scholarly journals Influence of Cloud Based Mobile Learning Applications on User Experiences: A Review Study in the Context of Jordan

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama Harfoushi
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Innovative Tool

Beside the increasing trend of cloud computing and mobile applications, the use of cloud based mobile learning applications is also mounting. Almost every e-commerce service provider offers cloud based mobile learning applications so that they can target more visitors and ultimately increase their sales. The usability of cloud based mobile applications is not only grounded in e-commerce platforms but it also ease out mobile learning processes. Most of the educational institutes are now offering cloud based mobile applications so their students can navigate to their knowledge portal more easily and download relevant material or submit assignments respectively. The main research area of this article is to explore how cloud based mobile learning applications can be utilized more effectively and what impact they imply on its users. Also, this research compares the mobile learning methods versus traditional learning methods. The study is evidence from Jordan and the major part of the research will be carried out through surveying literature, reports, content, and national and international databases in order to critically discuss the interactions between clouds based mobile learning application and user experiences. Published researches, published reports, books and articles has been included in the review.  Review of literature shows that mobile cloud computing is rising in Jordan and have significant impact on mobile learning of Jordanian students. Further, M-learning indeed an innovative tool for learning and it helps the users in many ways. In traditional learning, students used to spend their money on books and other written content. Findings of this study are helpful for the educational institution so they will come to know about user experiences of utilizing these cloud based mobile applications.

The Training of the Fufure Teachers of Ukrainian Language and Literature by Means of Interactive Studying Techniques

2020 ◽  
pp. 248-269
Author(s):  
Tetiana Rybchenko Keser
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Language And Literature

The article focuses on the theoretical and methodological aspects of the use of interactive learning and its advantages over traditional learning. The use of interactive learning in both secondary and higher education is analyzed. The research goal is to theoretically substantiate and highlight the introduction of methods of the model of training future Ukrainian language and literature teachers by means of interactive learning technologies, as well as to determine the factors of their choice. The main research methods used were analysis, generalization and modeling, observation, synthesis, systematization. The results of the conducted research allowed the author to reveal the qualities that a future teacher of Ukrainian language and literature should possess; to describe some pedagogical problems of training the future teachers of Ukrainian language and literature by means of interactive learning technologies.The benefit of this study is the defined content of interactive learning, which is believed to be a specially organized comfortable mutual learning of participants of the educational process as equal its subjects, which provides for their continuous active interaction, during which each of the students realizes and reflects all its knowledge and actions, feels successful and intellectually capable. The author identified such interactive learning methods of the model of training future teachers of Ukrainian language and literature in higher education institutions as: trainings, educational discussions; game technologies; interactive lectures: problem lectures, lecture-visualization, binary lecture, lecture-press conference, round table, cases, brainstorming. Moreover, the most used interactive learning methods of training future teachers of Ukrainian language and literature in universities are given and theoretically grounded; they are training, discussion, role playimg, method of «Spoiled phone», method of «remote project work Minecraft», «Сourt hearing», «Augmented reality», use of presentations. The author highlights their introduction into the work of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, states the positive aspects of interactive learning compared to classical one, determines seven factors for the choice of methods. As a result the author makes a conclusion that the use of interactive technologies not only contributes to the creation of an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual understanding in the educational institution, but also implements the basic principles of personality-oriented learning.

An API for Development of User-Defined Scheduling Algorithms in Aneka PaaS Cloud Software

2019 ◽  
pp. 170-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajinder Sandhu ◽  
Adel Nadjaran Toosi ◽  
Rajkumar Buyya
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Scheduling Algorithms ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Programming Models ◽  
Hybrid Cloud ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Cloud Application ◽  
Cloud Environments ◽  
Cloud Infrastructures

Cloud computing provides resources using multitenant architecture where infrastructure is created from one or more distributed datacenters. Scheduling of applications in cloud infrastructures is one of the main research area in cloud computing. Researchers have developed many scheduling algorithms and evaluated them using simulators such as CloudSim. Their performance needs to be validated in real-time cloud environments to improve their usefulness. Aneka is one of the prominent PaaS software which allows users to develop cloud application using various programming models and underline infrastructure. This chapter presents a scheduling API developed for the Aneka software platform. Users can develop their own scheduling algorithms using this API and integrate it with Aneka to test their scheduling algorithms in real cloud environments. The proposed API provides all the required functionalities to integrate and schedule private, public, or hybrid cloud with the Aneka software.

Mobile Cloud Computing

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Jyoti Grover ◽  
Gaurav Kheterpal
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mobile Cloud Computing ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Computation Offloading ◽  
Mobile Cloud ◽  
Mobile Environment

Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) has become an important research area due to rapid growth of mobile applications and emergence of cloud computing. MCC refers to integration of cloud computing into a mobile environment. Cloud providers (e.g. Google, Amazon, and Salesforce) support mobile users by providing the required infrastructure (e.g. servers, networks, and storage), platforms, and software. Mobile devices are rapidly becoming a fundamental part of human lives and these enable users to access various mobile applications through remote servers using wireless networks. Traditional mobile device-based computing, data storage, and large-scale information processing is transferred to “cloud,” and therefore, requirement of mobile devices with high computing capability and resources are reduced. This chapter provides a survey of MCC including its definition, architecture, and applications. The authors discuss the issues in MCC, existing solutions, and approaches. They also touch upon the computation offloading mechanism for MCC.

scholarly journals Mobile Cloud Computing as Competence Intensifier

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (06) ◽  
pp. 24693-24697
Author(s):  
Neeta P. Sarode ◽  
Dr. J.W. Bakal
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Cloud Computing ◽  
Personal Digital Assistants ◽  
Mobile Cloud ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Actual Existence

Since the arrival of mobile devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDA’s), smartphones, tablets etc., and their amalgamation with cloud computing is bringing up and transforming ubiquitous computing into actual existence. This concept of ubiquitous computing straightens out the way to unusual and experimental applications, in which the mobile devices are integrated and provide assistance to the users. This paper discusses about the concept of mobile cloud computing, identify advantages and disadvantages of collaborating mobile applications with cloud and identify benefits of leveraging mobile learning services on cloud. Mobile cloud computing induces innumerable benefits and overcomes the technical limitations of mobile learning.

Is M-Learning a Challenge?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Far Abid Hossain ◽  
Xu Shan ◽  
Mohammad Nurunnabi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Over the last few years, students' learning methods have changed considerably from traditional techniques to e-learning and m-learning. Indeed, mobile learning (m-learning) is a technology that has advanced quickly without creating any limitations on time and place, to deliver electronic learning (e-learning) with the use of personal electronics. Studies that emphasize the use of m-learning in educational institutions are surfacing. This study looks at the advanced techniques of m-learning and examines students' attitudes toward the use and implementation of m-learning techniques for the sustainability of learning. The results are based on a survey conducted with 253 students at various universities in terms of their attitudes toward and perceptions of m-learning techniques as a supplement to traditional learning methods. This study followed and checked the academic details of each student to ascertain the impact of m-learning techniques. The findings suggest that it is essential to design m-learning so that the material to be taught inside and outside the classroom is known.

scholarly journals Implementation of Mobile Entrepreneurial Learning in the Context of Flexible Integration of Traditions and Innovations

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
Vusala Teymurova ◽  
Matanat Abdalova ◽  
Saida Babayeva ◽  
Vafa Huseynova ◽  
Elshan Mammadov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Flexible Integration ◽  
The Republic

The study considers the issue of integrating traditions and principles of mobile learning in entrepreneurship education. The purpose of the research is to study the level of implementation of mobile learning methods in higher education through the example of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The study involves a survey of 99 teachers from 5 universities. The survey results confirmed that both external factors (primarily globalization and widespread introduction of information and communication technologies) and internal factors affect higher education. It has been shown that national traditions do not contradict the best practices of entrepreneurship education and are successfully integrated into mobile learning practices. The level of integration of advanced trends in the transformation of education in the practice of mobile learning has been highly assessed by the teachers (3.44 out of 5 points on the Likert scale). The benefit of mobile learning for implementing the identified advanced trends (3.44 - 4.84 on the Likert scale) has also been highly praised. For example, respect for elders by age, experience, rank; practical focus; comprehensive assessment; rationality; involvement of each family member in hard work are supported by advanced learning methods, including the involvement of skilled lecturers, the increased importance of practical tasks, the use of project approach and startups; the use of mobile applications to assess knowledge; personalization of classes; the introduction of distance learning, etc. Flexible integration of national traditions and innovations can become a competitive advantage of the university and the education system; it is also being successfully implemented in mobile learning. A model for the formation of entrepreneurial competence in students based on the use of mobile applications along with cloud services that takes into account the flexible integration of traditions and innovation has been developed.

scholarly journals On the Design of Efficient Hierarchic Architecture for Software Defined Vehicular Networks

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1400
Author(s):  
Muhammad Adnan ◽  
Jawaid Iqbal ◽  
Abdul Waheed ◽  
Noor Ul Amin ◽  
Mahdi Zareei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Vehicular Networks ◽  
Scheduling Algorithm ◽  
Main Research ◽  
First Come First Serve ◽  
Computing Framework ◽  
Simulation Results

Modern vehicles are equipped with various sensors, onboard units, and devices such as Application Unit (AU) that support routing and communication. In VANETs, traffic management and Quality of Service (QoS) are the main research dimensions to be considered while designing VANETs architectures. To cope with the issues of QoS faced by the VANETs, we design an efficient SDN-based architecture where we focus on the QoS of VANETs. In this paper, QoS is achieved by a priority-based scheduling algorithm in which we prioritize traffic flow messages in the safety queue and non-safety queue. In the safety queue, the messages are prioritized based on deadline and size using the New Deadline and Size of data method (NDS) with constrained location and deadline. In contrast, the non-safety queue is prioritized based on First Come First Serve (FCFS) method. For the simulation of our proposed scheduling algorithm, we use a well-known cloud computing framework CloudSim toolkit. The simulation results of safety messages show better performance than non-safety messages in terms of execution time.

Mobile Learning to Support Computational Thinking in Initial Teacher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Cornelia Connolly ◽  
Raquel Hijón-Neira ◽  
Seán Ó Grádaigh
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Subject

Research on the role of mobile learning in computational thinking is limited, and even more so in its use in initial teacher education. Aligned to this there is a need to consider how to introduce and expose pre-service teachers to computational thinking constructs within the context of the subject area they will teach in their future classrooms. This paper outlines a quasi-experimental study to examine the role of mobile learning in facilitating computational thinking development amongst pre-service teachers in initial teacher education. The study enquires if there are significant differences in grades achieved in computational thinking and programming learning when mobile learning is introduced. Findings showed and reaffirmed the positive influence of the mobile applications on the development of computational thinking amongst the pre-service teachers who participated.

scholarly journals 3D AutoSysLab Prototype - A Social, Immersive and Mixed Reality Approach for Collaborative Learning Environments

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederico Menine Schaf ◽  
Suenoni Paladini ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
3D Virtual Worlds ◽  
Great Acceptance

<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Recent evolutions of social networks, virtual environments, Web technologies and 3D virtual worlds motivate the adoption of new technologies in education, opening successive innovative possibilities. These technologies (or tools) can be employed in distance education scenarios, or can also enhance traditional learning-teaching (blended or hybrid learning scenario). It is known and a wide advocated issue that laboratory practice is essential to technical education, foremost in engineering. In order to develop a feasible implementation to this research area, a prototype was developed, called 3DAutoSysLab, in which a metaverse is used as social collaborative interface, experiments (real or simulated) are linked to virtual objects, learning objects are displayed as interactive medias, and guiding/feedback are supported via an autonomous tutoring system based on user's interaction data mining. This prototype is under test, but preliminary applied results indicate great acceptance and increase of motivation of students.</span></span></span>

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