Title: Context-aware ubiquitous and mobile learning systems: research gaps and challenges

Authors: David Santiago Garcia-Chicangana; Oscar Santiago López-Erazo; Carolina González; Jorge Muñoz; Jovani Alberto Jiménez-Builes

Addresses: Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia ' Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia ' Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia ' Facultad de Ingeniería Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia ' Departamento de Ciencias de la Decisión y de la Computación, Facultad de Minas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Abstract: There is a tendency for mobile and ubiquitous learning systems to be context-awareness as context provides valuable information that can be used for content or service adapted to the environment and the user. These systems are applied in both formal and informal contexts. In this study, we carried out a systematic mapping with the aim of providing a more updated panorama of the state-of-the art, identifying gaps and future works in mobile and ubiquitous context awareness learning systems, especially in characteristics such as the most used entities in the context, adaptation of content, extraction of user information and gamification strategies that have been applied in an informal context. Our results show that the location and the user's profile are the entities of the most used context; that the most used type of adaptation is the adaptation of educational resources; that the gamification strategies allow to improve the learning experiences in the informal contexts; and that there are several studies aimed to extract user's information indirectly.

Keywords: m-learning; u-learning; content adaptation; context-aware; learning environment; systematic mapping.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2021.115980

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 2021 Vol.13 No.3, pp.309 - 324

Received: 15 Aug 2019
Accepted: 17 Apr 2020
Published online: 06 Jul 2021 *

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