A location-aware mobile learning system to provide field learning guidance for natural science courses

Authors:
Hui-Chun Chu;Gwo-Jen Hwang
Affiliations:
Department ofInforrnation and Learning Technology, National University of Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan City, Taiwan;Department ofInforrnation and Learning Technology, National University of Tainan, Taiwan, Tainan City, Taiwan
Venue:
CAR'10 Proceedings of the 2nd international Asia conference on Informatics in control, automation and robotics - Volume 3
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The advance of wireless and mobile technologies has enabled students to learn in an environment that combines learning resources from both the real world and the digital world. Although such an approach has been recognized to be innovative and important, several problems have been revealed in practical learning activities. One major problem is owing to the lack of proper learning strategies or tools for assisting the students to acquire knowledge in such a complex learning scenario. Students might feel excited or absorbed when using the mobile devices to learn in the real context; nevertheless, their learning achievements could be disappointing. To deal with this problem, this study presents a mobile learning system that employs Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to detect and examine real-world learning behaviors of students and provide personalized learning guidance accordingly. Experimental results from a natural science course of an elementary school show that this innovative approach is able to improve the learning achievements of students as well as enhance their learning motivation.