{"title":"The effect of simulation-based inquiry on students' conceptual learning and its potential applications in mobile learning","authors":"N. Srisawasdi, Prapaporn Sornkhatha","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059996","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059996","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of simulation-based inquiry with dual-situated learning model on the development of conceptual learning of Newton's laws of motion. A total of 36 tenth graders were recruited to participate in this study. The experimental result showed that the students' conceptual understandings were improved after the learning; moreover, most of the students' revised understandings were preserved even two months after learning. In the meantime, the finding also showed the need for an extended instructional strategy to enhance the students' conceptual learning. This paper proposes, therefore, an instructional activity for mobile learning by incorporating simulation-based inquiry for future studies.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133574702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chih-Hung Wu, Yi-Lin Tzeng, Bor-Chen Kuo, G. Tzeng
{"title":"Integration of affective computing techniques and soft computing for developing a human affective recognition system for U-learning systems","authors":"Chih-Hung Wu, Yi-Lin Tzeng, Bor-Chen Kuo, G. Tzeng","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059997","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, a human affective norm emotion and attention recognition system for U-learning systems is developed. Fifth graders in an elementary school were recruited as participants firstly to see some emotional pictures from the International Affective Picture System IAPS, and to do the attention test to obtain the affective information - electroencephalography EEG and electrocardiogram ECG for developing the affective norm recognition system of the study. These bio-physiology signals extract important features by using four types of linear Principal Component Analysis PCA to serve as the input variables for Support Vector Machine SVM model. The results of feature selection showed that factor analysis with covariance extraction method has higher accumulative variances than correlation extraction method. This study suggested that future researchers may try to adopt more non-linear feature selection methods in order to develop a high accuracy SVM-based emotion recognition system.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"27 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114105422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From web-based learning to eText learning: teaching Sanskrit with an electronic textbook","authors":"McComas Taylor","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059995","url":null,"abstract":"The Australian National University has been teaching Sanskrit using a successful web-based model of content delivery since 2006. As the programme grew in sophistication and complexity, and as technology as evolved, five problems emerged: students expected greater mobility, the instructor needed stability of resources, demand for improved multimedia support grew, bandwidth was constraining content delivery, and there is a growing perception that course materials should be in the public domain. In response to these problems, the entire content of the first-year Sanskrit curriculum, incorporating over 1400 text, image, audio and video files, was shifted from a web-based learning management system to an electronic textbook in ePub format using Zipptek's Legend Marker. Copies of the eText were preloaded onto iPads which were distributed to over 20 students worldwide. In addition to solving the five problems such as mobility, stability, multimedia, bandwidth and openness, the eText has resulted in very high levels of student acceptance and may lead to higher retention rates and improved learning outcomes.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"19 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114007173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobile media usage by undergraduates and implications for m-learning instructional design","authors":"B. J. Phillips, Michael Grosch, P. Laosinchai","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059994","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2014.059994","url":null,"abstract":"As the first step to develop a new m-learning instructional design, this research assessed 48 types of mobile media that undergraduates use. Participants included 439 Thai students from 16 different majors. Principal component analysis and t-test results indicated that students with more advanced computer software skills used a wider range of mobile media for learning than did students with basic computer software skills. Students' advancement in using mobile media for learning was perceived as presenting better academic and study skills. The results from this research could provide a guideline for designing a novel m-learning instruction.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128191629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting lifelong learners to build personal learning ecologies in daily physical spaces","authors":"Bernardo Tabuenca, Stefaan Ternier, M. Specht","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057160","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the results from a questionnaire filled out by 147 lifelong learners with the aim to analyse learning practices of adults, and to recognise patterns of lifelong learners in order to support them with technology. These patterns capture the context in which lifelong learners are more willing to learn, that is, the day of the week, duration, location activity being performed, type of device being used, way to interact with their devices and how these aspects can affect when an adult student takes the initiative to learn. Likewise, this paper examines previous publications on surveys, questionnaires and information collected with the same objective, to corroborate and contrast the findings. Moreover, we present a literature review on augmented tangibles for learning identifying potential contexts to orchestrate tangibles depending on the physical space where they are normally used. As an outcome of this work, important research questions are raised to integrate smart learning objects in learner-centred ecologies of resources.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129939053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmad Abu-Al-Aish, S. Love, Z. Hunaiti, S. Al-masaeed
{"title":"Toward a sustainable deployment of m-learning in higher education","authors":"Ahmad Abu-Al-Aish, S. Love, Z. Hunaiti, S. Al-masaeed","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057165","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile learning technologies and wireless networks are increasingly being used in educational institutes. Mobile learning m-learning through wireless technology can deliver information to anyone, anytime and anywhere. Some studies have explored the challenges and the issues of implementing this technology. However, few academic studies have investigated the sustainable deployment of m-learning in higher education. This study was conducted with the intention of identifying the factors that affect the deployment of m-learning, in order to propose and evaluate a sustainable model for mobile learning deployment in university education. A survey was conducted with a total of 148 students and 28 lecturers. The findings indicate that the refined conceptual model with pre-and post-deployment stages can work as a road map that can help all stakeholders to make successful decisions for the future deployment of m-learning in their institutes.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132999200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A flexible unified architecture to support heterogeneous multi-device learning environments","authors":"Adam Giemza, L. Bollen, M. Jansen, H. Hoppe","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057162","url":null,"abstract":"Since the personal ownership of mobile devices has increased steadily over the last decade, many students own personal mobile devices that can reasonably be integrated into mobile learning scenarios. Besides all the benefits this option brings, there are also drawbacks, such as the heterogeneity of the set of mobile devices that need to be managed and integrated into existing and emerging learning scenarios. In our approach, one key element to address this challenge is an architecture that allows an easy and flexible integration of mobile and non-mobile devices into the same mobile learning scenario. We used a well-known group discussion method and an existing tool and extended it based on our approach. A description of this extension is presented in this paper. Finally, the paper reports on a pilot study in which the extended system was evaluated.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"188 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117303427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How mobile technologies influence on students' psycho-emotional state?","authors":"D. Sapargaliyev","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057163","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on an experimental work that was conducting empirical research to find out how the use of mobile device as a testing tool influences students' psycho-emotional state. We have conducted pedagogical experiment with Polish students n = 16 at Adam Mickiewicz University Poland. We have prepared an online test consist of four questions. The experiment was conducted in the classroom with PCs and mobile devices. Students were divided into control and experimental groups. The results showed that main difference between desktop and mobile technologies was a significant increase in mood coefficient after the use of mobile devices by the students.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131953457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Lai, Chih-Ming Chu, Pei-Ping Luo, Wei-Hsuan Chen
{"title":"Learners' acceptance of mobile technology supported collaborative learning","authors":"C. Lai, Chih-Ming Chu, Pei-Ping Luo, Wei-Hsuan Chen","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057166","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' acceptance of mobile technology supported collaborative learning. This study developed a mobile learning system to support collaborative learning in a field trip. Twenty-seven fifth graders, including 14 boys and 13 girls were divided into six groups in this experiment. The results revealed that mobile technology supported collaborative learning can enhance students' learning achievement. Students also responded that the mobile learning system was easy to use and helpful for conducting collaborative learning.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121686462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of a context-aware game for conducting ubiquitous mathematics learning activities","authors":"Shu-Hsien Huang, Ting-Ting Wu, Hong-Ren Chen, Pei-Chen Yang, Yueh-Min Huang","doi":"10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2013.057164","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to introduce a context-aware game-based learning interactive method into mathematics instruction. The classroom situation is combined with context-aware ubiquitous learning u-learning. The situated learning is used to explore differences in learning effects in second grade elementary school students. The mathematics units are addition and subtraction. After class, questionnaires are used to understand student views toward context-aware game instruction. In brief, the results showed that student learning achievement can be enhanced through this situated learning system. In addition, analysis of the questionnaire results demonstrated that the bulk of students gave positive feedback towards the system. Furthermore, the experimental group students were interviewed. Their opinions and views of context-aware game learning showed that most of them felt the instructional method to be helpful to them in regard to learning mathematics.","PeriodicalId":155372,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. Mob. Learn. Organisation","volume":"476 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125539949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}