期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2007
卷号：4
页码：133-152
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：This article presents a virtual course with the topic mobile and wireless communication systems.
The structure of the tree sections of the course material content, the generic technology section,
the wireless technology section, and the mobility management section, is presented.
The main didactical approach of the virtual course is a guided excursion to which students enroll.
The task sets, consisting of exercises and study directives, that the course teacher assigns each
week to the students are described. The concept of step-by-step skill assimilation, which lies behind
the student guidance process, is outlined together with descriptions of the different user skill
levels. The course has been produced by Arcada Polytechnic as a part of a production team in the
Finnish Virtual Polytechnic. The structure of the Finnish educational system together with the
goals and structure of the Finnish Virtual Polytechnic are presented. The course development
process is described in detail together with the software tools used to produce the course material.
The graphical design of the learning platform is presented. The communicating dimension, the
interface, and the esthetical dimension, and the layout are presented and analyzed in depth.
The IT infrastructure needed to implement and use the learning platform of the course is described
and assessed. Issues like how the students are registered and authenticated to the course
are presented together with the tools for communication and interaction between student and
teacher. General IT requirements together with specific both server (course provider) and client
(student) side IT requirements are presented. Teaching and learning experiences, gathered from a
wireless networking course held in spring 2005, are presented. In this wireless networking course
Mobile IP animation was used to simplify both teaching and learning of mobile IP. Further development
needs are also presented.
