mLearning for WAP phones

Paul Landers

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Selection of Course

• Target audience

• Source material

• Handset limitations

• Short technical overview

• Illustrative graphics

‘From 2G to 3G’

Ericsson Education3From e-learning to m-learning - An Overview

Course ‘From 2G to 3G’

Content

The course "From 2G to 3G" is an overview of the major developments in the move from second generation telecommunications to third generation telecommunications.

Structure

The course is broken into several chapters. Each of these is, in turn, broken into modules. With the aid of a navigation bar at the top/bottom of each module, users can quickly and easily move through the content for the purpose of continuing from where they stopped, revising sections, and moving from chapter to chapter as needs be.

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Introduction Current Limitation

…...Evolution GPRS

Contents

UMTSEDGE

1.1 What is 3G1.2 Past -1G1.3 Present-2G1.4 Evolved-2G1.5 Future 3G1.6 Evolution1.7 Summary

2.1 Need for Speed 2.2 Circuit Switching2.3 Packet Switching2.4 Basis for 3G2.5 Summary

3.1 WISE up!3.2. IAS3.3 HSCSD3.4 HDLC Encapsulation3.5 WebOnAir Filter Proxy3.6 Summary

4.1 Why GPRS?4.2. GPRS vs High Speed Internet4.3 What is GPRS?4.4 Summary

5.1 What is EDGE?5.2. How to get EDGE5.3 Summary

6.1 Why UMTS?6.2 What is UMTS?6.3 Migration to UMTS6.4 Layered Network Architecture6.5 Summary

‘From 2G to 3G’

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Design Guidelines

• Keep content short, interesting and meaningful

• Use links to access more information

• Meaningful information near top of ‘card’

• Don’t overuse menu hierarchies

• Always leave the user in control

• Usability and consistency

• Pedagogically sound

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Technical Considerations

• WML structure - ‘deck’ sizes

• Images and graphics

• Animated graphics

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PhonesWe tested primarily on R320,

R380 and R520.

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WML Basics - WML file layout

<?xml version="1.0"?><!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml"><wml>

<card id="splash1" title="?" ontimer="#splash2"><timer value="30" /> <p>Running out of patience?</p>

</card>

<card id="splash2" title = "3G" ontimer="#contents"><timer value = "25" /><p>3G won't keep you waiting...</p>

</card>

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Ericsson Education10From e-learning to m-learning - An Overview

WML Structure - Introduction

<card id = "contents" title = "Evolution into 3G"><p>

<b>Contents</b> <br/><select name = "intro"><option onpick="chapter1.wml">1. Introduction</option> <option onpick="chapter1.wml#one">1.1 What is 3G?</option><option onpick="chapter1.wml#two">1.2 Past-1G</option><option onpick="chapter1.wml#three">1.3 Present-2G</option><option onpick="chapter1.wml#four">1.4 Evolved 2G</option><option onpick="chapter1.wml#five">1.5 Future-3G</option><option onpick="chapter1.wml#six">1.6 Evolution</option><option onpick="chapter1.wml#summary">1.7 Summary</option></select><br/>

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Ericsson Education12From e-learning to m-learning - An Overview

WML Basics - WML file layout

<p>A third generation system supports data rates up to <b>384 kbit/s</b> in all

radio environments and up to <b>2Mbit/s</b> in short range and indoor applications. It also supports a wide range of applications such as <b>High speed Data</b>, <b>Internet</b> and <b>Mobile Multimedia</b>.<br/><br/></p>

<p><img alt="Fig1" src="../images/Fig1_cool.wbmp" align="bottom" height="98"

width="113"/></p>

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Ericsson Education14From e-learning to m-learning - An Overview

WML Basics - WML file layout

<p>A third generation system supports data rates up to <b>384 kbit/s</b> in all

radio environments and up to <b>2Mbit/s</b> in short range and indoor applications. It also supports a wide range of applications such as <b>High speed Data</b>, <b>Internet</b> and <b>Mobile Multimedia</b>.<br/><br/></p>

<p><img alt="Fig1" src="../images/Fig1_cool.wbmp" align="bottom" height="98"

width="113"/></p>

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Ericsson Education16From e-learning to m-learning - An Overview

Student Support Pages

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The Future

WWW

Email/SMS/MMS

Sophisticated questioning techniques

Online assessments and assignments

enhanced student support services

audio streams

Video (synchronous and/or asynchronous)

static and dynamic graphics

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Ericsson Education19From e-learning to m-learning - An Overview

The Partners

University of Rome III

Distance Education International

Fernuniversitat in Hagen

Ericsson Competence Solutions NKI, Nettskolen