RFID-Based Ubiquitous Learning Environment for School Students

Abstract

In recent years, with the advancements in mobile, wireless and radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, invisible computers are embedded in one ' s life and working environment, and also with the growing of home internet appliances and wide use of RFID tags, it will be possible to realize the intelligence exchange with surrounding matters. When these technologies are used in educational settings, new learning opportunities arise, but new issues also emerge, and one of the issues is how learning can be managed across contexts such as home and school. In this paper we propose a Ubiquitous Learning Environment with Educational Resources (ULEER) based on ubiquitous computing, RFID and the Internet to assist school students to improve their learning effect. With using the ULEER, students can learn at any time, any where. And the ULEER also provides suitable learning support to help the students focus on the learning behaviors by collecting the data regarding their behaviors. Also, we present a validation scenario application, which includes a series of learning activities.