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Unified Framework for Mobile Learning Technologies

A primary goal in DoD’s Training Transformation is to deliver effective knowledge or training content anywhere and at any time. Industry firms estimate that between 500 million and 600 million wireless handheld devices are sold each year worldwide. These small, personal computers are already being used as productive tools in the field. There is great potential to also deliver new mobile learning environments that allow the students to learn in context.

On the PC, there is a single architecture, one CPU family and two operating systems to worry about. In embedded devices however, the total number of different hardware/software combinations is huge. This means that supporting a solution in several devices requires a separate integration and support process. With funding from the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), ECS began developing the “Unified Framework for Mobile Learning Technologies” to allow developers to build content once and deliver it on a desktop PC, a tablet PC, a PDA and cell phone. Its standards-based architecture promotes reusability and allows for faster development times, lower development costs and increased performance on modestly powered devices. This architecture also provides a framework of standards so that future innovation may be incorporated into the application, preserving its inter-operability and portability for years into the future.

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