Recent rapid development of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones makes it possible to take a university course anywhere anytime and it has brought about a new type of learning; m-learning.
Downloading has been a common method for mobility. However, it is inevitable to download all data even when you need a certain part of a video clip or when you just need to go through it. This wastes communication cost and requires a user to wait until downloading is completed. In addition, it needs space for storing the downloaded data. Thus, streaming service of mobile education is a breakthrough in the world of education as a means of learning using Internet technology and mobile telecommunications devices.
Ri Ye Bok, a researcher at the Faculty of On-line Education, has proposed a SCORM-based package model for streaming service in distance education through mobile network.
The proposed model enables two kinds of service—downloading and streaming, using the same contents, thus not only guaranteeing the safety of data, but also saving memory space and providing convenience of management.
It can be easily implemented on various distance education sites as it converts learning contents into those for Android-based devices to provide several kinds of service in distance education systems based on the SCORM standard model.