The study reported in this paper is an ongoing effort. We reported a preliminary analysis of the data in the paper. The current experiments varied the subjects to c- duct online group learning activities by the communication media such as email and threaded discussion. Although, we could have easily learned the impact of mobile devices in learning if we divided the subjects to use different hardware such as p- sonal computers, personal digital assistant, or mobile phones, we believe our findings will still be able to provide useful insights on the difficulties that the mobile learners will face in solving problems as a group. Our analysis result will also provide ba- line information on whether the traits of the successful or failed online groups are applicable to the mobile learners. For example, we expect the SMS will be a better medium to overcome the major problem of instant communication or the rapid propagation of the information as the mobile phones have built-in mechanism to remind the users of the incoming new messages and also the mobile phone users are expected to be interrupted for the incoming messages. However, we need further investigation of other problems, which hinder the optimum online group work. For example, ‘accuracy of the transferred information’ was identified as one of the pr- lems of using emails as the communication medium. Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or SMS are more apt to deliver shorter messages than the typical emails.
Author(s): Fei Liu, Fan-yuan Ma, Ming-lu Li, Lin-peng Huang (auth.), Christoph Bussler, Suk-ki Hong, Woochun Jun, Roland Kaschek, Kinshuk, Shonali Krishnaswamy, Seng Wai Loke, Daniel Oberle, Debbie Richards, Amit Sharma, York Sure, Bernhard Thalheim (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3307
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 282
Tags: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Computer Communication Networks; Database Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Multimedia Information Systems; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Front Matter....Pages -
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Framework for Semantic Grid Service Discovery....Pages 3-10
Toward a Formal Common Information Model Ontology....Pages 11-21
On Using Conceptual Modeling for Ontologies....Pages 22-33
MetaData Pro: Ontology-Based Metadata Processing for Web Resources....Pages 34-45
Service-Oriented Semantic Peer-to-Peer Systems....Pages 46-57
Towards Cross-Domain Security Properties Supported by Ontologies....Pages 58-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Open Knowledge Exchange for Workforce Development....Pages 73-81
ShanghaiGrid Portal: The Current Stage of Building Information Grid Portal....Pages 82-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Learning Communities Support by Mobile Systems Based on Peer-to-Peer Networks....Pages 89-101
A Context-Adaptive Model for Mobile Learning Applications....Pages 102-113
MobiLearn: An Open Approach for Structuring Content for Mobile Learning Environments....Pages 114-124
Smart Virtual Counterparts for Learning Communities....Pages 125-134
Design and Implementation of Mobile Class Web Site for Promoting Communication....Pages 135-144
A Personal Knowledge Assistant for Knowledge Storing, Integrating, and Querying....Pages 145-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Facilitating Collaborative Learning in Virtual (and Sometimes Mobile) Environments....Pages 161-166
A Fundamental Web-Board System Toward the Adaptive Mobile School Web Site....Pages 167-172
Mobile Computer-Assisted Language Learning Courseware for Korean Language Learners....Pages 173-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
The Co-design Approach to WIS Development in E-business and E-learning Applications....Pages 181-189
Using KCPM for Defining and Integrating Domain Ontologies....Pages 190-200
Mobile Content Adaptation as an Optimisation Problem....Pages 201-210
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Applying Database Semantics to the WWW....Pages 211-220
X-Square: A Hybrid Three-Dimensional Bitmap Indexing for XML Document Retrieval....Pages 221-232
An Economy-Based Accounting System for Grid Computing Environments....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
QoS-Based Message-Oriented Middleware for Web Services....Pages 241-251
Incorporating QoS Specifications in Service Discovery....Pages 252-263
QoS Based Pricing for Web Services....Pages 264-275
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