Bucos Marian, Ermalai Iasmina,

Onita Mihai, Ternauciuc Andrei,

Vasiu Radu

Mobile Virtual Communities

Mobile Virtual Communities

Introduction

Virtual Communities

The Need for Mobility in Virtual Communities

Mobility at “Politehnica” University of Timisoara

Conclusions

Introduction

Virtual Communities

Virtual Communities

The Need for Mobility in Virtual Communities

Mobility at “Politehnica” University of Timisoara

Mobility at “Politehnica” University of Timisoara

Mobility is one of the greatest expectations of contemporary students - anytime/anywhere learning

Completely giving up traditional teaching is not an option, not yet

The Plan: add new facilities to the existing ones and give each student the possibility to choose the most suitable one

Steps for the near future: offering students the possibility to use their iPODs and PDAs in managing recorded courses

Conclusions

Bibliography

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Thank you!