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The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2007.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27314 The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school Cronje, Johannes Christoffel adele.botha@goblin.co.za Botha, Adele Mobile learning Mobile phones Nano-learning Design experiment UCTD Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2007. Current advances in mobile technology have enabled the formation of mobile technology enriched learning environments. This study documents a specific experimental research project in which secondary school learners used mobile cellular phones as a form of mobile technology to create, support and enhance a learning event in physical science studies. Although students used their own mobile phones for the duration of the research, they could connect to the MobilED platform used in this study to access information that they had previously created online. Mobile phones therefore served to extend the physical boundaries of the classroom by creating an ubiquitous and personal learning experience for each student. The experimental learning event was central to the design of the research. The iterative component of the design made it possible for the facilitator to operate as a “reflective practitioner” (Reeves, 2005) who could manipulate the components of the lesson in a quest for optimal success. The data and conclusions of the study confirm that that the texting function of mobile phones may be effective in furthering communication, cooperative learning and access to content. Curriculum Studies unrestricted 2013-09-07T11:10:03Z 2007-05-03 2013-09-07T11:10:03Z 2007-04-17 2007-05-03 2007-02-08 Dissertation Botha, A 2007, The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school, MEd dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27314 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27314 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02082007-002731/ © 2007, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Mobile learning Mobile phones Nano-learning Design experiment UCTD The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| title | The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| title_full | The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| title_fullStr | The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| title_short | The use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| title_sort | use of mobile phones to mediate a design experiment in a secondary school |
| topic | Mobile learning Mobile phones Nano-learning Design experiment UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27314 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02082007-002731/ |