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Innovating Pedagogy 2020: Open University Innovation Report 8
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Elaine Beirne; Gráinne Conole; Eamon Costello; Tim Coughlan; Rebecca Ferguson; Elizabeth FitzGerald; Mark Gaved; Christothea Herodotou; Wayne Holmes; Conchúr Mac Lochlain; Mairéad Nic Giolla Mhichíl; Bart Rienties; Julia Sargent; Eileen Scanlon; Mike Sharples; Denise Whitelock
(2020) pp. 1–49
This series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning, and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. This eighth report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have ...
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The Sense-it App: A Smartphone Sensor Toolkit for Citizen Inquiry Learning
Eileen Scanlon; Mike Sharples; Maria Aristeidou; Eloy Villasclaras-Fernández; Christothea Herodotou
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 9, No. 2 (April 2017) pp. 16–38
The authors describe the design and formative evaluation of a sensor toolkit for Android smartphones and tablets that supports inquiry-based science learning. The Sense-it app enables a user to access all the motion, environmental and position...
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Mobile Game Based Learning: Can It Enhance Learning Of Marginalized Peer Educators?
Anupama Roy; Mike Sharples
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 7, No. 1 (January 2015) pp. 1–12
This paper describes an investigatory project to pilot an SMS based game to enhance the training of peer educators of MSM (Males having Sex with Males) groups in India. The objective of this research was to increase the efficacy of the MSM peer...
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Mobile and Accessible Learning for MOOCs
Mike Sharples; Carlos Delgado Kloos; Yannis Dimitriadis; Serge Garlatti; Marcus Specht
Journal of Interactive Media in Education Vol. 2015, No. 1 (2015)
Many modern web-based systems provide a "responsive" design that allows material and services to be accessed on mobile and desktop devices, with the aim of providing "ubiquitous access." Besides offering access to learning...
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Personal Inquiry: Orchestrating Science Investigations within and beyond the Classroom
Mike Sharples; Eileen Scanlon; Shaaron Ainsworth; Stamatina Anastopoulou; Trevor Collins; Charles Crook; Ann Jones; Lucinda Kerawalla; Karen Littleton; Paul Mulholland; Claire O'Malley
Journal of the Learning Sciences Vol. 24, No. 2 (2015) pp. 308–341
A central challenge for science educators is to enable young people to act as scientists by gathering and assessing evidence, conducting experiments, and engaging in informed debate. We report the design of the nQuire toolkit, a system to support...
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Innovating Pedagogy 2014
Mike Sharples; Anne Adams; Rebecca Ferguson; Mark Gaved; Patrick McAndrew; Bart Rienties; Martin Weller; Denise Whitelock
(2014) pp. 1–37
The third in a series of reports exploring new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation. This report proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but...
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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
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Incidental Second Language Vocabulary Learning from Reading Novels: A Comparison of Three Mobile Modes
Tony Fisher; Mike Sharples; Richard Pemberton; Hiroaki Ogata; Noriko Uosaki; Phil Edmonds; Anthony Hull; Patrick Tschorn
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 4, No. 4 (October 2012) pp. 47–61
This paper reports on a study in which incidental English vocabulary learning from three mobile modes (book, e-book and e-book with user modelling and adaptive vocabulary learning support) was investigated. The study employed a crossover design to...
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Researching the Ethical Dimensions of Mobile, Ubiquitous and Immersive Technology Enhanced Learning (MUITEL): A Thematic Review and Dialogue
Vic Lally; Mike Sharples; Frances Tracy; Neil Bertram; Sherriden Masters
Interactive Learning Environments Vol. 20, No. 3 (2012) pp. 217–238
In this article, we examine the ethical dimensions of researching the mobile, ubiquitous and immersive technology enhanced learning (MUITEL), with a particular focus on learning in informal settings. We begin with an analysis of the interactions...
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Guidelines for the Design of Location-Based Audio for Mobile Learning
Mike Sharples; Elizabeth FitzGerald; Robert Jones; Gary Priestnall
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 3, No. 4 (October 2011) pp. 70–85
A consistent finding of research into mobile learning guides and outdoor learning games has been the value of audio as a medium of communication. This paper discusses the value of location-based and movement-sensitive audio for learning. Three types ...
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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
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Meeting the Challenges in Evaluating Mobile Learning: A 3-Level Evaluation Framework
Giasemi Vavoula; Mike Sharples
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 2009) pp. 54–75
We propose six challenges in evaluating mobile learning: capturing and analyzing learning in context and across contexts, measuring mobile learning processes and outcomes, respecting learner/participant privacy, assessing mobile technology utility...
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Innovation in Mobile Learning: A European Perspective
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Mike Sharples; Marcelo Milrad; Inmaculada Arnedillo-Sanchez; Giasemi Vavoula
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 2009) pp. 13–35
In the evolving landscape of mobile learning, European researchers have conducted significant mobile learning projects, representing a distinct perspective on mobile learning research and development. Our article aims to explore how these projects...
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Innovazione nel mobile learning
Immaculada Arnedillo-Snchez; Agnes Kukulska-Hulme; Marcelo Milrad; Mike Sharples; Giasemi Vavoula
Italian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 16, No. 2 (Jan 01, 2008) p. 4
Descrizione, da una prospettiva europea, dell\u2019innovazione nel settore del mobile learning e l\u2019utilizzabilita\u2019 del mobile learning in contesti educativi. Vengono illustrate i principali progetti europei di m-learning e si esamina le...
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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
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A Study of Multimedia Annotation of Web-Based Materials
Wu-Yuin Hwang; Chin-Yu Wang; Mike Sharples
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 4272–4280
Web-based learning has become an important way to enhance learning and teaching and it can offer many learning opportunities. However, it is not easy to understand the learning status or attributes of students and then provide online help to...
Topics: Students, Networking Technologies, Computer Sciences, Information Sciences
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Evaluation of a Mobile Learning Organiser for University Students
Dan Corlett; Mike Sharples; Susan Bull; Tony Chan
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 21, No. 3 (June 2005) pp. 162–170
This paper describes a 10-month trial of a mobile learning organiser, developed for use by university students. Implemented on a wireless-enabled Pocket PC hand-held computer, the organiser makes use of existing mobile applications as well as tools...
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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
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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
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Computer support to the rhythms of writing
Mike Sharples
Italian Journal of Educational Technology Vol. 2, No. 1 (Apr 30, 1994) p. 44
The influence of writing instruments and, in particular, the computer on rhythmic movement between action and reflection during the writing of texts.
Language: Italiano/Italian
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Computer Support for the Rhythms of Writing
Mike Sharples
Computers and Composition Vol. 11, No. 3 (1994) pp. 217–26
Suggests that writing is a rhythmic activity. Claims that the combined effect of rapidly switching between composing and revising is to set up complex cycles of engagement and reflection that may disrupt the flow of composition. Describes "Writer's...
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Computer-Based Tutoring of Visual Concepts: From Novice to Experts
Mike Sharples
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 7, No. 2 (1991) pp. 123–32
Description of ways in which computers might be used to teach visual concepts discusses hypermedia systems; describes computer-generated tutorials; explains the use of computers to create learning aids such as concept maps, feature spaces, and...
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The Use of Computers to Aid the Teaching of Creative Writing
Mike Sharples
AEDS Journal Vol. 16, No. 2 (1983) pp. 79–91
An analysis of the writing process is followed by a description of programs used in a computer-based creative writing scheme developed at Edinburgh University. An account of a project to study the program's effect on the creative writings of 11 year ...