Vavoula, Giasemi and Sharples, Mike
(2009).
Meeting the challenges in evaluating mobile learning: a 3-level evaluation framework.
International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning, 1(2),
pp. 54–75.
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Abstract
We propose six challenges in evaluating mobile learning: capturing and analyzing learning in context and across contexts, measuring mobile learning processes and outcomes, respecting learner/participant privacy, assessing mobile technology utility and usability, considering the wider organizational and socio-cultural context of learning, and assessing in/formality. A three-level framework for evaluating mobile learning is proposed, comprising a micro level concerned with usability, a meso level concerned with the learning experience, and a macro level concerned with integration within existing educational and organizational contexts. The article concludes with a discussion of how the framework meets the evaluation challenges and with suggestions for further extensions.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 IGI Global |
| ISSN: |
1941-8655 |
| Keywords: |
ethics; evaluation framework; informality and formality of learning; learning context; learning outcomes; mobile learning evaluation; requirements for evaluation |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Institute of Educational Technology |
| Item ID: |
31247 |
| Depositing User: |
Dawn Cargill
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| Date Deposited: |
16 Jan 2012 12:07 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:35 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/31247 |
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