Service-basierte Infrastruktur für pervasive Lehr- und Lernarrangements

The increasing importance of mobility, ubiquitous IT access, and dynamic allocation of adaptable content causes more and more integration of pervasive computing technology into learning processes. This thesis analyzes the infrastructural challenges for pervasive environments in general and especially pervasive universities. Based on this analysis, the applicability of todays communication models as infrastructural basis will be assessed. Accordingly, the use of Service-oriented Architectures (SOA) will be motivated. Pervasive environments consist of components from different areas of application. As different SOA instances have been established for these areas, pervasive environments require appropriate interoperability mechanisms. This thesis introduces existing interoperability approaches. They will be discussed and assessed due to their applicability for those environments. Furthermore, a more systematic interoperability approach will be introduced and the integration of existing SOA instances into this approach wil be described as well as discussed. Results will be evaluated in University-related case studies. It will be shown, that the emerged systematic, transparency, and flexibility enriches traditional learning arrangements as well as creates new innovations for universities.