On Webcasting to Mobile Devices: Reusing Web & Video Content for Pervasive E-Learning

Abstract

One of the biggest concerns in e-learning is the development of suitable content. To reuse standard Webcast content for mobile phones and smartphones we have designed and tested a content adaptation system that enables the presentation & reuse of Webcast multimedia content for resource limited mobile terminals. In particular, our system approach the limitations related to small screen displays. The presented system has been integrated and tested in real terminals using diverse bitrates and resolutions, and we have carried out a subjective evaluation of its capabilities through a group of students