MeMiMo: Data Portability and Media Migration for the Mobile Internet
Project description
The aim of this project is to explore and implement a number of collaborative web applications related to data portability, media migration and reusability of information in educational contexts. A robust web platform will be developed and implemented in order to illustrate the potential benefits of re-using media, visualizing content in context and merging the wired Internet with the wireless world. This work will be carried out within the framework of our going efforts while developing collaborative web applications and educational mobile services to support learning and teaching in K-12 schools in the South East of Sweden (Kronoberg, Kalmar and Blekinge region). Upon completion, the resulting web applications from our project could be used by many students and teachers from K-12 schools across Sweden that are producing their own mobile multimedia content and would like to share it with others.
Why does it matter
The wide spread of mobile devices with Internet capabilities is contributing to the rapid expansion of the wireless Internet. This latest development brings new opportunities for the implementation of a wide range of new mobile services, as well as new roles when it comes to information providers and information consumers. New patterns of interaction have developed regarding how people use mobile devices and services. The latest have the potential to improve the quality of these services by allowing users to provide valuable feedback to information providers. During the last couple of years, it has become even possible for mobile users to have an important role in the process of generating multimedia content. XML seems to be one of the most powerful technologies to deal with data portability and media migration, two key technical concepts that are raising a major concern among web developers.
Partners and funding sources
SE:s Internetfond
Results
The purpose of our project will target the possibilities to implement innovative ways of integration of mobile devices in educational activities. This would be able by improving the data migration and communication between Internet and mobile devices. Special interest will be put on support of different data types and their proper conversion to accommodate the limitations of mobile devices.
The result of this applied research will be a working prototype that can be used in regular curricula in different schools and universities in indoor and outdoor activities.In general we hope that this system will provide a generic framework for developing innovative services and content deliverable in mobile devices primarily used in learning environments.
Methodology
Development for a heterogeneous device environment is significantly more complex and requires more time and testing. A structured process based on selection of standards-based content and the ability to transcode this from one common base of content to multiple formats to be delivered using both, the wired and wireless internet could greatly decrease development time and allow for broader scale deployments with multiple delivery devices for multiple audiences.
The acceptance of HTML and XML has been the catalyst for the rapid acceptance and global websphere. The standards and processes that different organizations and enterprises utilized for the World Wide Web can be further developed and applied to heterogeneous device environment. This project takes a step towards helping to develop and raise the questions within the research and development community with concrete examples.
Digital content available via the WWW is now days one of the main resources of information provision. Contextualization of Internet content can be managed not only by making those content available to heterogeneous device environments but also by linking that content more closely to users’ environment and activities. In this project, we will explore the use of heterogeneous device environments and content adaptation, as ways for increasing relevance of Internet content.
Next steps
The key innovations resulting from the proposed project stem from the extension of the existing model as applied research into allow multiple devices with Internet access to function together as an ensemble in a heterogeneous device environment. We will also cross-matrix this into several audience contexts to insure that we have a viable approach for the broadest user population. Creating this heterogeneous device environment that enables the audience to seamlessly be producers of media across devices and environments that provide contextual awareness provides a set of new powerful tools that empower collaboration that is not constrained by the wired
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