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Exploring the mediating role of mobile technology
Ulf Hedestig & Carljohan OrreDepartment of InformaticsUmeå universitySweden
Historical development of our projects
Council of HRBJ Distum
Understanding the social context
An exploration witha focus on technology
Design
Case and methods
• Identify technologies that correspond to everyday social practice
• Methods– Decision to follow and study a class of 40 students– Ethnographical methods and techniques
• Interviews, group interviews, diaries, observations
– Intervention• Implementation of PDA-hybrids• Quasi-experiment- exploring the role of mobile technology
Exploration phase
• Communication patterns– Mediation through Technology
– Formation of study groups
– Locus of activities shifts continuously
• Vertical and horizontal communication
• The infrastructure of communication needs an integration of public and private dimensions
Social dimensions
Private – Home environment – Studies on their own– Personal technologies
• Computer, IRC, e-mail, Internet
• Mobile phone, SMS, MMS
• PDA, calendar, applications
• Accessible, ready at hand
Public– Learning centre – Class activities
• Group work and study groups
• Lectures, seminars • Social activities
– Computer labs • Desktop computers • Course web• Network• Internet • Access restricted
Adoption of mobile technology• Aspects of use
– Entertainment– News reader, Remote control– Coordinator
• Early evaluation– “Beaming” sharing information– Quality problems– Communication cost
• A two stage process– Exploration – Utilisation
”The experiment!”
• Group assignments• Individual preparation before the group discussion • Tools - PiCoMap and Belvedere
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The “experiment!” (2)
• Results – Mobile technology enhance
transition between individual and collective activities
• Sharing individual perspectives • Focus on content rather than
structure• Motivates and challenge existing
study techniques
The “experiment!” (3)
• Results & Conclusions – The role of mobile technology
• Cognitive tool– Belvedere as a structuring tool– PicoMap as facilitator for
discussion and negotiation– PicoMap as a reminder
• Tool of power
– The ability to carry learning models in mobile applications
Questions and challenges
• Effects on our choice of technological supports?
• How do we design environments that integrates private and public interaction?
• How do we consider practices among actors involved in the learning environment?