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Title:
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ACTIVITY IN MOBILE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USING SOCIAL AWARENESS |
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Author(s):
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Raymond M. Kekwaletswe |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-36-2 |
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Editors:
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Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen) |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Social awareness, social presence, context awareness, activity theory, ubiquitous mobile learning |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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17 |
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Last Page:
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24 |
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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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The educational problem for a contact university is that learners, who are mobile, do not have access to consistent social
resources tutors and lecturers for academic support as they drift from formal to informal learning environments. The
alternative for these learners is to engage in a mobile learning activity through social interaction with knowledgeable
peers who share a background. Learning activities are influenced by social awareness and changes in their environment.
Using Activity theory, the paper shows how mobile learners use social awareness to facilitate the ubiquitous social
interaction as they traverse varied learning environments. The practical contribution of this paper is the understanding of
activity in mobile learning environments and how learners use social awareness to model their actions for the provision of
personalized academic support. The paper, which draws from an empirical study, concludes that social awareness is a
useful characteristic of a mobile learning environment meant to support a ubiquitous mobile learning. |
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