DocumentCode
3042519
Title
Mobile learning: New forms of education
Author
Campanella, P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
fYear
2012
fDate
8-9 Nov. 2012
Firstpage
51
Lastpage
56
Abstract
The exponential growth of mobile technology, advances in wireless technologies and popularity of handheld devices, have opened up new accessibility opportunities for education. A characteristic of today´s society is the increasing use of modern information and communication technologies in all areas. Investment in mobile device is an important step to improve the quality of life in our dynamic society. The paper analyses the impact of m-learning on the educational process and describes characteristics of m-learning applications. For the evaluation of characteristics are described metrics and measured values are used to determine the m-learning application overall quality level. The value is determined by aggregating each factor value and taking into consideration importance coefficient.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; mobile computing; dynamic society; educational process; handheld devices; importance coefficient; information and communication technologies; m-Iearning application overall quality level; mobile device; mobile learning; mobile technology; wireless technologies; Education; Reliability; characteristic; m-learning; mobile devices; mobile technologies;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Emerging eLearning Technologies & Applications (ICETA), 2012 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Stara Lesna
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5120-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICETA.2012.6418282
Filename
6418282
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