*Result*: MODULAR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MOBILE TECHNOLOGY CROSS-PLATFORM SOLUTION TOWARDS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SUPPORT.
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*It is frequently noted that nowadays is the age of information. Despite vast amounts of information knowledge becomes the most important asset for individuals and organizations. Thus knowledge more increasingly has been seen as an active area of research. Accordingly there is a need for highly qualified knowledge workers, which in this paper are represented by instructors or regular students in university environment. That in turn leads to a necessity for on an effective technology based education environment adaptable to each individual. Thus existing personal knowledge management (PKM) tools and systems are explored. Working and education environments are developing and encompassing new technologies such as mobile and agent technologies. Mobile technologies are developing with an accelerating speed. They are providing new opportunities for different type of learning and for different learning environment support. In the market there are a wide variety of mobile devices such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, smart phones, netbooks, tablet personal computers and laptops. This poses a challenge for common application development for these devices. Many mobile devices have a built-in support for Java applications. Also agent technology is ready to be deployed on mobile devices. Both points can be used as a key unifying factor for cross platform mobile device application development. Thus the central point of the paper is a conceptual modular personal knowledge management system (PKMS) based on mobile technology cross-platform solution. This work includes a case study at Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences to develop a prototype for enhancing learning environment support and a course grading system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]*