I just had a conversation with the representative of Moule ITD (Institute for Educational Technology CNR) of Palermo, which he promised news on the results of the Mobile Ubiquitous Learning Project which involved the testing of mobile latest mobile phones (with GPS) and handheld computers to develop educational projects designed to involve cooperative learning resources and educational content to specific geographical locations.
The project, which ended in 2008, involving students and teachers of secondary level school, both groups participated in training courses and have been equipped with mobile devices, complete with GPS connected to the Internet. Teachers with basic knowledge of computer science, attended a 20 hour course that introduced them to the methodological aspects of cooperative learning and the design of learning activities which included fieldwork, the use of technology platform distance learning environment and Moodle Wiki to build shared knowledge.
The trial, which was intended to verify technological functionality of the system and its educational value, collaborative processes that led to the construction of knowledge and how Moule has facilitated these processes and the quantity of interactions between students and the quality of content created, seems to have produced positive results. The system allowed
- find the information filtered / refined based on the location,
- the inclusion of content in a collaborative way (with wiki technology and concept maps), allowing the association to a monument on the territory
- l 'annotation of multimedia content (images, text, audio interviews) on-site through mobile devices with the territory
of satellite tracking systems - the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools (chat and forums) are sensitive to location.
- the use of a browser for viewing on the territory of the position of users and items of interest
- automatic recognition points of interest.
- partedegli central monitoring by users.
an experiment worthy of note (and on which I plan to keep me updated), reminiscent of the GeoHistorian Project which aims to use mobile technologies to break down barriers between school and society, and aims to assess the phones as educational resources, reduce barriers between schools and communities (museums, zoo, etc.) and give students the opportunity to create resources for their community. This project used mobile technologies to bind the class to historical points of interest: using mobile phones that allow you to shoot photos and have GPS and wireless internet, and using sites like PoketCaster students can become historical documents, create and share the story of real people and real places. At an early stage, the project has already allowed to use cell phones for the creation and uploading of content on the internet, and currently we are studying the possibility of incorporating the two-dimensional barcodes QR (sort of code with a link mobile Internet that enables to connect instantly to content: This communication system will be adopted for the Expo 2010 in China) to allow students to create digital content within the context of physical and pemettere distributing such content to a wider audience .
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