Mobile competence development for nomads

Author

Hardless, Christian ; Lundin, Johan ; Nulden, Urban

Author_Institution

Viktoria Inst., Goteborg, Sweden

fYear

2001

fDate

6-6 Jan. 2001

Abstract

Outlines an ongoing research project on training, education and sharing of experiences among mobile people, also referred to as nomads. The importance for professionals to continuously learn is widely recognized. Organizations in the new economy are dependent on organizational knowledge and competence. Mobile workers need alternative educational and knowledge development opportunities that are not restrained by time and space. The goal is providing competence development for nomads using 3rd generation cellular networks-3G, which combines high-speed mobile access with Internet Protocol (IP) based services. This allows mobile high quality multimedia. We present a preliminary study of the competence development situation of nomads. We outline two use cases of possible competence development activities suited for the mobile worker and the 3G platform.

Keywords

Internet; cellular radio; continuing education; multimedia systems; transport protocols; 3rd generation cellular networks; Internet Protocol based services; education; high-speed mobile access; knowledge development opportunities; mobile competence development; mobile high quality multimedia; nomads; organizational knowledge; training; Access protocols; Collaborative work; Distance learning; Educational activities; Employment; IP networks; Knowledge management; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Technological innovation; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2001. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Maui, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0981-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2001.926229

Filename

926229