A Suitable m-Learning System using e-Book for Developing Countries

被引:2
作者
Hori, Masumi [1 ]
Ono, Seishi [1 ]
Yamaji, Kazutsuna [2 ]
Kobayashi, Shinzo [3 ]
Kita, Toshihiro [4 ]
Yamada, Tsuneo [5 ]
机构
[1] TIES, INPO CCC, 7-1-1 Tezukayama, Nara, Nara, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Informat, Chiyoda Ku, 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Tokyo, Japan
[3] SmileNC & Co, 2-3-20 Higashimizuhodai, Fujimi, Gunma, Japan
[4] Kumamoto Univ, 2-40-1 Kurokami Chuo Ku, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
[5] Open Univ Japan, Mihama Ku, 2-11 Wakaba, Chiba, Japan
来源
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SUPPORTED EDUCATION, VOL 2 (CSEDU) | 2016年
关键词
Open Education; Large Scale Online Courses; e-Books; LMS; MOOCs;
D O I
10.5220/0005880104080415
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
While large scale online courses such as MOOCs are popular in developed countries, their dissemination is difficult in developing countries due to the existing challenges faced by the digital divide such as poverty, internet accessibility, and the low PC ownership ratio. A learning platform for mobile learning was developed for developing countries where people often have no access to the Internet. The platform is called creative higher education with learning objects (CHiLO) and was developed with the aim of solving the problem. As a demonstration experiment, we distributed CHiLO books of the NSA1 series in about one year (from April 2014 to March 2015), 47% of over 20,000 downloaded books were from developing countries. Our experimental results in Japan have indicated the potential effectiveness of CHiLO for developing countries.
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页码:408 / 415
页数:8
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