Cloud-based framework for mobile learning content
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Cloud-based Framework for
Mobile Learning Content Adaptation
Ivan MADJAROV
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS LSIS UMR 7296,
Saint-Jérôme, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen,
13397 Marseille France
[email protected]
services to the user, implying the challenge of considering heterogeneous devices during mobile service development. This
especially encompasses the task of adapting the content, which
a mobile service provides to a specific mobile device [16].
Usage of multimedia services and especially the presentation of
multimedia learning contents are more challenging in a mobile
environment than on desktop devices as a result of the diversity
of mobile devices and their parameters [2, 19].
Abstract—Mobile Web browsing usually involves a lot of
horizontal and vertical scrolling, which makes page consultation
painful. The main challenge of mobile networking is the contextaware content adaptation. This paper discusses the problem of
content adaptation for mobile devices. The adaptation considers
the context of the client and the environment where the client
request is received. A device independent model is developed in
order to achieve automatic adaptation of the content based on its
semantics and the capabilities of the target device. A serviceoriented Framework, as part of an e-Learning SaaS Cloud, is
presented for adapting and displaying learning objects on small
handheld devices, including a text-to-speech solution for learners
in moving. Some aspects of e-Learning services integration of in
Cloud computing environment are also discussed.
In this paper, we introduce the concept of m-LearningSoftware-as-a-Service content-editing and storing for pedagogical content-adaptation and diffusion. The objective is to describe the personalization in m-Learning via an adaptive approach. We tested several mobile Web browsers to proof the
Learning Objects (LOs) [7] portability. The advantages of using a mobile Web browser as universal communication environment were described in [3]. We introduce a service-based
solution that utilizes the hierarchical display of multimedia
units with index extraction and content summarization. Web
services technology was adapted to provide a flexible integration model in which all the learning components and applications are well defined and loosely connected. The realization
combines textual content adaptation with alternate audio transcoding to better fulfill student needs. An adaptive technique is
realized on XML-based technology which is better suited for a
large content of LOs. The use of XML as a medium-neutral
data format for data storage and processing allows the learning
contents to be classified hierarchically, to be structured at the
desired level of granularity and to be adjusted to different contexts and devices [3].
Keywords-Content adaptation, Web services, m-Learning,
Cloud computing, SaaS
I.
INTRODUCTION
Cloud Computing is a technology that uses the Internet and
central remote servers to maintain data and applications. This is
a natural platform to provide support to Mobile Learning (mLearning) systems and also for the implementation of data mining techniques that allow exploring distributed knowledge databases. Cloud Computing is a computation paradigm in which
the resources of an information system are offered as services
through net connections with transparent scalability in such a
way that the computational resources are assigned in a dynamical and accurate manner when they are strictly necessary, without the requirement of a detailed understanding of the infrastructure from the user’s point of view [1]. Software-as-aService (SaaS) is a type of Cloud service which provides software functionality through Internet and can help efficiently the
management of Web-based applications and pedagogical data
in an m-Learning context. This is a software delivery model in
which software and its related data are hosted centrally and are
typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a
browser over the Internet. So, SaaS delivers a single application through the Web browser to thousands of learners using a
multitenant architecture.
In this paper we argue that a future Cloud-based mLearning system should consist of a set of independent but
cooperating non-monolithic Web services-based applications
that integrate pedagogical data between common Learning
Course Management Systems (LCMS).
The rest of this paper is organized as follows. In Section 2,
the Cloud-based approach for e-Learning systems is discussed.
Section 3 explains the architecture of Software-as-a-Service
distributed Cloud for m-Learning, and the system design issues
are described including implementation details. The conclusion
and feedback are discussed in Section 4.
Nowadays, the expansion of mobile computing has
spawned a very heterogeneous environment of mobile devices.
Those devices have different capabilities in providing mobile
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II.
port for message delivery. They may be operated over a traditional HTTP approach, or a message based asynchronous JMS
approach, or over a file based FTP approach, and just about
any other transport protocols. Web Services are discoverable
by the clients by searching the UDDI (Universal Description,
Discovery and Integration) directories, which publishes the
Web services as standard agreements like WSDL (Web Services Description Language). A WSDL is a contract document,
which is just an XML document based on WSDL schema,
which describes the messaging format of the exposed services.
The client fetches the WSDL and interprets the XML grammar
then makes dynamic invocation of services.
CLOUD-BASED E-LEARNING SYSTEM
A. Cloud Computing Architecture
In Cloud Computing architecture the coupling between resources and applications is facilitated and thereby can provide
the information and application interoperability to e-Learning
systems. The Cloud can be seen as a unique access point for all
the requests coming from the world wide spread clients.
B. Cloud Computing Layers
Cloud computing comprises of three layers: (1) infrastructure as a service (IaaS); (2) platform as a service (PaaS); (3)
software as a service (SaaS) [4].
E. Cloud Computing in the e-Learning Area
The rapid evolution of Internet based technologies in recent
years has enhanced the development of Web based applications. This includes many Web 2.0 emerging tools supporting
Cloud computing and SOA that are adopted to improve services to clients. Implementations of some of these technologies
have been demonstrated by social networking on websites such
as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube [10]. As is pointed out in [1]
Cloud Computing may promote a new era of learning taking
the advantage of hosting the e-Learning applications on a
Cloud and following its virtualization features of the hardware.
This approach reduces the construction and maintenance cost
of the learning resources. Interest in Cloud computing in the eLearning area is growing due to potential greater cost savings
from scalable architectures and open source products, and the
possibility of higher learning outcomes. Greater connectivity
between centralized Cloud-side applications and low cost, and
low processor capacity of mobile devices for m-Learning use
could provide better access, more control, and greater freedom
for mobile learners.
• IaaS comprises the layer of storage, hardware, servers
and networking components. Architecture scalability is
achieved through virtualization, such that multiple systems or operating systems can be run at the same time
on a virtual machine or across multiple machines.
• PaaS offers application platform for Internet programming interface and operating environment, where users
can dispose their own applications.
• SaaS is a software delivery model in which program
and its associated data are hosted centrally and are accessed by users using a Web browser over the Internet.
It becomes a common delivery model for business applications and learning course management system.
C. Software as a Service Background
SaaS means using software as service over the Web in
which some kind of protocol is involved, which is used to intercommunicate between the client side application and the
server side software service. Traditionally, SaaS services use
REST (Representational State Transfer) services, but another
protocol, SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is also used.
SaaS services are also hosted on the Cloud just like Web services, but a SaaS application usually calls the services using
RESTful services, whereas Web services make calls using RPC
(Remote Procedure Call). REST services and Web services are
different implementations of the same architectural approach
which is the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). So, SaaS
services are deployed into the Cloud just as Web services and
may even be implemented using REST method. REST is an
approach of software architecture for distributed hypermedia
systems such as the World Wide Web. REST is considered as
an alternative to the RPC method. RPC uses in most cases
SOAP, but we can well imagine a REST method using SOAP
style messages to communicate between SaaS-based and Web
service-based applications.
E-Learning is an innovative approach for delivering welldesigned, learner-centered, interactive and facilitated learning
environments to anyone, anyplace and anytime. Components of
an e-Learning system can include content of multiple formats,
management of the learning experience, and an online community of learners, content developers and experts [6]. In addition
to the learning technologies, the Web-based learning offers
some benefits over conventional classroom-based learning. A
partial list includes: (1) it can be used at any time and on any
place; (2) pedagogical documents are easy to update; (3) it
promotes interaction between the learner and the teacher; (4) it
can integrate multiple media such as text, audio, graphics, video and animation; (5) it promotes the formation of learning
communities; (6) learners progress is easily checked, and (7) it
allows a learner-centered approach that takes into account the
learners profiles.
On the other hand m-Learning is seen as the natural evolution of e-Learning. Basically m-Learning is considered as any
form of learning that is delivered through a mobile device. We
believe that m-Learning can be presented as a mobile extension
of e-Learning through mobile computational devices with Internet connectivity [3]. At the same time mobile devices significantly differ from each other in their characteristics. Mobile
devices' heterogeneity can be divided into hardware and software heterogeneity [19]. Hardware heterogeneity reflects the
presence of devices with different capabilities. Software hete-
D. Web Services
Web Services is one of the most active and widely adopted
implementation of SOA. It is based on an interoperable protocol and all communication between the server to client, client
to client or server to server and in general application to application, uses the same protocol (SOAP). Web Services make
calls to Web methods exposed as a service by sending and receiving messages. Web Services do not limit any kind of trans-
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oriented model for m-Learning application service providers
and learners. The concept of e-Learning-Software-as-a-Service
is introduced as a software distribution model in which applications are hosted by a service provider and distributed via the
Web.
rogeneity describes the presence of different operating systems,
programs and Web applications running on mobile devices.
However, Web pages in general, are designed to be visualized
on larger screens and, when one attempt to fit it on a smallscreen device, most of its content is not visible. This effect is
due essentially to the fact that mobile devices support several
different markup languages to display output. To overcome
those heterogeneity issues we suggest the concept of a webservice based platform for mobile services that handles both
content adaptation and Web service provision.
The SaaS approach is perfect for e-Learning and mLearning because of its fast implementation and easiest maintenance since clients will receive the latest updates and features
without any extra financial obligation. Another advantage with
SaaS is that it helps administration and teachers to share key
resources all with the simple click of a button, using Web 2.0
technology. All aspects of an e-Learning or m-Learning solution can be delivered using the SaaS model, including LMS,
LCMS, courseware content, authoring tools, and synchronous
collaboration tools like webcasting and white boarding. An eLearning SaaS solution delivers and manages e-Learning or mLearning applications and services from remote data centers to
multiple users via the Internet.
F. Related Work
Currently there are ongoing projects that propose the use of
Cloud computing as a base for modern e-Learning applications
and systems. In [5] authors present a general and simple architecture with ad-hoc modules, such as monitoring, policy and
provision. However, no implementation scenario for eLearning use case is presented. The CloudIA project [8], demonstrates the feasibility of a private Cloud infrastructure for
e-Learning services. This project addresses functionalities for
enabling an e-Learning system in the Cloud, such as authentication and integration with existing IT infrastructure, creation
of customized on-demand virtual machines. However, the
choice of private resources in relation to the means available in
public is not shown. A similar architectural system is has been
adopted in BlueSky Cloud framework [9]. This project enables
physical machines to be virtualized and allocated on-demand
for e-Learning systems. However, the security layer for this
Cloud-based framework is not addressed. The project described
in [11] presents an approach using a service platform, which
utilizes a content adaptation procedure for web-based mobile
services by utilizing device capability databases and generic
page transformation. Their approach enables mobile devices to
visualize any generic content device-specifically on their integrated browsers. The integrated mobile Web browsers support
a specific set of markup languages. These differences are not
discussed in function of services interoperability. The Google
App Engine [14] provides a Java Web framework based Jetty,
a servlet container, and BigTable for data storage. Xesop [3]
uses the Apache containers suite for data storage and service
management.
III.
Figure 1. The course semantics schema shows common elements of a
scientific learning content. A science course contains, in general, chapters,
sections, text paragraphs, bitmap images, scalable vector graphics, and
mathematical equations, programming code, charts and tables. This XML
schema defines the course grammar for a XML-based description of a
learning content with a wide range of scientific elements.
The contribution is as follows: (1) the concept encompasses
the creation of an XML-based and mobile browser-independent
content, which is adapted to the requesting device using a device capability recognition method and XML transformation
techniques according to the recent advances of media queriesbased responsive Web design; (2) personalization in mLearning via an adaptive approach; (3) demonstration of a Web
service-based architecture to an integrated Web-based learning
and m-Learning environment; (4) testing of several mobile
Web browsers to proof Learning Objects (LOs) [3] portability;
(5) design of a service-based framework, as part of an eLearning SaaS Cloud, that uses hierarchical displaying multimedia units with index extraction and content summarization;
(6) description of a SaaS-based e-Learning system architecture
to provide a flexible integration model in which all the learning
components and applications are well defined and loosely connected and (7) deployment of multimedia services and espe-
E-LEARNING SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE
This section presents a solution for building a virtual and
personalized learning environment which utilizes the technology of Cloud-based Software-as-a-Service to create a service-
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cially the presentation of multimedia content on mobile environments, which is a more challenging task due to the diversity
of mobile devices and their parameters
B. XML Semantic Editor Suite
For encoding textual information and content assembly, an
XML semantic editor (screenshot 2 in Figure 2) is used and a
tree structure of a generic learning document is generated,
while a validation grammar of XML Schema type is used according to Figure 1. Depending on course specificity, (mathematics, physics or informatics course), the author can represent
texts, diagrams, mathematical formulas, programming code or
data in tables. A MathML editor was created for mathematical
expressions, a SVG editor for vector graphics creation, a QTI
editor for student’s progression evaluation, a schema for table
generation and a chart editor for data presentation (screenshot 3
in Figure 2). In this case, XML is used for encoding nontextual information such as vector graphics, mathematical expressions, multimedia documents, complex forms. In this authoring suite, binary data of multimedia content is embedded
directly into XML course content. During the editing process,
if the author inserts an image or any binary data into the edited
content, the semantic editor will encode it using the Base64
encoding method (screenshot 1 in Figure 2). This single XML
collection can be managed easily by providing proper XSLT
transformation files. The XML content can be presented in
many forms, such as HTML for desktop users or for mobile
users. All these processes are managed by appropriated Cloudbased Web services.
The objective of this contribution is to combine semistructured data, stored in a Native XML Database (NXDB),
with structured data stored in a Relational Database (RDB)
through Web services (WS) called by a Learning Course Management System (LCMS). Thus, we provide direct data integration located at distributed sites in order to improve the
achievement of learning outcomes. This approach promotes a
device-independent m-Learning gateway between different
mobile units and the huge number of LOs available on a plethora of LMSs. The implementation combines our Web-based
Open Semantic Editor Suite (WOSES) with a set of additional
services to allow different mobile units a direct access to LOs
customarily designed for desktop Web browsers. The key technologies behind WOSES are: extended LOM [7] base semantic
structure presented in Figure 1, device-independent LOs generator, native XML database and Web services . A semantic
content adaptation service is plugged. This tool uses templates
to automatically and efficiently adapt content for mobile Web
browsers. An alternative service is available for a speech solution, which allows learners to turn any written text into natural
speech files, when using standard voices. This approach allows
the generation and the progressive downloading of text and
audio based learning material dynamically for m-Learning and
ubiquitous access [3].
In practice, the course authors may need to modify a pedagogical content. The correct operation of a collaborative authoring system imposes the storage of learning collections,
possibly in a database, for a better reuse and diffusion of these
documents. The choice of an appropriate database is essential:
the authors have chosen a native XML database which allows
the storage of XML documents in their native format. This
choice, in opposition to that of a relational database, is explained by the nature of learning documents which are in general of narrative types: document-centric and not data-centric.
If necessary, formatted HTML and PDF versions (screenshot 3
in Figure 2) of extracted learning content can be published in a
LCMS via Web service interface.
A. Model for Mobile Learning Content
To produce device-independent Web-accessible information that can be browsed in a readable and effective way on
different devices and software platforms we use methods for:
(1) effective mobile device recognition, and (2) mobile Web
browsers functionalities identification. For an effective Mobile
Device Recognition Method (MDRM) we use the header field
in the HTTP protocol. To proof the LOs portability on mobile
browsers we conducted a series of tests. We put several mobile
browsers through a series of test pages. These represent some
of the common design types that are in use, and like most real
Web pages, not all of them are designed to work with small
screens. Each page contains a test element: styled text, tables,
scripting, DOM and Ajax, MathML, SVG, multimedia embedded objects, image, sound, XML with XSLT [3]. We tested,
recently, also the interoperability of HTML5 and CSS3 in a
responsive web design context with media queries parameters
for several mobile Web browsers on different models of Tablets, Smartphones and cell phones with the objective to identify
their compatibility with desktop Web browsers. Analysis of the
test results showed that a multimedia pedagogical content is
suitable for a set of mobile Web browsers (Opera Mobile, Safari, and Firefox Mobile). The main problem to address here is to
tailor the presentation on small-screen mobile devices, rather
than focusing on the complexity of pedagogical hypermedia
content. This process includes the development of a suitable
page-adaptation technique that analyzes XML course structure
from Figure 1 and generated pages into smaller, logically related units that can fit into a mobile device's browser. The page
sequence should be generated in a suitable format (XML or
HTML) accordingly to the browser's profile.
C. The Course Content Adaptation Process
M-Learning pedagogical content can be given in the form
of a visual presentation as text, pictures, tables in XML, HTML
format or as PDF data. Optionally, m-Learning content can be
given as sound data in the form of an acoustic presentation in
an MP3 or WAV format. To achieve this goal the Web servicebased OSES suite [3] is extended with four additional services.
The first one (XICT) is able to create a hypertext index on the
basis of the course tree structure (Figure 1). The second service
represents an XML content adaptation tool (XCAT) that uses
profiles (XML metadata files) for automatic content adaptation
displayed on the mobile browser. Profiles are adjusted in the
function of detection: (1) mobile device profile issue from
WURFL software component [18] that maps HTTP Request
headers of the HTTP client (Desktop, Mobile phone, Smartphone, Tablet, etc.) that issued the request (this is supported by
the fourth service), and (2) of mobile browser profile issue
from the tests [3]. The third service is developed on the base of
the Mbrola [13] speech synthesizer free library to produce
speech output from a text paragraph. The XML speech adapta-
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vided in two dimensions: top level index entries and hyperlinks
to the next/previous page. If a text item is highlighted then the
XCAT service is executed, otherwise the XSAT service is executed when the sound icon is highlighted for the same item.
This sequence is shown in Figure 2.
tion tool (XSAT) converts the associated text to index item
content to an audio output.
The course content adaptation process is an overall index of
hyperlinks. Each link points to a node in the hierarchical structure of a created course in XML format. On a "click", the corresponding content is first adapted, then downloaded and displayed on the mobile screen. The navigation process is pro-
Figure 2. The XML semantic editor suite and the content adaptation process
at their creation time to become easily identifiable (Screenshots
2) and locatable along the depth of the tree. This defines, subsequently, their hierarchical position in the generated index.
Screenshots number 3 presents the Java XML semantic editor
defining any pedagogical component edited by the author along
with MathML and SVG plugins. An additional and optional
D. Implementation Scenario
Figure 2 presents the course content adaptation process for
mobile Web browser as follow: Screenshot 1 shows the course
tree structure developed in accordance with the schema definition presented in Figure 1. All elements of the tree are labeled
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SOAP methods that will enable to send text and generate
speech files on the Speech Cloud (SaaS) server.
view of the course content in native XML format is also available. Screenshot 4 shows the results of summarization in the
form of indexes corresponding to each node of the hierarchical
structure of the course. This page is initially sent to the mobile
Web browser. Screenshot 5 shows a possible learner interaction by choosing items from index and receiving corresponding
adapted content, while screenshot 6 shows an audio file played
by the client-side player. If the audio icon is selected from
screenshot 4 instead of text-link the associated text content is
processed in audio output. If a binary content is chosen a standard audio message is send. This process is managed by Web
service applications interaction via an implemented UDDI registry.
On the other hand, as suggested in this paper for the next
generation of LCMS we can consider scenarios where it will be
possible among different systems to exchange not only data but
also applications. The solution we propose shows clearly how
to combine existing individual systems into a virtual one,
available as a SaaS unit. Especially concerning LCMS, Cloudbased solutions for Moodle are being proposed and we tested in
leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS). Initial feedbacks
from students that have tested the eLearning Service as a Service-based Xesop system are very satisfactory. The proposed
solution optimizes page visualization from Moodle system
which course browsing usually involves a lot of horizontal and
vertical scrolling, which makes web browsing painful.
E. System Deployment
In the system deployment stage, our WOSES Cloud-based
service is integrated with a Web-based LCMS. The interconnection is carried out by a Web Services Management System
(WSMS). So, the learning-centric data and the managementcentric data are clearly separated. LOs are developed in WOSES section of the eLearning Service as a Service-based Xesop
system and thereafter are stored in a NXDB. The information
relevant to learner personal data, learner profiles, course maps,
LOs sequencing, data presentation and general user data is
stored in the RDB of LCMS. The publication process of learning content is carried out by WSMS as method for external
applications integration through Web services. This allows
extending and integration existing LCMS systems as a Cloudbased service. In the discussed case, content adaptation Web
service-based modules make the bridge from e-Learning to mLearning system in a simple and effective way through Apache
Libcloud [14], an open source library that provides a systemneutral interface to Cloud provider APIs. The Java version
supports Amazon EC2.
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