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Mobile learning in a human geography field course

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posted on 2015-06-03, 09:03 authored by Claire Jarvis, Nicholas Tate, Jennifer Dickie, Gavin Brown
This paper reports on reusable mobile digital learning resources designed to assist human geography undergraduate students in exploring the geographies of life in Dublin. Developing active learning that goes beyond data collection to encourage observation and thinking in the field is important. Achieving this in the context of large class sizes presents several challenges. Combining in-situ learning with spatially-accurate historical and contemporary multimedia, we developed a set of location-aware digital mobile tools or ‘mediascapes’. We explore how scaffolding can be achieved in such a context, focusing on the development of students’ observational, enquiry and thinking skills in the field.

Funding

This project was developed with financial support from the University of Leicester Teaching Enhancement Fund. The writing of this article was supported by sabbatical leave from the University of Leicester for Dr. Claire Jarvis.

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Citation

Journal of Geography

Author affiliation

/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING/Department of Geography/GIS and Remote Sensing

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Published in

Journal of Geography

Publisher

Taylor & Francis (Routledge) for National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE)

issn

0022-1341

eissn

1752-6868

Copyright date

2015

Available date

2016-10-29

Publisher version

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00221341.2015.1026373

Editors

Mitchell, J.

Language

en

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