Ubiquitous digital E-learning ecosystem
Peter Leong, Chunyan Miao · 2008
E-learning ecosystems provide the models, processes, applications, and technologies for establishing ICT infrastructure that supports e-learning. Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems are suited to e-learning ecosystems because they allow each service client machine to act also as a service provider without any central hub in the network of co-operative relationships. Learners organize themselves in complex web of dynamic inter-relationships within the digital e-learning ecosystem. Extending the e-learning ecosystem to ubiquitous computing devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), smartphones, and portable multimedia players (PMP) raises many issues. Most present P2P system had been designed with a fixed, wired infrastructure in mind instead of a ubiquitous infrastructure. However, wireless ubiquitous devices are increasingly being used by students for personal entertainment and represent an opportunity for extending learning beyond the traditional campus environment. This paper proposes an intelligent agent mediated infrastructure for a ubiquitous digital e-learning ecosystem.