Title :
An Ubiquitous Testing System for m-Learning Environments
Author :
Lopes, Rafael Fernandes ; Cortes, Omar Andrés Carmona
Author_Institution :
Centro Fed. de Educacao Tecnologica do Maranhao, Sao Luis
Abstract :
Nowadays, e-learning technologies can be combined with mobile computing in order to create a new educational paradigm called m-learning or mobile learning. This new paradigm improves the cooperation between students and teachers, overcoming the classroom borders. This paper proposes an ubiquitous testing system (UbiSysTest) for m- Learning environments. The goal of UbiSysTest is to provide an infrastructure for creating, storing, applying and correcting academic tests. Through UbiSysTest, students can download and execute these tests by means of cell phones. This application runs off-line and only connects through Internet whenever should be required. The UbiSysTest is being developed as part of an infrastructure named MoCoTo (Mobile Collaborative and Educational Tools).
Keywords :
automatic testing; learning systems; ubiquitous computing; MoCoTo; UbiSysTest; m learning environments; mobile collaborative and educational tools; ubiquitous testing system; Cellular phones; Collaborative tools; Education; Electronic learning; Ground penetrating radar; Internet; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; System testing; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Systems and Networks Communications, 2007. ICSNC 2007. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cap Esterel
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2938-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2938-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSNC.2007.20