109 Component-based Architecture for mLearning with the xAPI
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Wednesday, June 10
Development
501
While the popularity of mLearning has been growing, supports are needed to help trainers and educators discover apps and seamlessly integrate them into their curriculum and LMSs. At the same time, developers might find it problematic to use technologies like the xAPI due to the overhead required to adopt it in their apps and LMS systems.
In this session you will explore the challenges associated with the adoption of xAPI-ready mobile apps. You will examine key limitations to mobile app discovery in app stores. You will discuss how the above problems can be addressed by adapting xAPI solutions designed to support app discovery and overcome the technological challenges of integrating apps into the curriculum delivery. You will address issues that are vital for further development of the xAPI ecosystem as well as the integration of mobile learning apps using the xAPI.
In this session, you will learn:
- To evaluate the xAPI as a new standard for mLearning
- To explore technical and logistical challenges in the integration of mobile apps in the curriculum delivery and LMS platforms
- To identify the benefits and limitations of the proposed xAPI solution from the educator’s point of view
- To extend the xAPI to support mobile app integration
- The components required to integrate mobile apps into an LMS
Audience:
Intermediate designers, developers, project managers, and managers.
Technology
discussed in this session:
Proof-of-concept platform
supporting app listing, discovery, and integration with LRS through key
exchange protocol; Android and iOS sample apps that implement the xAPI and
seamlessly integrate with an LRS.
Agnieszka Palalas
CEO
Mobi-Learning
Agnieszka Palalas is the chief executive officer of Mobi-Learning. An educator and innovator, Aga thrives on change and the opportunities it brings. For over two decades she has been exploring emerging approaches to teaching and learning as well as innovative technologies that enrich the teaching-learning relationship. She holds a doctor of education degree from Athabasca University. In her doctoral work, she concentrated on the effective design of mobile-assisted language learning solutions.
Przemyslaw Pawluk
CTO
Mobi-Learning
Przemyslaw Pawluk is a chief technology officer of Mobi-Learning. Przemyslaw tries to blend theory and practice in the areas of teaching, research, and a development. Since 2011 he has been professor in school of technology at George Brown College, teaching mobile and web development. Przemyslaw has extensive experience working as software developer, designer, and tester. His research is focused on two areas: cloud computing (as a candidate in PhD program at York University) and mobile education (as part of the work at Mobi-Learning).
