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TIO – a Software Toolset for Mobile Learning
in MINT Disciplines
Daniel Sitzmann1, Dietmar P.F. Möller1, Karsten Becker2 and Harald Richter3
1
University of Hamburg, MIN Faculty, FB Informatik, AB TIS, Building F,
Vogt-Kölln-Str. 30, 22527 Hamburg, Germany
{sitzmann, dmoeller}@informatik.uni-hamburg.de
2
Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology, Institute of Computer Technology,
Schwarzenbergstr. 95E, 21071 Hamburg, Germany
k.becker@tuhh.de
3
Clausthal University of Technology, Arnold-Sommerfeld-Str. 1, 38678 Clausthal, Germany
richter@tu-clausthal.de
Abstract. A web-based tool-set called TIO was created for mobile learning
with emphasis on study courses in mathematics, informatics, natural sciences
and technology (MINT). Mobile learning is a variant of E-learning which is
based on mobile user devices with Internet access. It was tested for numerous
software and hardware configurations users may have and proved to be techni-
cally working. TIO consists of a modified version of the open-source E-learning
system ILIAS and a tool set. The experience with TIO was that mobile learning
is useful for MINT subjects provided that numerous end user devices are sup-
ported and several text systems as well. We found that mobile learning is espe-
cially useful for professionals because they can learn in their free times in a
flexible way. Finally, we found that an emotional component should be existent
to make mobile learning more lasting.
Keywords. Mobile learning tool, MINT, single-source publication, social me-
dia
Key terms. KnowledgeEvolution, KnowledgeManagementMethodology, Di-
dactics, KnowledgeManagementProcess, ICTInfrastructure
1 Introduction
Mobile learning or M-learning is a new form of E-Learning. Mobile learning means
that pupils, students, or professionals are learning via mobile devices such as note-
books, E-books, handhelds, PDAs, smartphones, tablet PCs, iPads, iPods or gaming
consoles. The term MINT stands for mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and
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technology. The combination of both, i.e. the application of M-learning in MINT
subjects is not yet found in literature but addressed in this paper. Because there is no
software that supports M-learning for MINT subjects, it had to be developed. The
scientific questions of this project are: how should a tool-set look like that optimally
supports M-learning for MINT subjects, and what are the benefits and disadvantages
of teaching MINT subjects by means of M-learning in general. The latter question
will be answered in the future because TIO can be used for a subsequent pedagogical
evaluation of the effect and the adoption of M-learning in MINT subjects. It is the
technical basis and thus a prerequisite for assessing the benefits and disadvantages.
The first research question will be answered in the following because tool-set called
“Technical Informatics Online” (TIO) is presented which is a software platform for
computer-aided distance learning that is web-based and that has an emphasis on
MINT disciplines and on mobile learning. TIO is a front-end for authors of teaching
material, and at the same time it is a user interface for learners. It provides for both
groups spatial and temporal flexibility in creating content and in consuming it.
Basically, TIO is for the editing of teaching material, its distribution to various
mobile end-user devices, for managing study courses, and for learning these course
materials. TIO supports so-called single source publishing and serves as a social me-
dia for its users in order to make learning a deeper and thus longer-lasting experience.
Single source publishing allows to create, to maintain, to retrieve and to deliver the
very same content for many heterogeneous end user devices while it is stored only
one time in one file. In order to achieve this, a TIO-internal XML-based data structure
called “xml4tio” was defined that can be converted by TIO tools into various output
formats which optimally support the respective end user device. Because these de-
vices are very different in their capabilities, several presentation formats must be gen-
erated out of the same source file, depending on the user's preferences and device
type.
TIO is based on a modified version of the open-source software ILIAS and of a
TIO web application called TIOWA. It provides for numerous E-learning features,
including chat rooms, multiple-choice tests, and for the management of the teaching
content, the learning courses as a whole and their users.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows: chapter 2 describes the state-of-the-
art in M-learning, single source publishing and social. In chapter 3, An overview de-
scription of TIO is given that explains its software components and used technologies.
In chapter 4, the technical set-up of TIO is explained by means of block diagrams and
xml data structures in more detail. Also the made extensions to ILIAS are described
briefly here. In chapter 5, a report about field tests of the tool-set is given. The paper
ends with a conclusion, an outlook to future work and a reference list.
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2 State-of-the-Art
2.1 M-Learning
M-learning is a modification of E-learning for the purpose of distance education and
blended learning based on mobile end-user devices. An overview on M-learning can
be found in [4], [5], [6] and [7]. Blended learning means that customers must show-up
in a classroom for a fraction of about 20% of their time and are not allowed to study
completely from remote.
In theory, M-learning has several advantages: First, mobile devices are already
widespread. Thus, no or little investment is needed for the user compared to a desktop
PC. This is important for many young clients and for customers from developing
countries. Second, mobile devices reflect the life style of the generation of ´digital
natives‘ [8]. Thus the potential acceptance and use of M-learning may be higher than
for classical learning styles. Third, mobile devices help professionals to consume
content on top of their working hours for the purpose of life-long learning because of
the access flexibility they get. They can use free time slots while travelling between
work and home for learning, or weekends and holidays in a very flexible way. Fourth,
Internet access allows quicker distribution of content and for significant lower media
costs compared to all other distribution ways that are based on paper. Fifth, if the
sensors of the end-user device such as the GPS position, the tilt- and acceleration-
meters are engaged then learning can adapt dynamically to the current location and
situation of the learner.
In practice, M-learning faces several problems: First, small screen and key sizes
hamper its applicability in all cases except of notebooks. As a consequence, a sophis-
ticated layout and formatting of teaching material becomes less important because
such formats may not be displayed. Additionally, limited user input must be tolerated
because of keyboard restrictions. Second, a rel. slow Internet access and a limited
battery life of the user device must be taken into account. Third, heterogeneous hard-
ware and operating systems with no or small hard disks are common. Mobile devices
have more options with respect to CPUs, RAM size, displays and operating systems
compared to desktop PCs. This makes it very difficult to present and use teaching
content equally on all devices.
Numerous E-learning platforms are already in usage. An overview can be found in
[9], for example. However, most of them are intended for use on desktop PCs and not
for mobile devices. Furthermore, their features for presenting technical content with
formulas for visualization of simulation results and for access to remote laboratories
is mostly limited. Finally, Internet access via mobile devices is not explicitly sup-
ported. TIO addresses these problems and supports text types that occur frequently in
MINT subjects.
2.2 Single Source Publishing
Single source publishing means that one internal storage format is used out of which
diverse customer outputs can be created, such as html with various cascaded style
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sheets and pdf. By single source publishing, a simpler updating process of content is
possible that allows to reuse the same teaching material for many devices and in vari-
ous contexts.
Traditionally, single source publishing is implemented by a 1:1 correlation be-
tween chapter and character formats in the source texts and, for example, the gener-
ated html code for the user. Additionally, source texts may be augmented with tags
and comments that give meta information about the text. From this semantic data,
converters can create automatically various output formats, provided that sufficient
meta data exists.
TIO uses a combination of both. First, it converts teaching materials that is format-
ted in a traditional way by chapters, sub chapters and emphasizes such as underline,
italic and bold into the common intermediate storage structure xml4tio. Subsequently,
it converts xml4tio into the needed user formats. Finally, it uses ILIAS and a self-
developed web application called TIOWA to disseminate the requested content in the
desired format via mobile Internet.
2.3 Social Media/Web 2.0
Social Media is a generalization of the term web 2.0. It denotes that users are not only
consumers of content via download but also producers via upload. It denotes further-
more that users are interacting with each other in the web. Examples of popular social
network services are Facebook, twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia. TIO strives to be a
social media for distant learning in the MINT disciplines in order to make learning a
deeper experience because the distinction between learning and leisure are more
flexible then, and because learning gets hereby an emotional component that exists
also in a classroom but not in a computer system.
3 Description of TIO
TIO combines E-learning via the Internet with mobile communication. It allows thus
for learning from anywhere and at any time. TIO is focused but not limited to mobile
user devices. It can be used also with desktop computers. Content creation can be
accomplished by authors via the commercial text system “Adobe Frame Maker” [1] if
technical manuscripts have to be written. A TIO tool converts these Frame Maker
texts in xml4tio. If the editing of mathematical texts is required then a self-developed
tool called LearnDSL (Learn Domain Specific Language) can be used for the conven-
ient writing of formulas in a style similar to LaTeX but more user-friendly. LearnDSL
converts mathematical texts into xml4tio. Finally, Open Office Writer [2] is supported
by TIO for all other use-cases. A macro-based converter transforms Open Office texts
again in xml4tio.
TIO is based on the wide-spread ILIAS E-learning platform [3] for which several
adaptions and extensions were developed. ILIAS implies PHP [10] as programming
language and SCORM [11] as a content format. TIOWA in turn allows to upload
teaching material and to convert it from xml4tio into SCORM and html. TIOWA uses
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Ajax [12] which provides for the students to interact with TIO as if it were a local
application running on his hand-held device. Ajax employs several technologies such
as Javascript [13], XML [14], HTML5 [15] and CSS3 [16]. An important part of
TIOWA are several converters which are based on XSLT [17]. In principle, TIOWA
and ILIAS could even be used independently from each other for the creation, storing
and dissemination of teaching material. For example, TIOWA could also be con-
nected to other learn management systems such as Moodle [24].
Aims and Features. Our extensions to ILIAS provide for the following features:
First, authors can create teaching material in that text system that is preferable for
them and their content. After content creation, support for an automated conversion
into the intermediate xml4tio file format is provided by TIO. Xml4tio is an xml
schema definition that is used to store content on a TIO server [25].
Second, formatting instructions stored in xml4tio is reduced to a minimum because
small screens can not display sophisticated presentations that were created in Power
Point, for example, in a satisfactory manner.
Third, the use of the common storage format has the potential for easier access and
for better maintaining a large amount of teaching material, as it is needed for a Bache-
lor or Master courses, for example.
Fourth, TIO supports multiple end-user devices and operating systems by engaging
browsers as the only needed software at the end-user device.
Fifth, TIO supports the learning process not only for full time students, but also for
part time customers, together with training on the job for life-long learning of profes-
sionals. Therefore, it can be used by universities and enterprises.
Sixth, the teaching material is structured by TIO into ‘learn objects‘ which can be
compared to book chapters but may contain audio, video, text, graphics, formulas,
visualization of simulation and access to remote laboratories, as well as exercises and
multiple choice tests for each topic.
Seventh, TIO can administer a large number of students as customers and a large
number of courses as well because it uses ILIAS which has proven to be a reliable
system.
Eighth, most of the TIO portals are multilingual, currently in German and English,
which gives also a transnational aspect.
4 TIO Set-up
TIO‘s set-up is based on three (virtual) servers, one for authors, one for students, and
one for backup (Error! Reference source not found.).
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Fig. 1. General hardware setup of TIO
All servers use UBUNTU Linux. On the author‘s server, our TIOWA web application
is the main software component, together with several converters between storage
formats. TIOWA is the frame in which authors create, maintain and convert learn
objects. Additionally, a relational data base is provided that cares for authentification
and authorization of authors and system administrators, and that maintains different
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the customers server, ILIAS is the software which cares for student administration
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Fig. 2. Set-up of the customer server
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The information which student is enrolled in which course is stored in a MySQL
data base. Audio and video recordings of teaching objects and whole lectures are
stored as standard files with references to xml4tio and SCORM data structures.
SCORM and xml4tio are both based on xml. SCORM is a collection of specifications
and programming interfaces. It stores user preferences, records learning goals, logs
learn progress and describes which resources a learn object has. A resource is a set of
texts, pictures, audios, videos and URLs that is organized as a tree. Each tree resem-
bles the chapters and subchapters of a traditional lecture of 45-90 minutes and can be
augmented by meta data that describe the learn object. This meta data allows to search
for content. Furthermore, possible sequences can be specified in which students can
consume learn objects. Finally, the path through a sequence of teaching objects can be
declared as a function of the answers the user gives in multiple-choice tests. The
backup server provides for a safe operation by copying automatically data from the
author and customer servers. In the following, all described components are explained
in more detail.
4.1 The TIOWA Web Application
For content creation, management and format conversion, TIOWA was programmed
in PHP 5.4 and Javascript as a web application for the authors. It uses MySQL 5.6
[19] as data base for authors and administration, jQuery and Ajax for easier commu-
nication with the user via dynamic web pages, and an Apache web server for page
generation in HTML5 and CSS. TIOWA allows to upload content from an author‘s
computer to the TIO server, to convert it into xml4tio, to update and backup it, to
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move it to the customer server and, in the final step, to reformat the content for dis-
play, depending on the respective output device. For this purpose, TIOWA accesses
xml4tio data, author/admin data and SCORM data. From the viewpoint of xml4tio,
TIOWA is an application for single source publishing.
4.2 XML4TIO for Single Source Publishing
Xml4tio is a xml schema definition [24] and the core of TIO. For the conversion of
teaching material into xml4tio, two files and one extra folder must be created: First, a
´container.xml´ file is established that stores a description of the teaching material as
meta data. In case of B/M modules, the meta data are based on the Bologna module
description [20]. Otherwise, the author must provide an arbitrary text as abstract. Ad-
ditionally, container.xml binds together all teaching objects into lectures and all lec-
tures about the same topic into one Bologna module. Second, a ´content.xml´ file
must be created that stores the content of the Bologna module.
The first layer of the syntax tree of xml4tio comprises the xml tags module, title,
author, section and presentation unit. These tags can subsequently be specialized by
additional tags and/or attributes in more layers. Especially remarkable is for example
the ´media´ tag that can have as attribute ´picture´, ´animation´, ´applet´, ´scene3d´,
´sound´, ´video´ and ´experiment´. This offer shows the capability of TIO in media
presentations for MINT subjects.
4.3 Converters for Storing and Disseminating Teaching Material
There are converters from OO Writer, Adobe Frame Maker and LearnDSL into
xml4tio. A reverse conversion for a so-called round trip is normally not possible be-
cause nearly all character and chapter formatting instructions are deleted during the
conversion process. However, if the author limits himself in his text system on the
few formatting data that xml4tio has then he can also perform a roundtrip.
Additionally, there exists a converter for transforming xml4tio into SCORM, html5
and pdf. These formats contain less formatting information than the authors‘ original
documents.
The main difficulty the converters are facing with stems from the fact that humans
normally do not treat their lecturing materials as a formal text. This means, that beside
the used character and chapter formats, several hand-made changes exist in real-world
lectures. Such documents can not be converted. To detect these flaws, a xml4tio vali-
dator is provided that checks whether the lecture is structured according to the
xml4tio schema definition.
Conversion of Teaching Material into XML4TIO. For the LearnDSL converter,
own software in Java was written. For the OO Writer, a PHP software was created
that transform valid OO texts into xml4tio. Prerequisite for that is that a prescribed
LearnDSL and OO character and chapter format catalogue is used without any man-
ual additions or modifications. Furthermore, specific rules have to be obeyed with
respect to the structure of the teaching material.
For the Frame Maker (FM) converter, basically the same restrictions hold as for the
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Writer converter. However, no software has to be programmed as in the LearnDSL or
OO case. FM must only be set from unstructured to structured mode. Then it can di-
rectly deliver the desired xml schema. FM uses as input for this schema a so-called
Element Definition Document (EDD) file [21]. This means that the EDD let Frame
Maker know which Elements are allowed and which composition of elements are
legal. The EDD additionally prescribes how to format them elements. By means of a
proper EDD, a structured text appears to the user of FM nearly as an unstructured
text.
The EDD in turn can be created out of a so-called document type definition (DTD)
[22] in a two-step manner: first the DTD file must be manually created on basis of the
xml4tio schema definition. Then, the DTD can be imported into FM, and an EDD is
created automatically by FM.
However, the resulting EDD file must be post processed manually to define the ap-
pearance of chapter and character formats of the elements. Such format definitions are
made by templates. The manual post processing of the EDD file is also needed to
provide for so-called read/write rules which help to convert FM documents into cor-
rect xml4tio by transforming FM elements into TIO tags and attributes.
After that, the EDD file must undergo an automatic transformation by XSLT to
create proper URLs, names and paths for pictures and other multimedia content ac-
cording to the xml4tio schema definition. Therefore, an XSLT style sheet was created,
and additional EDD rules were defined that call the style sheet.
Finally, FM bundles the DTD together with the EDD that contains format tem-
plates and read/write rules into a so called structured application definition. As soon
as such a definition exists, the user can just save any structured FM document into
xml4tio by simply clicking the "save as XML" button, and the conversion is done.
Conversion of XML4TIO to SCORM Output. This converter is called
´xml4tio2scorm´. It is responsible for content presentation because the created
SCORM file contains html for a browser, together with CSS formats and links to
multimedia data such as pictures and graphics. However, the full potential SCORM
has is not needed here. Only a TIO-specific subset is used that is subsequently stored
in ZIP format in order to save (virtual) disk space. xml4tio2scorm creates a table of
content for the selected study course, its html/CSS and pdf representation and a index
for searching. This index is copied automatically as a file into the user space of ILIAS
so that students can access it.
Depending on the fact whether the target browser is located in a mobile or station-
ary device and with respect to the device‘s screen size, either the table of content is
presented simultaneously together with a video recording of the lecture and the text of
the teaching material. Or in case of small screens, only one of these three streams is
displayed, according to the user wishes. Additionally, it is taken into account that
mobile devices may have only limited bandwidth for Internet access. Because of that,
offline browsing of previously downloaded teaching material is supported, together
with pdf viewing.
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4.4 Extensions to ILIAS
The following extensions to ILIAS were made: 1.) students can highlight and com-
ment every line of the teaching material. These comments can be attributed to be ei-
ther private, visible to the public or open for discussion in a special forum. This
makes students to prosumers. 2.) students can ask the author of the teaching material
via the Internet by placing their question directly into the script at the proper line
which eases the communication between student and teacher/author significantly. 3.)
Searching in the teaching material is possible by means of an index. 4.) Fonts, font
sizes and colors can be configured individually to provide for better reception. 5.) A
table of content can be displayed that helps to get a better overview of the learning
material 6.) The SCORM output is adapted to mobile devices with individual screen
sizes.
The extensions make students into “prosumers” that contribute to their learn suc-
cess by own comments and hints in the teaching material that are visible to all others.
The improved questioning and chat room feature allows a „learning adventure“ and
makes TIO into an Internet-based social media.
5 Software Tests and Practical Experiences
For testing the software we received from Clausthal University of Technology three
virtual servers which were also administrated by them, including backup and restart in
case of system crash. On these servers, three web portals were created: 1.) A portal
under http://webadmin.ti-online.org for accessing the TIOWA web applications. This
portal is for authors and admins. 2.) A portal for general information about the TIO
project and for project protocols under http://ti-online.org. 3.) A portal for TIO stu-
dents and other customers to download learning content under http://ilias.ti-
online.org/. This portal is also for teachers to manage TIO students and courses. It is
based on a modified version of ILIAS as described. All portals are maintained by
Typo3 [23] as content management system, the last portal is in German and in English
language.
5.1 End-User Devices and Configurations
TIO was tested with the following end-user devices and configurations: 1.) desktop
PCs and notebooks with MS Windows XP/7/8 as operating systems, and with Firefox
(>V2), Internet Explorer (>V6), Opera (>V8), Chrome (>V16) and Safari (>V5) as
browsers. 2.) desktop PCs and notebooks with Ubuntu, Debian and Suse Linux to-
gether with Opera and Firefox. 3.) Apple computers with Mac OS X (>V10.6), Safari
and Firefox. 4.) Apple iPad with iOs (>V5) and diverse Android Tablets (>V4.0). 4.)
Apple iPhone (V4) and diverse Android Smartphones (>V2.0), and 5.) Blackberry
and Apple iPod. This was considered a comprehensive selection.
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5.2 Practical Experiences
In the years 2010-2013, teaching materials were created for TIO in Frame Maker,
LearnDSL and Open Office Writer. This happened for the education in Technical
Informatics, Computer Organization and Computer Networks at the Universities of
Hamburg and Clausthal. Additionally, some video recordings of the lectures, simula-
tions and animations are added to the teaching materials. After every semester, feed-
back from the students was collected in written form and evaluated. According to that,
parts of the software and the didactic presentation of the teaching material were im-
proved.
6 Conclusion and Future Work
A web-based software platform called TIO for mobile learning with emphasis on
study courses in mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology was cre-
ated. It was tested for numerous software and hardware configurations users may have
and proved to be technically working. TIO consists of a modified version of the open-
source E-learning system ILIAS and the TIO tool set. The ILIAS extensions were
made to improve its usability for mobile devices and MINT subjects. While ILIAS is
for students, TIOWA is for the authors for content creation, uploading and converting.
It stores the teaching material in a xml schema definition out of which several output
streams can be generated that depend on the end-user device and its screen size (sin-
gle-source-publishing). Teaching material can contain texts with formulas, audios and
videos, animations and visualization of simulation results. Finally, the xml4tio data
structure also allows remote access to experimental labs located in a university for
practical training. We believe that some of our implemented features will be useful
for the generation of ´digital natives´ that must prosecute life-long learning.
The general experience is that mobile learning is useful for MINT subjects pro-
vided that diverse end user devices are supported because they differ a lot in their
capabilities. Furthermore, it proved to be important to support various text systems
such as Frame Maker, Open Office Writer and a variant of LaTeX because otherwise
not enough authors can be found to develop teaching material. Furthermore, we found
that mobile learning is especially useful for professionals because they can learn now
in a flexible way in empty times slots such on train trips between work and home.
Finally, an emotional component should be existent in mobile learning that makes it a
deeper and more lasting. Thus chat rooms and other features with which clients can
communicate with each other in the style of a social media were integrated. As a rec-
ommendation, we suggest to combine mobile learning with classroom presence of
approx. 10% of the study time to make the emotional component optimal.
In the future, TIO must be approbated, tested and checked in practice over a longer
period of time. Therefore, it will be used for online teaching a Master course in Tech-
nical Informatics and for training and certifying of professionals for the purpose of
life-long learning. These real-world applications will allow to conduct a pedagogical
evaluation of the benefits and disadvantages of M-learning for MINT subjects. From
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that experience, recommendations can be given to teachers and organizations about
M-learning in general. The TIO tool-set is the technical prerequisite for that.
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22. Document Type Definition, http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FrameMaker/8.0/help.html?
content=Chap2-FrameMaker-Basics_098.html
23. Typo3 - The Enterprise Open Source CMS, http://typo3.org/
24. Moodle - https://moodle.org/
25. XML4TIO, http://www.ti-online.org/XML4TIO