Supporting Mobile and Nomadic Learning

This paper presents three efforts to support children engaged in mobile and nomadic learning both in and out of the classroom. The HyConExplorer is a mobile, context-aware hypermedia system developed to help pupils access and produce digital content during project work in the field. The eBag is the equivalent of an electronic school bag and provides pupils access to their digital materials through large public displays. Seamless proximity based login to the eBag is handled by a Bluetooth sensory system monitoring the children’s mobile phones. Finally, we present PP2P, a peer-to-peer framework for mobile devices to discover and utilize other (stationary) devices in the user’s surroundings while mediating a feeling of direct and concrete interaction between the communicating appliances.