Title :
A Mobile Learning Study in High School Mathematics: Challenges, Lessons Learned and Recommendations
Author :
Kalloo, Vani ; Mohan, Permanand
Author_Institution :
Dept of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Univ. of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Abstract :
A recent research study was conducted to determine if mobile learning can assist high school students to improve their performance in mathematics. This paper describes the background of the study, the mobile learning application developed, and the evaluation studies which were conducted. However, its main focus is on the challenges and lessons learned from the mobile learning study. Since the study was conducted in a developing country, the paper makes several recommendations for pursuing similar mobile learning studies in other developing countries.
Keywords :
Java; computer aided instruction; mathematics computing; mobile computing; J2ME mobile application; high school mathematics; mobile games; mobile learning study; Educational institutions; Games; Ground penetrating radar; Mathematics; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; high school mathematics; mobile games; mobile learning; mobile learning limitations;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-209-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-3761
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2011.21