{"title":"Techniques for synchronizing distributed participants in a net-scenario","authors":"Johan Lundin, F. Taghizadeh","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039246","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describe techniques to facilitate communication and learning among people, who are participating in a distributed role-play. The distributed and asynchronous setting poses new problems for collaborative role-playing. We present three techniques for a facilitator to guide participants through a story. This to allow them to work as a group even though they access the role-play distributed and asynchronously. The three techniques presented are: synchronizing points, providing written instructions and through peer pressure. We describe the techniques and present our insights from the evaluation.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134619837","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}
Umer Farooq, W. A. Schafer, M. Rosson, John Millar Carroll
{"title":"M-Education: bridging the gap of mobile and desktop computing","authors":"Umer Farooq, W. A. Schafer, M. Rosson, John Millar Carroll","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039226","url":null,"abstract":"Mobile education or M-Education is a new conceptual paradigm in the use of mobile and wireless technologies for education. M-Education encourages distributed peer collaboration over wireless devices and desktop computers to create opportunities for discovery and education in the field and community. It is a project-oriented approach that will use a wireless virtual community to facilitate the learning activities of teachers, students, and peers through collaboration in a distributed environment. M-Education is significantly different from existing mobile learning systems in that it leverages its collaborative activities from an existing desktop-based online virtual community (MOOsburg), and thus offers a range of collaboration opportunities, such as synchronous and asynchronous interactions with peers, and viewing or changes to persistent data. In this paper, an innovative use of wireless and mobile technologies in education is explored as part of a scenario-based design process.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127654090","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":"Environmental Detectives: PDAs as a window into a virtual simulated world","authors":"E. Klopfer, K. Squire, Henry Jenkins","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039227","url":null,"abstract":"The use of computer simulations is changing the nature of scientific investigation and providing us unique insights into the way that the world works. As simulation moves from the desktop to more ubiquitous portable devices (such as PDAs), we can draw upon the unique affordances of these devices-portability, social interactivity, context sensitivity, connectivity, and individuality. The purpose of this research project is to develop and examine a new simulation platform that is designed from the ground up for handhelds to create augmented reality simulations (i.e. simulations that bridge virtual and real worlds). This paper describes environmental detectives, one such augmented reality simulation that is currently being developed at MIT. In the upcoming months, we develop and test this concept as well as produce a suite of authoring tools that students and teachers can use to design their own augmented reality simulations.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122311139","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":"SMS and interactivity-some results from the field, and its implications on effective uses of mobile technologies in education","authors":"A. Stone, J. Briggs, Craig Smith","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039238","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the results of an experiment undertaken to test the effectiveness of a two-way SMS campaign for a UK youth brand. These results are presented, and considered from the perspective of leveraging these results in an educational technology context. It is proposed that these results and their findings can inform more effective future usage of mobile technologies in education.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129553944","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":"Alternative learning arenas-pedagogical challenges to mobile learning technology in education","authors":"L. Mifsud","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039231","url":null,"abstract":"ICT-implementation in education has mostly been aimed at enhancing learning informal arenas-the classroom. However, accepting that learning does not only forego in the formal learning arenas, it is proposed that mobile technology can be used as a bridge between the formal and informal learning arenas. The question is whether the bridge between school and other arenas open or closed-is there a barrier? The paper asks what strategies/changes/challenges have to be in place for the school to access and utilize learning arenas which are alternative to the formal learning arena?.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128886740","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":"Improving communication through mobile technologies: which possibilities?","authors":"M. Divitini, O. Haugaløkken, Per-Arne Norevik","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039225","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses the potentialities in using mobile technologies to improve communication among students and among students and teachers. The discussion is based on the results of a questionnaire on the actual usage of mobile technologies by students and on students' interest in adopting them in the educational context.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"446 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132582500","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}
Tzu-Chien Liu, Hsue-Yie Wang, Jen-Kai Liang, T. Chan, Jie-Chi Yang
{"title":"Applying wireless technologies to build a highly interactive learning environment","authors":"Tzu-Chien Liu, Hsue-Yie Wang, Jen-Kai Liang, T. Chan, Jie-Chi Yang","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039222","url":null,"abstract":"This study tries to apply wireless technologies to build a highly interactive environment. For this purpose, this study first identifies four types of interaction between the members in the technology-embedded classroom contexts, including: (1) face-to-face interaction; (2) computer-mediated interaction: (3) human-computer interaction; and (4) personal device supported simultaneous group interaction. In our analysis, each type of interaction above has its advantages and limitations, and there is no one who can achieve all instructional goals. So, the second purpose of this study is to integrate wireless local area network (WLAN), electronic whiteboard, interactive classroom server, and resource and class management serve to build a highly interactive learning environment, which can support members to flexibly proceed any type of interaction to achieve specific instructional goals. Finally, this study integrates the learning environment design with one of traditional pedagogical models-the Jigsaw? Model to demonstrate how such highly interactive learning environment can best promote instructor's teaching and students' learning.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127580197","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}
K. Luchini, William Bobrowsky, Michael Curtis, C. Quintana, E. Soloway
{"title":"Supporting learning in context: extending learner-centered design to the development of handheld educational software","authors":"K. Luchini, William Bobrowsky, Michael Curtis, C. Quintana, E. Soloway","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039230","url":null,"abstract":"The emerging family of mobile devices presents new opportunities to design handheld tools that can support students within the context of their learning activities. In this paper we discuss the challenges of building handheld educational software and describe the design of Pocket PiCoMap, a learner-centered tool that supports concept mapping activities on handheld computers. By combining available research on the design of small interfaces with existing guidelines for developing learner-centered desktop software, we describe some of the design considerations and tradeoffs of developing learner-centered handheld software. We present initial design guidelines for balancing these constraints, describe their application to the development of Pocket PiCoMap, and discuss ongoing classroom tests of this software.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115854349","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 agents in adaptive learning systems","authors":"Hong Hong, Kinshuk","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039243","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on the efforts of providing adaptivity in learning systems with primary focus on mobile users. With unreliable and infrequent connections to the Internet, low bandwidth, and high latency problems, we propose that an effective solution can be reached by employing mobile agents technology in conjunction with two-fold student modelling mechanism.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114958887","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":"Evaluating WAP usability: \"what usability?\"","authors":"K. Kiili","doi":"10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/WMTE.2002.1039245","url":null,"abstract":"Some educational communities and organizations have recognized the possibilities of mLearning. mLearning may provide tools to respond to the demands of working life and information society. One way to enhance mLearning is to raise the usability of mobile terminals as good usability is the basis for the meaningful and effective learning. Poor usability disturbs the learning processes because the energy of users is directed to the use of the system instead of learning. In this paper the usability of the Nokia 7110 mobile phone is evaluated. Researchers located the problem points of the user interface and navigation system. In fact, there were several obstacles in the user interface of the tested mobile phone that need improvement. First of all, the Navi Roller confuses users and they prefer to use it even in the tasks that could be done more easily with the other buttons. Secondly, the inconsistency of the Navi Roller and the shortcut button caused some problems. WAP services need improvement as well. The navigating structures were hard to understand and feedback of actions was insufficient. As a conclusion, there is a lot usability work to be done before mobile terminals can be effectively adapted as a part of education.","PeriodicalId":165746,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115088600","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}