Challenges for semantic grid based mobile learning

Recent advances in mobile and ubiquitous computing and wireless communications and networking have paved the way for a new learning paradigm called Mobile (e)Learning (or m-learning). Over the same period there has been an increasing interest in Semantic Web technologies and ServiceOriented Architectures such as Web Services and the Grid. In this paper we discuss the potential benefits and key challenges of integrating these two trends. Such a combination takes advantage of semantic metadata, large scale resource sharing and mobility to enable novel learning scenarios and improve the pervasiveness of e-learning. However, there are key challenges in the areas of managing semantics throughout the Knowledge Life Cycle, supporting Grid services on reduced capability devices and developing new pedagogical models with domain experts that may not understand the capabilities of mobile and ubiquitous systems.