Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service

In this paper the author describes issues regarding practical considerations and implementation issues associated with utilising mobile technology for ePortfolios. An alternative to purely Web-based mobile ePortfolio service provision is discussed where ePortfolio data can be harvested without being...

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Main Author: Johnson, D
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Published: European Institute for E−Learning 2006
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description In this paper the author describes issues regarding practical considerations and implementation issues associated with utilising mobile technology for ePortfolios. An alternative to purely Web-based mobile ePortfolio service provision is discussed where ePortfolio data can be harvested without being connected to the Internet. A user can add harvested data to their Web-based portfolio when the user deems convenient, enabling ePortfolio activity to occur anywhere at anytime. GPRS and 3G services that provide mobile Internet access can also be avoided to reduce the cost of using mobile ePortfolio solutions. This is achieved through synchronisation of data gathered on a mobile device with a Web-based ePortfolio service by means of a desktop PC service bridge. A prototype implementation, Mobifolio, is presented and future developments described.
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spelling oxford-uuid:7b8fe247-7bf0-49ed-b038-a9f162b9f7832022-03-26T20:51:26ZOmnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation ServiceConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:7b8fe247-7bf0-49ed-b038-a9f162b9f783Department of Computer ScienceEuropean Institute for E−Learning2006Johnson, DIn this paper the author describes issues regarding practical considerations and implementation issues associated with utilising mobile technology for ePortfolios. An alternative to purely Web-based mobile ePortfolio service provision is discussed where ePortfolio data can be harvested without being connected to the Internet. A user can add harvested data to their Web-based portfolio when the user deems convenient, enabling ePortfolio activity to occur anywhere at anytime. GPRS and 3G services that provide mobile Internet access can also be avoided to reduce the cost of using mobile ePortfolio solutions. This is achieved through synchronisation of data gathered on a mobile device with a Web-based ePortfolio service by means of a desktop PC service bridge. A prototype implementation, Mobifolio, is presented and future developments described.
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Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service
title Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service
title_full Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service
title_fullStr Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service
title_full_unstemmed Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service
title_short Omnipresent ePortfolio Activity Enabled by a Mobile Applet and Synchronisation Service
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