Fanelli MOBIlearn project, Open University, UK
Hewlett Packard Italiana, Italy
David Traub
Dr Adam Maria Gadomski Epiphany Partners, USA
Italian National Agency for New Technology
Dr Gustaf Ulander
(ENEA) and Interuniversity Center for
Skería Utveckling, Sweden
Research on Cognitive Processing in
Natural and Artificial Systems (ECONA), Italy
Dr Michael Gardner
Institute for Socio-Technical Innovation
and Research (Chimera), University of Essex, UK
Foreword
We are delighted that our two mobile learning research and development
projects supported by the Information Society and Media Directorate-General –
m-learning and MOBIlearn – were able to collaborate to organise the
very successful third annual MLEARN conference, MLEARN 2004.
The vision of the Directorate-General’s Information Society Technologies (IST)
priority is ‘anywhere anytime natural access to IST services for all’ and
mobile learning is starting to contribute to the realisation of this vision.
Projects such as m-learning and MOBIlearn are improving our knowledge
of mobile learning and helping us to investigate how this type of
technology-enhanced learning can facilitate learning process in
different learning situations for diverse groups of learners.
The MLEARN international conference series has become the primary forum
for mobile learning developers, researchers and enthusiasts to meet and
exchange experiences, results, findings, tools and ideas thus contributing
to knowledge and growth in this new field.
The venue for MLEARN 2004 – the beautiful and historic Odescalchi Castle
in peaceful Bracciano outside Rome – provided a dramatic setting for the
very lively proceedings including demonstrations of the latest technologies,
systems and learning materials as well as exciting new ideas about
teaching and learning.
This book contains the papers presented at the conference which we hope
you will find interesting, informative and inspiring.
Giorgio da Bormida
MOBIlearn project coordinator
and MLEARN 2004 conference chair
Jill Attewell
m-learning project coordinator
and MLEARN 2004 conference chair
Mike Sharples
MLEARN 2004 conference chair

1
Introduction
The authors who have contributed to this book are researchers, developers
and practitioners in both educational and commercial organisations
from a number of different countries. They have in common an interest
in the still new and quickly evolving field of mobile learning.
The papers (including full papers, short papers and posters) are based
on presentations given at the very successful and enjoyable international
conference, MLEARN 2004, which had as its theme ‘learning anytime
everywhere’. The conference was hosted at the Odescalchi Castle in
Bracciano, Rome and was organised by the MOBIlearn project,
in collaboration with its sister project, m-learning.
Some of the papers detail the findings of mobile learning projects; some
are based on desk research and attempts by the author(s) to identify and
further develop theory relevant in mobile learning; and many report on work
in progress. Work in progress includes both research and the development
of mobile learning materials and systems.
The conference also hosted the First International Workshop on Mobile Learning
for Emergency Management (MLEM), and the papers relating to this workshop
are grouped together in a dedicated section of this publication.
Many of the papers have been written by colleagues who are partners
in one of the two large mobile learning projects supported by the European
Commission’s (EC) Information Society Technologies’ (IST) programme –
m-learning and MOBIlearn. Further information about the projects can be
found on their websites at www.m-learning.organd www.mobilearn.org
MLEARN 2004 built on the success of MLEARN 2003, which was also
organised by the m-learning and MOBIlearn projects. A book based on
the papers presented at MLEARN 2003 – on the theme of ‘learning
with mobile devices: research and development’ – is available from the
Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) and can be downloaded
in pdf format from the LSDA website (www.LSDA.org.uk).
MLEARN is now well established as an annual international event
and MLEARN 2005 will be held in October 2005 in Cape Town, South Africa.
MLEARN2005 is being hosted by the Tshwane University of Technology,
the University of South Africa and the University of Pretoria. The conference
website can be found at www.mlearn.org.za/
Jill Attewell Dr Carol Savill-Smith
m-learning project coordinator m-learning project researcher