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Session 2558

Emerging M-Education Model Utilizing Wireless Internet Technologies

Leonid B. Preiser

Department of Technology and Information Systems School of Business and Technology National University 4141 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, CA 92108-4103 (619) 563-7165, fax (619) 563-7160 lpreiser@nu.edu

Introduction

This paper examines the impact of the proposed Mobile Education Model (MEM) on enhancement of educational access and academic quality in traditional university environment through implementation of emerging wireless technologies. By 2003, more than have of all Internet access will be wireless, and the number of people using wireless Web will reach over 200 million by 2005. Proposed M-Education Model represents an entirely new paradigm whereby students enrolled in the traditional classroom setting (as opposed to an online mode) would greatly benefit from an added wireless solutions infrastructure allowing them to perform many academic transactions at any time and from many places - seamlessly, interactively, and efficiently.

Fundamental Benefits of MEM

Similar to the commonly accepted in the industry E-business models of B2B (business-to- business) and B2C (business-to-customer), the applications, challenges and opportunities associated with widespread adoption of wireless networking solutions via the proposed Mobile Education Model are centered around three major MEM architectures: U2S (university-to- student), P2S (professor-to-student), and S2S (student-to-student).

The obvious benefits for the mobile users (students) in supplementing their traditional classroom mode derive from the significantly enhancing access, retrieving and reporting capabilities, response time, personalized service options, ease of use, and location/time flexibility to be supported by MEM infrastructure.

Technological advances and critical regulatory decisions have greatly increased availability of wireless communications while reducing costs. The compound annual growth rate for wireless data from 1996 through 2003 is projected to be 35 percent, and market is expected to grow to ten

Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering Education

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Preiser, L. (2002, June), Emerging M Education Model Utilizing Wireless Internet Technologies Paper presented at 2002 Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. 10.18260/1-2--10950