Investigating RFID Enabled Devices in Smart Electronic Learning Environments

• Main Authors: Mohamed Soliman, Sghaier Guizani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE) 2010-01-01
• Series: International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies
• Subjects: ple; mobile; learning; rfid; smart; spaces
• Online Access: http://online-journals.org/i-jim/article/view/1139

For e-learning systems to be successful, proper understanding of the learner is crucial. This can be done with the use of learners’ profiles. However, there is a need for the availability of such information for mobile learning environments to make it available when the learner roams between different spaces. This paper investigates the application of RFID technologies for this use. We suggest using new advancements in RFID technologies with smart tags to identify and extract learners’ data/profile in the move. Furthermore, the learner will be carrying this data for better learning interoperability in smart spaces. New interesting educational scenarios are becoming available to provide context-awareness for the educational process. The tradeoffs between the availability of further information and privacy are discussed.