Shared orchestration within and beyond the classroom

Mike Sharples

Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 504–506

With the introduction of personal computer devices such as smartphones and tablets into school classrooms, teachers have the added task of orchestrating complex dynamic systems of students interacting with networked technologies. One approach to...

Language: English

Myartspace: Design and evaluation of support for learning with multimedia phones between classrooms and museums

Giasemi Vavoula; Mike Sharples; Paul Rudman; Julia Meek; Peter Lonsdale

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 2 (September 2009) pp. 286–299

This paper presents a description and evaluation of Myartspace, a service on mobile phones for inquiry-led learning that allows students to gather information during a school field trip which is automatically sent to a website where they can view,...

Language: English

Topics: Museums

A study of multimedia annotation of Web-based materials

Wu-Yuin Hwang; Chin-Yu Wang; Mike Sharples

Computers & Education Vol. 48, No. 4 (May 2007) pp. 680–699

Web-based learning has become an important way to enhance learning and teaching, offering many learning opportunities. A limitation of current Web-based learning is the restricted ability of students to personalize and annotate the learning...

Language: English

A theory-informed framework for designing software to support reasoning about causation in history

Liz Masterman; Mike Sharples

Computers & Education Vol. 38, No. 1 (2002) pp. 165–185

We describe a framework for the design of a software tool to support reasoning about the causes of historical events by pupils aged 11–14 as they construct and manipulate diagrammatic representations of those events. Our approach demonstrates that...

Language: English

The design of personal mobile technologies for lifelong learning

Mike Sharples

Computers & Education Vol. 34, No. 3 (2000) pp. 177–193

This paper sets out a framework for the design of a new genre of educational technology — personal (handheld or wearable) computer systems that support learning from any location throughout a lifetime. We set out a theory of lifelong learning...

Language: English