mLab: handheld assisted laboratory

This paper explores the potential of an m-learning environment by introducing the concept of mLab, a remote laboratory environment accessible through the use of handheld devices. We are aiming to enhance the existing e-learning platform and internet-assisted laboratory settings, where students are offered in-depth tutoring, by providing compact tuition and tools for controlling simulations that are made available to learners via handheld devices. In this way, students are empowered by having access totheir simulations from any place and at any time

3D Mobile Virtual Reality Simulations and Animations using Common Modern Displays

Recent developments in information and communication technology, along with advanced displaying techniques and high computational performance open up new visualisation methods to both scientists and lecturers. Thus simulations of complex processes [1] can be computed and visualised in image sequences. The particular idea in our approach is the outsourcing of computationally intensive calculations to servers which then send the results back to mobile users. In order to improve interpretations of the visualised results, users can view them in a 3D-perspective or stereoscopically, given the technical requirements. Today’s technology even permits to view these visualisations on a mobile phone. An example for such a computationally intensive calculation originating from the theory of relativity is depicted in Figure 4.1-1.Die Autoren haben im Rahmen des Optik-Kongresses „Frontiers in Optics“, der diesjährig in Rochester-New York stattfand, eine Lösung vorgestellt, die es ermöglicht, virtuelle Realität auf mobilen Endgeräten darzustellen

Mobile Learning a new Paradigm of e-Learning in Optics and Photonics

The developed solution enables the presentation of animations and 3D virtual reality (VR) on mobile devices and is well suited for mobile learning, thus creating new possibilities in the area of e-learning worldwide. Difficult relations in physics as well as intricate experiments in optics can be visualised on mobile devices without need for a personal computer

Virtual-Reality-Darstellung elektromagnetischer Felder in dreidimensionalen Mikrowellenstrukturen

Untersuchungen haben gezeigt, daß der Mensch ein Vielfaches an Informationen in Form von visuellen Eindrücken, im Gegensatz zur textuellen Darstellung, verarbeiten kann. Mit Hilfe des numerischen Feld-Simulationsprogramms F3D können Mikrowellenstrukturen auf die Wechselwirkung mit elektromagnetischen Feldern untersucht werden. Das Programm F3D2VRML stellt die Ergebnisse in einer dreidimensionalen Virtual-Reality-Darstellung (VR) dar. Damit ist es dem Betrachter möglich, mehr Informationen aufzunehmen, da die Informationen mit Formen und Farben im dreidimensionalen Raum visualisiert werden

Designing a 3D User Interface for a Flashcard System with Android

Flashcards are a well known and proven method to learn and memorise. Such a way of learning is perfectly suited for “learning on the way,” but carrying all the flashcards could be awkward. In this scenario, a mobile device (mobile phone) is an adequate solution. The new mobile device operating system Android from Google allows for writing multimedia-enriched applications

Mobile learning a new Paradigm of e-Learning in Optics and Photonics

The developed solution enables the presentation of animations and 3D virtual reality (VR) on mobile devices and is well suited for mobile learning, thus creating new possibilities in the area of e-learning worldwide. Difficult relations in physics as well as intricate experiments in optics can be visualised on mobile devices without need for a personal computer

Collaborative language learning as a device independent application

“Today’s network landscape consists of quite different network technologies, wide range of end-devices with large scale of capabilities and power, and immense quantity of information and data represented in different formats” [9]. A lot of efforts are being done in order to establish open, scalable and seamless integration of various technologies and content presentation for different devices including mobile considering individual situation of the end user. This is very difficult because various kinds of devices used by different users or in different times/parallel by the same user which is not predictable and have to be recognized by the system in order to know device capabilities. Not only the devices but also Content and User Interfaces are big issues because they could include different kinds of data format like text, image, audio, video, 3D Virtual Reality data and upcoming other formats. Language Learning Game (LLG) is such an example of a device independent application where different kinds of devices and data formats, as a content of a flashcard is used for a collaborative learning. The idea of this game is to create a short story in a foreign language by using mobile devices. The story is developed by a group of participants by exchanging sentences/data via a flashcard system. This way the participants can learn from each other by knowledge sharing without fear of making mistakes because the group members are anonymous. Moreover they do not need a constant support from a teacher

<title>Perspectives of mobile learning in optics and photonics</title>

Mobile learning (m-learning) can be considered as a new paradigm of e-learning. The developed solution enables the presentation of animations and 3D virtual reality (VR) on mobile devices and is well suited for mobile learning. Difficult relations in physics as well as intricate experiments in optics can be visualised on mobile devices without need for a personal computer. By outsourcing the computational power to a server, the coverage is worldwide