Web services model for mobile, distance and distributed learning using service-oriented architecture

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-192

  Sharma, Sushil K ^a   Kitchens, Fred L ^a   Booker, Queen Esther ^b   Xu, Huinan ^c  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Distributed learning; Online education; Virtual learning environments; Web services; Web based education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

DISTANCE LEARNING; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING; ONLINE EDUCATION; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; WEB SERVICES; WEB-BASED EDUCATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 32644453817     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.008608     Document Type: Article

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