Improving experiential learning with mobile technologies
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Chih Hung Lai; Jie Chi Yang; Fei Ching Chen; Chin Wen Ho; Jing San Liang; Tak Wai Chan
- Source
- IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE'05) Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, 2005. WMTE 2005. IEEE International Workshop on. :141-145 2005
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Personal digital assistants
Mobile computing
Educational technology
Educational institutions
Handheld computers
Video recording
Computer science
Design engineering
Computer science education
Portable computers
- Language
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.