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Title:
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A BLENDED M-LEARNING DESIGN FOR SUPPORTING TEAMWORK IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL SETTINGS |
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Author(s):
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John Cook , Debbie Holley , Carl Smith , Claire Bradley , Richard Haynes |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-15-1 |
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Editors:
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Pedro Isaías, Piet Kommers and Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Informal, Formal and Lifelong m-learning . User-studies. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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109 |
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Last Page:
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116 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper presents a case study that has investigated design issues surrounding the harnessing of mobile devices to
provide learning services to people in formal and informal learning settings. We were particularly looking for insights
into the following question: how can we design m-learning so that it helps people to manage their projects and learning
activities. The case study was of Higher Education students who visit the UKs Tate Modern art gallery as part of their
first year undergraduate degree. An initial survey identified the views of students on using mobiles for teaching and
learning. The results showed that the majority of students viewed the ability to learn at any time and in any place as
extremely important. Perhaps more surprisingly, the survey also showed that over half of the students were happy to use
their mobile phones for university business. On the basis of the survey results, we introduced mobile technologies as an
RLO-CETL (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for Reusable Learning Objects) mini-project using a multimedia message board (mediaBoard) and blended online resources that included learning objects. Following a
description of our m-learning design, this paper concludes with a discussion of wider, emerging design issues for mlearning. |
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