Enhancing learning experiences through context-aware collaborative services: Software architecture and prototype system

Proceedings - Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Wireless, Mobile and Ubiquitous Technology in Education, WMUTE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 50-57

  Dimakis, Nikolaos ^a   Polymenakos, Lazaros ^a   Soldatos, John ^a  

^a ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT-AWARE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE ARCHITECTURE;

E-LEARNING; MIDDLEWARE; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 38949133357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WMTE.2006.261345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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