Mobile computer-supported collaborative learning: Difference between revisions

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=== High school learners ===

Networked handhelds can be used to mediate collaborate group decision-making for science problems. Students in a high-school physics class in Chile<ref>Cortez C. (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20120330115446/http://mobilelearningportal.org/node/1793 Teaching Science with Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (MCSCL)]. WMTE '04 Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (WMTE'04) . , p.&nbsp;67.</ref> were issued networked PocketPCs and organized into groups. Students in each group were asked to answer the same multiple choice physics question. Students could only proceed once the group established consensus on an answer.

The software was further developed to mediate the interaction of students in small-groups facilitating their collaboration in activities related to different subject areas. In these activities the groups of students share a set of questions that includes multiple responses that they have to analyze and decide the answer they want to submit as a group. This requires shared commitment and individual responsibility in order to make collective decisions and reach consensus. The methodology uses technology-supported face-to-face collaborative learning as a tool for the assessment of learning.<ref>Nussbaum, M., Gomez, F., Mena, J., Imbarack, P., Torres, A., Singer, M., & Mora, M. (2010). Technology-Supported Face-to-Face Small Group Collaborative Formative Assessment and its Integration in the Classroom. In R. Sternberg & D. Preiss (Eds.), Innovations in Educational Psychology: Perspectives on Learning, Teaching and Human Development (pp. 295-323). New York: Springer</ref>

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== Collaborating in discussion boards on a mobile device ==

[[Discussion board]]s provide the ability for students to collaborate with others and build knowledge collectively. Although students may use personal computers to participate in discussion boards, computer-based discussions do not offer frequent, integrated access to learning applications anytime, and anywhere.<ref>W. Y Hwang; J. H Su; J. L Hsu; H. J Huang (2010). A study on ubiquitous computer supported collaborative learning with hybrid mobile discussion forum. IJMLO - International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, Volume 4, p.&nbsp;98 - 112.</ref> [[Mobile device]]s help students to keep up-to-date with the current discussions and eliminate the accumulation of unread messages.<ref>Mac Callum, K. (2008). Mobile technology in collaboration: evaluation of a web-based discussion board. IJMLO - International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, Volume 2, p.&nbsp;318 - 328.</ref> Mobile use of discussion boards promotes collaborative learning by making it easier for students to interact with each other.

== Mobile blogging and collaborative learning ==