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1. Using mobile technology to enhance eLearning in
“CAROL I” National Defence University
Daniel BELIGAN
Ion ROCEANU
Dragos BARBIERU
ADVANCED DISTRIBUTED LEARNING DEPARTMENT
“CAROL I” NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY
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2. Who we are and what we do
Portal
virtual
library
VTC sync. LMS
mode for ESDC
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4. PREDICTIONS FOR MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
Gartner’s Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2012 and Beyond
By 2016, at least 50 percent
of enterprise email users
will rely primarily on a
browser, tablet or mobile
client instead of a desktop
client.
By 2015, mobile application More than fifty million
development projects additional people will use their
targeting smart phones and mobile phone to make a
tablets will outnumber payment in one form or
native PC projects by a another this year, bringing the
ratio of 4-to-1. global total of mobile payment
users to 212.2m in 2012
Global mobile payment
transaction values are set
to grow by 42% a year, but
the market will be
fragmented over the next
two years
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5. MOBILE LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS
Any mobile device capable of connecting to mobile networks,
processing and displaying online resources such as text and
multimedia files can engage in mLearning activities.
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6. Mobile Learning research project
mLMS mKMS
The overall objective of the project was
the development of scientific research
to identify opportunities for expansion
of educational and training system for
life long learning segment using high
technology components for computer
and mobile communications.
http://mobnet.expert.org.ro
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8. mKMS
mKMS system integrates the following modules:
Search Messages
Articles News
Notifications Administration
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9. mLMS - modules
• access learning objects
• access data and reports
• service notifications and messages
• authentication and security services
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10. Features for all users
Features available to all users regardless of role:
• Connect to the system
• View system messages
• Send and receive messages
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11. Features available to Features available for
learners teachers
View registered courses View learners
Register for a course attending course
View course and test View reports
results
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12. mLMS-technical details
• The mLMS eLearning application is a
N-tier web application (presentation,
application and data tiers) built mostly
on top of open source technologies.
• It is truly database independent, it
.
works on Postgre SQL open source
database server as well as on
commercial database servers like
Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 or
Oracle 11g.
• The application architecture is divided
in two different components: the
content repository server and the
learning management system server.
The content repository is a lightweight
content management system
customized for the eLearning
activities.
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13. Technologies used in developing
platform
• XHTML or Extensible Hypertext Markup
• CSS 3 - Cascade Style Sheets
• JavaScript
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14. mLMS-educational content
The system can use a variety of courses from
different providers.
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17. Application in practice - courses tested
• ELTEC English Course
• Introduction to NATO
• Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
• Dari and Pashtu dialects
• Afganistan preployment course (needs mobile devices with
flash technology installed)
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