Collins, Trevor; Gaved, Mark and Lea, John
(2010).
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Abstract
Fieldwork is an important means of contextualising knowledge and developing subject-specific and generic transferable skills. However, field locations are not always accessible. To address this problem we present a remote fieldwork approach that makes use of a portable wireless network and other mobile technologies to support fieldwork at a distance. As well as improving access to fieldwork, this approach can also be used to provide communication tools to fieldworkers, enabling them to share their findings and talk to their colleagues while in the field. This paper presents the portable communications toolkit we have developed and reports on three recent trials.
| Item Type: | Conference Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 The Authors |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Knowledge Media Institute (KMi) Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Institute of Educational Technology |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Computing (CRC) Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 24711 |
| Depositing User: | Trevor Collins |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2010 11:01 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Aug 2016 10:08 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/24711 |
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