'If I had a phone like that yes! I would use it, obviously, for my assignments': A grounded Study of mobile device appropriation for learning
| Type of publication: | Unpublished |
| Citation: | 426 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Note: | 2007 Cook, Bradley 2007 - 'If I had a phone file:///Cook%20et%20al%202007.doc js, 13.05.2007 |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the following question: do learners appropriate 'near future' devices (Nokia N91s) in order to respond to a learning situation? Our approach was to design virtual-environment resources (learning objects) that were made available on devices that were also suitable for users to generate content in an active learning context. The paper presents the main results from a grounded study of HE students undertaking an assignment using the N91s. By grounding our findings in the data we conclude that their does appear to have been substantial evidence of learners adapting the new devices to meet their own needs and some evidence of the resources being used to promote reflection. We also identified many learner 'stories' in terms of the affective response of students to the use of the mobile phones. Stories were seen as important because they represent 'use genres' which can be used by our planned context-aware system to offer services and functionalities to learners at the appropriate moment. |
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