A flexible infrastructure for p-learning: A first application in the field of professional training
With the availability of nomadic computing, and its new interaction user devices connected through wireless networks, it is obvious that the traditional way of delivering e-Learning will be changed. This paper is focused on a new mode called pervasive learning which relies on the potential of new IT infrastructures able to provide dynamic adaptations of information contents and services according to various contexts. Using our previous experiences in the design and implementation of multi-channel accesses to services (mobile-Commerce or e-Learning) we are designing a new infrastructure, based on a Multi-Agent Systems, which satisfies our requirements for future p-Learning systems. Its potential is illustrated through a dedicated scenario of uses drawn from needs founded in the field of learning on demand, in the framework of a shop, contextualized for several seller situations and professional activities. The dedicated system, called a Personal Training Assistant, is supported, in interaction with a Smartspace, through our infrastructure.
multi-channels accesses pervasive-learning context-aware environments ubiquitous computing dynamic adaptation of services