Flexible learning with flexible devices: opening up opportunities
This paper reports on an action research study of students exploration and use of previously unexplored low-spec sub US$I00 open-source mobile devices for learning programming. The study was conducted over a period of fourteen weeks in University of West London, UK with the postgraduate students studying Mobile Application Development (MAD) module which is a part of the MSc Network and Mobile Computing course. We introduced the Wikireader, a handheld reading device and Nanonote, a lightweight pocket computer, developed using a copyleft approach. In this study, we used mixed methods research methodology. Data analysis was guided by the Framework for the Rational Analysis of Mobile Education (FRAME) model. From the results of our evaluations, we were not able to ascertain whether oj not these devices improved learning programming. However, the findings indicate these open-source devices have potential to enhance motivation to learn programming without being restricted to the limited practical sessions in the university lab and also facilitate offline reading.
Copyleft Hardware Offline Mobile Learning, Nanonote Wikireader Open-source Technology Mobile Usability
Sujan Shrestha John Moore Jose Abdelnour Nocera
University of West London St Marys Road, Ealing, London, W5 5RF, UK
国际会议
10th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning(第十届移动学习国际会议)
北京
英文
397-408
2011-10-18（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）