The MobileHost CoLearn system: mobile social software for collaborative learning

Abstract

Learning and knowledge are fundamentally social in nature – as emphasised by many researchers. In the past few years, there has been an increasing focus on social software applications as a result of the rapid development of Web 2.0 technologies. Furthermore, mobile and ubiquitous technologies have provided capabilities for more sophisticated open social systems, where mobile knowledge sharing is the norm. In this paper, we explore the use of Web 2.0 concepts and social software for learning and present the MobileHost CoLearn system; a mobile web services driven social software for mobile collaborative learning. © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.