Authoring Tool for Location-Aware Experiences

Abstract

In this paper, we present an approach to create location-aware experiences. We use the concept of separation of concerns to represent the content layer and the location layer. This separation allows reusing the layers independently one of each other. The focus of this paper is to provide an end-user tool to create location-aware applications in-situ. By using our tool, the location-aware experiences can be defined in both indoor and outdoor spaces. We present an example of how our tool is used and we describe some discussion points that have occurred to us while defining a tool with these characteristics.

Location-based mobile learning applications: A conceptual framework for co-design

“…Para el planteo del framework conceptual se utilizó lo aprendido respecto al modelado en la ingeniería de software. En particular, se han explorado diferentes temáticas, por ejemplo, modelos de variabilidad en aplicaciones sensibles al contexto [30], separación de concerns en hipermedia móvil [37], modelado de actividades educativas móviles basadas en posicionamiento [22] y diseño de una herramienta de autor insitu para aplicaciones sensibles a la posición [24]. Esto ha contribuido junto con la bibliografía existente al planteo del framework propuesto.…”

“…En particular se detallan dos experiencias de puesta en práctica del mismo. Por otro lado, en [23] se presenta una herramienta de autor para crear Aplicaciones Educativas Móviles basadas en Posicionamiento, la cual es una extensión de la herramienta presentada en [24]. Esta herramienta usa códigos QR [25] y GPS [26] para posicionar el contenido educativo.…”

“…A partir de la exploración realizada en trabajos anteriores (por ejemplo, [22], [24] y [23]) y teniendo en cuenta la bibliografía existente sobre la temática, se identificaron cuatro etapas bien diferenciadas relacionadas a las Aplicaciones Educativas Móviles basadas en Posicionamiento:…”

Authoring Tool for Location-Based Learning Experiences

“…In this section, we present and discuss some features of our in-situ authoring tool which is in an initial phase (only tested by developers). As mentioned before, it is an extension of [8], so it has been defined with a web responsive design. We use the concept of separation of concerns to define learning activities and locations.…”

“…Some authors explore implications related to in-situ authoring in outdoor environments, as in [7], where it is mentioned that this is yet an open area to research. Moreover, in-situ indoor authoring tools have not been thoroughly researched so this is one of our motivations and why we are working on an in-situ indoor-outdoor authoring tool for location-based learning experiences which is an extension of [8].…”