MobiDics – Improving University Education With A Mobile Didactics Toolbox Andreas M¨oller, Angelika Thielsch, Beate Dallmeier, Luis Roalter, Stefan Diewald, Andreas Hendrich, Barbara E. Meyer, and Matthias Kranz 1 Technische Universit¨ at M¨ unchen Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Munich, Germany andreas.moeller@tum.de,thielsch@tum.de,dallmeier@prolehre.tum.de, roalter@tum.de,stefan.diewald@tum.de,matthias.kranz@tum.de a http://www.vmi.lmt.ei.tum.de b http://www.cvl-a.de/prolehre 2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit¨ at M¨ unchen Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich, Germany hendrich@sprachraum.lmu.de,meyer@sprachraum.lmu.de http://www.sprachraum.uni-muenchen.de Abstract. MobiDics is a mobile didactic platform for smartphones and tablets, targeted at university teaching staff. It eases structuring courses and the targeted application of didactic techniques to support learn- ing, in order to improve the quality of university education. MobiDics enables peer learning through cooperative experience sharing and aca- demic exchange about successfully applied didactic techniques, creating a social network of teaching personnel. Young teachers benefit from ex- pert knowledge and multimedia-based example teaching scenarios. As a social mobile knowledge exchange system, MobiDics is intended to in- crease satisfaction in teaching and to improve the quality of university education. Key words: E-Learning, Mobile Learning, Pervasive Education, Didac- tics, Knowledge Sharing 1 Introduction Multi-functional smartphones have contributed to a rise of mobile and perva- sive learning. These devices enable access to everywhere learning at any time, making learning material accessible in situations where it would otherwise not be possible. This is e.g. important for professional further education in areas with high mobility, e.g. the medical sector [1]. Learning systems on smartphones supports problem-based and experiential learning [4, 1] where other forms of learning would often not be adequate any more. Mobile learning can take ad- vantage of unused time, like waiting at the bus stop. This is e.g. well suited Copyright is held by the author/owner(s). Pervasive 2011, June 12 15, San Francisco, CA, USA