an open source, learning technologies interoperability specification that defines explicitly how tracking of learner activities and experiences between technologies should be delivered. It is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 and is used in various Learning Management Systems (LMSs), Authoring Tools and Training Systems.
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Mobile Learning in the Era of IoT: Is Ubiquitous Learning the Future of Learning?
Koralia Papadokostaki (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece), Spyros Panagiotakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece), Athanasios Malamos (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece), and Kostas Vassilakis (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 29
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1486-3.ch013
Abstract
Teaching is always affected by the advent of technology. Nowadays, mobile devices can offer an air of innovation in classrooms and multiple benefits in learning. On the other hand, IoT is expanding rapidly and promises to provide education with new dynamics: sensors and beacons may contribute to pervasive provision of educational content to students, whereas wearables can track the students' interaction with educational objects. As a result, learning is changing and may happen anywhere, anytime, and with any means. This evolution, described under the term Ubiquitous learning, promises to be the future of education for all ages and needs. This chapter presents the transformation of learning from traditional to e-learning, mobile learning, and Ubiquitous learning, and discusses the features and applications of the latter. Furthermore, authors describe the Experience API specification and investigate how it can be used to implement adaptive learning applications and make Ubiquitous learning a reality not only in typical but also in Early Childhood learning.