A Design of Grid Supported Services for Mobile Learning System

Abstract

Handheld devices such as mobile phone and PDA have become widespread in every areas of life. In higher education context, these devices can be transformed into mobile learning tools which students can use to download and study learning materials anytime and anywhere. MAVGRID is designed as a system that support ubiquitous learning environment or m-Learning (Mobile Learning) environment. It uses Grid and Web Service as underlying technologies to provide efficient processing, distribution and sharing of large digital contents such as pictures, ebooks audios and videos. This paper discusses the proposed design of MAVGRID by using Convert AVI use case to explain how these technologies can be integrated to implement a system that supports m-Learning environment.