GlobalEdu

Abstract

The application of ubiquitous technologies in the improvement of education strategies is called Ubiquitous Learning. The essence of Ubiquitous Learning is to realize which information can be presented throughout the learners’ daily tasks, in different forms and places, and to link this data with the learners’ educational process. Ubiquitous Learning can be used to support and stimulate K-20 education. It is independent of age, and it does not use any teacher-centered method. Ubiquitous learning stimulates the lifelong education through a strategy of self-directed learning. This scenario is attractive, but is not easily implemented. The authors have worked in a model to support it, called GlobalEdu. This chapter describes the model and its integration with two ubiquitous middleware projects: ISAM and LOCAL. They created a system prototype and applied it in two practical scenarios. In those cases, the system is positively evaluated, and the initial results attest to the system’s usefulness.