Abstract:

Advancements in information and communication technologies lead to change in presentation environments in e-learning programs. Gesture based computing concept has emerged in recent years. The rapid expansion of mobile communication devices with touch display also affects the content production and publishing processes in e-learning environment.

Touch-display mobile computers is expected to widespread in the near future. Institutions developing content for e-learning environment begun to develop training materials for touch-screen mobile computers. Game-based educational content and interactive books are examples of this advancements.

In particular mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets, regarding their user interface design, increasingly follow the interaction paradigm of gesture-based computing: Mouse and keyboard are replaced by direct interaction with the device, in which the user's fingers and hand themselves become input instruments. The gesture-based control of the iPhone through finger movements on the touch display.

At the present day, utilization of HTML 5 in production of prepared content for mobile touch devices has become widespread. HTML5 can be used platform-free and is important in terms of content providing enriched content. HTML5 will offer mobile learning features that will far exceed anything that is possible today. E-learning material to work on all operating systems can be developed with HTML5 technology.

This study investigated the use of HTML5 in production of e-learning content for mobile devices with touch display. This study also try to answer the question of “Why e-learning content should produce with HTML5?”. This presentation might be beneficial for producers of e-learning content for mobile devices with touch display and researchers of this issue.

Keywords:

Gesture based computing, mobile learning content production, HTML5, e-learning.