The development of a Mobile Communities Application

The study describes the development of the mobile extensions of a virtual system community, result of the cooperation between the Laboratory of Maieutics of the University of Trento and the Institute of Advanced Management System Research (IAMSR), Åbo Akademi, Turku (Finland). The objective of the c...

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Main Authors: Luigi Colazzo, Andrea Molinari, Nicola Villa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Italian e-Learning Association 2009-12-01
Series:Je-LKS: Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society
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Online Access:https://www.je-lks.org/ojs/index.php/Je-LKS_EN/article/view/214
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description The study describes the development of the mobile extensions of a virtual system community, result of the cooperation between the Laboratory of Maieutics of the University of Trento and the Institute of Advanced Management System Research (IAMSR), Åbo Akademi, Turku (Finland). The objective of the cooperation was to create mobile modules for the virtual communities platform, equipped with e-learning services, specifc instruments for online collaboration as well as services typical of web 2.0. The resulting platform, called MobiC (Mobile Community), was released at the beginning of 2009 and is now being tested and extended to various felds, among which to life-long learning projects in which our research group is involved.
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spelling doaj.art-3172bc3cc90c4fc7a19a6594df66bf1d2022-12-22T03:37:13ZengItalian e-Learning AssociationJe-LKS: Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society1826-62231971-88292009-12-015310.20368/1971-8829/357The development of a Mobile Communities ApplicationLuigi ColazzoAndrea MolinariNicola VillaThe study describes the development of the mobile extensions of a virtual system community, result of the cooperation between the Laboratory of Maieutics of the University of Trento and the Institute of Advanced Management System Research (IAMSR), Åbo Akademi, Turku (Finland). The objective of the cooperation was to create mobile modules for the virtual communities platform, equipped with e-learning services, specifc instruments for online collaboration as well as services typical of web 2.0. The resulting platform, called MobiC (Mobile Community), was released at the beginning of 2009 and is now being tested and extended to various felds, among which to life-long learning projects in which our research group is involved.https://www.je-lks.org/ojs/index.php/Je-LKS_EN/article/view/214Mobile learningVirtual communitiesie-learninglife-long learningWeb 2.0
spellingShingle Luigi Colazzo
Andrea Molinari
Nicola Villa
The development of a Mobile Communities Application
Je-LKS: Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society
Mobile learning
Virtual communitiesi
e-learning
life-long learning
Web 2.0
title The development of a Mobile Communities Application
title_full The development of a Mobile Communities Application
title_fullStr The development of a Mobile Communities Application
title_full_unstemmed The development of a Mobile Communities Application
title_short The development of a Mobile Communities Application
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topic Mobile learning
Virtual communitiesi
e-learning
life-long learning
Web 2.0
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