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Ubiquitous learning and Calm Computing are hot research topics affecting the field of education for an information-rich world. Calm computing aims to reduce the "excitement" of information overload by letting the learner select what information is at the center of their attention and what information need to be at the peripheral. The objective of calm computing as a new delivery of education is to move e-learning and ubiquitous learning a step further from learning at anytime anywhere to be at the right time and right place with right learning resources and right learning functionalities and collaborative peers. In this paper we report on the adaptation of calm computing technologies in a ubiquitous educational setting with emphasis on the need to cater the preferences of the individual learner to respond to the challenge of providing truly- learner-centered, accessible, personalized and powered with the capability of collaborative learning within a social networking environment. Central to this vision is the development of Installable e-Learning Objects (Ie_LO) where learners are able to create, personalize or deploy them over the internet but they do not require the presence of the web browser.