Student modelling for second language acquisition
Computers & Education - Special issue: emancipation through learning technology—selected papers from the EUROCALL '93 conference
The design of personal mobile technologies for lifelong learning
Computers & Education - VIRTUALITY IN EDUCATION selected contributions from the CAL 99 symposium
Alternative Learning Arenas - Pedagogical Challenges to Mobile Learning Technology in Education
WMTE '02 Proceedings IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education
English Class on the Air: Mobile Language Learning with Cell Phones
ICALT '05 Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies
A survey on context-aware systems
International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing
An observational study of undergraduate students' adoption of (mobile) note-taking software
Computers in Human Behavior
ZooQuest: a mobile game-based learning application for fifth graders
ITS'12 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Information technology education
Mobile worlds: mobile gaming and learning?
Edutainment'12/GameDays'12 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Edutainment, and Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on E-Learning and Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports
Abductive science inquiry using mobile devices in the classroom
Computers & Education
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning
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Three groups participated in a study on the added value of mobile technology for learning English as a second language for primary school students. The first group had classroom lessons in English about zoo animals and their characteristics. The second group took classroom lessons and worked with a mobile application on location in a public zoo. The third group received the same treatment as the second but, as an extension, was allowed to take the mobile application home for a fortnight. A pre- and a posttest were conducted to measure the individual change in mastery of a set of targeted English words. The results showed that the group which took the mobile phone home improved the most. However, when the additional learning time, spent apart from school, of this third group was controlled for, the superior performance of the group disappeared. The results indicate that students are motivated to use the application in their spare time and that this benefits their learning. The conclusion is that formal school learning can be augmented by learning in an informal context, away from school.