A study on the effects of collaborative learning with mobile devices : submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Information Sciences in Information Technology

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dc.contributor.authorCui, Jianbo
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-16T01:41:00Z
dc.date.availableNO_RESTRICTIONen_US
dc.date.available2010-09-16T01:41:00Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractMany mobile learning (m-learning) systems have been constructed to transform traditional classroom or computer-based learning activities to be more efficient and ubiquitous, such as being able to present learners with a shared learning space. The work of learners is increasingly seen as collaborative by nature, and there is more collaboration between learners who have different learning experiences. Although these m-learning systems have promised positive collaborative learning outcomes, there has been little empirical work done to translate them into the learning outcomes which mobile collaborative learning environments can provide, where learners acquire new knowledge by contributing to each member’s existing knowledge. This thesis investigates both mobile learning and collaborative learning, and the focus is on: learning performance in mobile learning, types of knowledge created by collaboration and perceived learning satisfaction from this mobile collaborative learning experience. Several experiments were carried out to understand the nature of mobile-supported collaborative learning against traditional face-to-face (FTF) collaboration. The results revealed that, firstly, the learning performance was enhanced when the participants were learning collaboratively with the mobile device; secondly, mobile collaborative learning with a shared learning space contributed to shared knowledge generation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/1651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectMobile learningen_US
dc.subjectCollaborative learningen_US
dc.subjectInformation technologyen_US
dc.subject.otherFields of Research::280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciencesen_US
dc.titleA study on the effects of collaborative learning with mobile devices : submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Information Sciences in Information Technologyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorCui, Jianbo
thesis.degree.disciplineInformation Technologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Information Sciences (M.Inf.Sc.)en_US
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