Mobile learning (often called m-learning) increasingly gains in importance. New mobile technologies allow learning in diverse daily contexts, anytime, anywhere. Especially for disabled people mobile learning provides access to information, that integrate particularly well into their everyday contexts.

Aim of this project is to develop new pedagogical scenarios based on personalized learning concepts and mobile technologies. These scenarios offer better learning chances for people with learning disabilities and special needs.

The design of interaction opportunities of this learning environment is at the center of interest. The development scope is less determined by the handling of devices but rather by the needs of learners.

IMLIS (Intelligent Mobile Learning Interaction System) is a learning medium for pupils with special needs. Depending on the interests, needs, strength and weaknesses of every single student a program agent assembles an adequate learning module. The learning behavior is followed and can be compared with a potential analysis. For the learning process learning materials are digitized and supplied with according usage information by a server.

A prototype was developed which runs on mobile devices (connecting to a server). The prototype was tested with pupils and teachers of some schools with integration classes in Bremen. Interested schools can contribute to further practice tests. During the last two years tests were conducted in the areas of usability, determination of specific learning requirements and system design. Interaction was designed and the learning process got arranged through expert interviews.

First time from January 2010 teachers of the 'Förderzentrum Wahrnehmung und Entwicklung Rhododendronpark' can take part in an advanced training for teachers and the development and thus deepen their media competence in the area of mobile technologies.

Further information: Saeed Zare, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it