• DocumentCode
    3069371
  • Title

    Improving experiential learning with mobile technologies

  • Author

    Lai, Chih Hung ; Yang, Jie Chi ; Chen, Fei Ching ; Ho, Chin Wen ; Liang, Jing San ; Chan, Tak Wai

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Chung-li, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    28-30 Nov. 2005
  • Firstpage
    141
  • Lastpage
    145
  • Abstract
    The study designed a system and a flow of learning to motivate and guide students to conduct experiential learning with mobile technologies. Students of two classes of fifth-grade at an elementary school participated in the experiment. Thirty-four students of one class conducted learning with PDAs in a school garden while thirty-two students of another class conducted in a condition without PDAs. The data shows the advantage of supported with mobile technologies for the acquisition of knowledge. Most of the hypotheses are confirmed in the study. These findings show just how important mobile technology is in helping to improve the learning achievement of experiential learning.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; educational aids; mobile computing; notebook computers; student experiments; PDA; experiential learning improvement; knowledge acquisition; learning achievement; learning flow; mobile technologies; Computer science; Computer science education; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Handheld computers; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistants; Portable computers; Video recording;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, 2005. WMTE 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2385-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WMTE.2005.34
  • Filename
    1579252