Design and Deployment of a Mobile Learning Cloud Network to Facilitate Open Educational Resources for Asynchronous Learning

• Main Authors: Villanueva, Joselito Christian Paulus M, Melendres, Mark Anthony V, Lagunzad, Catherine Genevieve B, Libatique, Nathaniel Joseph C
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Mobile learning; open educational resources; remote learning; mobile cloud computing; Computer Sciences; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Online and Distance Education
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/104; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=biology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper describes the design and deployment of a mobile cloud network that facilitates open educational resource content distribution. The setup utilized clustered single board computers as content, communication and monitoring servers. It was installed in a Public High School where stakeholders, using their mobile devices, were given access to preloaded content via wireless local area network. Initial tests of the mobile cloud showed good network performance. Teachers were randomly selected to evaluate the content validity and delivery of the OER content. Results show that the quality of the network’s OER content is very satisfactory. This implementation shows the advantage of mobile cloud computing in the delivery of learning content in remote learning modalities.