Student Profile Transformation between Desktop PCs and Mobile Phones
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Computer Engineering Design Electrical Engineering Engineering Education Research Industrial Design Information Systems Information Technology Mechanical Engineering Mobile Learning |
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Reference - Educational Research Paper |
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Audio |
| Author(s): |
JUEMING CHEN KINSHUK NIAN-SHING CHEN TAIYU LIN |
| Description: | Published in Int. J. Engng Ed. Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 115±126, 2008. Part of special issue in IJEE on Mobile Technologies in Engineering Education (II). Abstract: "To meet the learning needs of various types of students, various adaptivity features are being implemented in computer-based learning systems to personalize education for every student. Recent developments in mobile technology have made the computer-based learning systems also accessible through mobile devices such as mobile phones. It is, therefore, becoming necessary that the students can also receive personalized learning through mobile devices. This research looks into various student preferences on different devices and how these preferences change when students move from one device to another to access learning content. Two surveys have been conducted in this research to investigate difference in various preferences of students while using personal computers (PCs) and mobile phones. A prototype computer-based educational system, accessible both from PCs and mobile phones, was also developed for this study to provide real experience of both type of interaction to the participants of the surveys. A student profile template is then designed on the basis of survey findings, which resulted in the student profile transformation framework. The framework is the first step towards content development guidelines to serve students on different types of learning devices." |
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| Keywords: | adaptivity; learning styles; mobile learning; profile transformation; mobile phone; PDA; tablet PC user model |
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Mobile Technologies in Engineering Education (II) |
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Conclusions: "In this research, two surveys were conducted that resulted in the student profile template and student profile transformation framework. Students' preferences on a desktop PC and mobile phone are found to be rather different. The transformation framework relates students' preference changes with contextual factors, such as device capabilities and locations, for learning using mobile phones. The framework provides a solid step towards providing adaptivity when students change devices to access computer-based learning content. Current research is based on two devices: desktop PC and mobile phone. With emergence of various kinds of devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), smartphones, tablet PCs and so on, extensions to the framework could be possible by investigating the device capabilities of the newer devices. Differences in various desktop PCs could also be investigated to accommodate user preferences for the higher end of device capability differences." |
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Medium |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | January 2008 |
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Cross Platform |
| Cost: |
Not free |
| Download URL: | http://www.ijee.dit.ie/latestissues/Vol24-1/s17_ijee2009.pdf |
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IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
International Journal of Engineering Education
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