Intelligent Mobile Cloud Education: Smart Anytime-Anywhere Learning for the Next Generation Campus Environment

Abstract

Learning has evolved significantly, creating several challenges for the traditional educational system. This paradigm shift in education is imminent and has since gathered a great deal of interest in recent years, as an attempt to bridge the technological gap in the educational sector. Under EBTIC's international iCampus (intelligent campus) initiative [1], this paper examines mobile cloud-education -- a novel cutting-edge research in the area of intelligent learning, based on the design, development and testing of a mobile cloud learning system. This system can provide smart anytime-anywhere learning that is customised and adapted to individuals, and delivered via personal portables devices. A preliminary testing of the system reveals its effectiveness in supporting teaching and learning in an intelligent campus environment.