Welcome to Mobile TEL

A questionnaire will follow this presentation

for you to evaluate the application.

Mobile TEL Objectives

• To be eLearning updates awareness at any time at

any place.

• To minimize the time it takes to respond to any

eLearning or course related activity.

• To effectively utilize multiple channels of

communication including social networks,

messenger applications, SMS, etc.

• To increase interactivity of both students and

instructors with eLearning activities.

• To assist visual impaired people but also achieve

parallel use of the app with other tasks by

enabling a voice-to- text system

Never miss updates again

Mobile TEL ensures that the learning community (students

and instructors) will always be updated on changes in

eLearning content and activities:

• Ubiquity – Receive Notifications about updates

everywhere through your mobile device (smartphone,

tablet)

• Integration – Mobile TEL aggregates and pushes content

from your College eLearning site through a variety of

popular services like Facebook, Twitter, Blackboard, Viber,

WhatsApp, eMail, SMS, etc. That way, no matter what

channel is used for communication, you will get it all,

once you use your mobile device.

Work Together

By keeping class members updated on

eLearning activities and content,

Mobile TEL increases the interactivity

and collaboration on class members

even when not in class!

It creates a feeling of being member of

a Learning Community.

Get notifications form everywhere

Mobile TEL permits users to connect the

application with a variety of on-line services

including eLearning Applications, Social

Networks, Messenger Services, email, SMS, etc.

That way you will be notified in one single place

on you Mobile devices of any communication or

update that is related to eLearning content and

activities no matter which is the chosen channel

of communication.

Interact everywhere

Mobile TEL enables users to interact with

received communications and learning content

directly through the Mobile TEL environment!

That way, the time to respond and interact to

eLearning content and activities is minimized.

Prompt interaction with eLearning content and

activities increases the engagement of the

members of the community to eLearning

activities.

The InterfaceDownload Mobile TEL PrototypeAt this point you may choose to download the non-Functional Mobile TEL prototype for Android. This may assist you in having a better experience of the service offered and the interface. Unfortunately, at the time the Mobile TEL Prototype is offered only for Android devices. Should you not have one or if you don’t have enough time please continue with the Presentation. The presentation is strongly recommended even if you install the application!

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Login and Home Screen

• Once the Mobile TEL App is executed for the first time a Login process is initiated for the application to identify the user. Thereafter the user will be remember and no future login will be required unless a reset of the device occurs. 1

• After the Login process is completed the Home Screen is presented to the user.

There are two options available:1. Notifications Handling2. Content Management

Both will be presented at the following slides.

• Voice Command interface available in all areas of the theoretical model of the application.2

Aims• Personalized access depending on student/instructor status.• Simple application navigation. No expertise required.• Voice command interface integrated in all areas of the application

assists access in parallel with other tasks and makes application accessible by people with sight challenges. 2

1 This screen is not included at the prototype2 Not available at the Mobile TEL prototype

The Notifications Screen

• Notifications from all connected services filtered to course related subjects is offered in one screen.

• Mark read/unread notifications• Device menu offers filtering of notifications by

service provider.• Voice-to-text interface available.

Aims• No need to check multiple services anymore. • Organize notifications based on service. Focus

on a communication channel.• Never miss an course related update or a

communication again.

Interactivity

• Tap on a notification and access it either directly through Mobile TEL through the Content Editor or through its native application.

Aims• Faster response to notifications without

unnecessary access to originating applications.

The Content Management

• Simple navigation in selecting content to create or respond to.

• User may choose between Mobile TEL and related to content app editing environment.

Aims• Common sense easy to navigate selection

process.• Organized per service content to ease and

speed-up the selection process of responding to notifications.

• Native Editor to fast respond from within Mobile TEL app.

• Mobile TEL Content Manager Editor frequently offers more services than the target service, i.e. ability to create and insert text, video, audio, or attach a file from the device where applicable.1

1 Not available at the Mobile TEL prototype

Integration

• Open architecture to provide integration with multiple popular services and institutional LMS but also mobile provided services such as:• Social Networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)• LMS (Blackboard, Moodle, etc.)• Device notifications (Android Notifications bar &

Screen)• Speech-to-text System• Device input interface

Aims• By integrating course content related

activities students and faculty the level of interactivity between class members and learning content and instructors is expected to increase dramatically.

In one glance

• Never miss learning related communications

and updates again.

• Receive updates through multiple popular

communication services without login to the

institutional eLearning system.

• Respond faster to communications through

Mobile TEL.

• Available everywhere. Non-Georgaphically

restricted.

• May be used in parallel with other tasks.

• Helpful for visually challenged people.

Mobile TELBringing Learners closer through

innovative use of current popular

technologies creating Virtual

Academic Communities.

Download the Mobile TEL Prototype for further evaluation(Click the arrow when in Slide Show mode)