JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(9): 1543-1554, doi: 10.3217/jucs-011-09-1543
A System to Support Asynchronous Collaborative Learning Tasks Using PDAs
expand article infoAna I. Molina‡, Miguel A. Redondo§, Manuel Ortega Cantero|
‡ University of Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain§ La Mancha University, Castilla, Spain| Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain

Corresponding author: Ana Molina ( anaisabel.molina@uclm.es )

© Ana Molina, Miguel Redondo, Manuel Ortega Cantero.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Molina AI, Redondo MA, Ortega Cantero M (2005) A System to Support Asynchronous Collaborative Learning Tasks Using PDAs. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(9): 1543-1554. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-011-09-1543
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Abstract
Some tasks supported by educative and collaborative tools can be more realistic and accessible if they are tackled using mobile devices. This approach allows students to benefit from the mobility features of this kind of devices, which are expected to revolutionize teaching in the next decade. In this paper we present an application called DomoSim-Mob to carry out practical activities of domotical design using PDAs. We introduce the task of collaborative planning of design which is supported by DomoSim-Mob and describe its materialization starting from the user tasks supported by the previous desktop computer version.
Keywords
PDA, computer-supported collaborative learning, mobile computing, domotics