The Design and Implementation of a Mobile Learning Resource

  • Authors:

  • Mike Sharples;Dan Corlett;Oliver Westmancott

  • Affiliations:

  • Educational Technology Research Group, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;Educational Technology Research Group, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK;Educational Technology Research Group, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  • Venue:
  • Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The convergence of mobile communications and handheld computers offers the opportunity to develop technology that will assist individuals and groups to learn anytime, anywhere. We describe the theory-informed design, implementation and evaluation of a handheld learning device. It is intended to support children to capture everyday events such as images, notes and sounds, to relate them to web-based learning resources, to organise these into a visual knowledge map, and to share them with other learners and teachers. A working prototype system, for children aged 9–11, is discussed and evaluated, as an exemplar of personal mobile systems for life-long learning.