this is a portfolio overview of the mobile media group at CELSTEC/Open Universiteit.

1. Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies
Mobile Media
Prof. Dr. Marcus Specht
Mobile Media for Learning, Reflection, and Personal Development
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2. Some Facts:
- 20.000 Students
- 60 Mio Budget
- 15 Study Centers
CELSTEC
- 120 fte, 7 Mio budget

3. Research Lines
• #1 Mobile Content,
Ubiquitous access to learning support and
distributed multiformat learning content.
• #2 Orchestration of Learning Support
Instructional design of nomadic and seamless
learning support.
• #3 Situated Learning Experiences:
Connect the Learning and the real World,
context-aware learning systems, sensor-based
learning support.
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4. #1 Mobile and Ubiquitous
Content Access for Learning
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5. Youtube Channel of the OU
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6. creation and management of iTunes U
channel and media workflows for the OU
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7. Content>Reflective eBooks > advanced eBook
functionalities for personalised learning
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8. Object Tagging/Augmentation to link to
content and channels to real world objects
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9. new user interfaces for collaborative
learning with multimedia content
http://vimeo.com/user753267
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10. #2 Orchestration of Learning Support
how does mobile access relate to other
ubiquitous services?
tabs, pads, boards, ambient displays
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11. Glahn, C., & Specht, M. (2010). Embedding Moodle into Ubiquitous Computing
Environments. In M. Montebello, et al. (Eds.), 9th World Conference on Mobile
and Contextual Learning. October, 19-22, 2010,Valletta, Malta.
http://hdl.handle.net/1820/2729
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12. EyeStop Nuage
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Hello.Wall
Flower
Lamp
Ambient
Umbrella
Digital
Retail
UbiGreen
Power
Aware
Cord
Orb BBC

13. Mobile/Personal/Social
Displays

14. Zimmermann, A., Lorenz, A., Specht, M. (2005). Personalization and Context-
Management. User Modeling and User Adaptive Interaction (UMUAI), Special
Issue on User Modeling in Ubiquitous Computing, (15), 275-302
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15. #3 Situated Learning Experiences:
Connect Learning
and the real World
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16. Location Filtering:
Mobile Language Learning

17. Object Annotation: ContextBlogger
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19. Medical Training and First Aid
Performance Support
Notification
Professionals
Performancesupport
Schools
Training
Public
Public Ambient
Displays
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20. Core Services
• How to learn best?
Educational and instructional design
• Implementing learning support.
Prototyping mobiles cross platform
• Return on investment?
Piloting and evaluation of new solutions,
Usability studies (mobile eyetracking)
• Process optimisation.
Content engineering and automation
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