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Title:
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DEVELOPING A MOBILE SOCIAL LEARNING APPLICATION FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY TECHNOLOGY COURSES |
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Author(s):
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Brian Thoms and Evren Eryilmaz |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-27-6 |
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Editors:
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Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías and Philip Powell |
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Year:
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2021 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Computing Education, Social Networking, Mobile Application |
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Type:
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Short |
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First Page:
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265 |
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Last Page:
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269 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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Smartphone adoption has grown steadily and now represents roughly 50% of all Internet traffic. Advances in mobile
application development along with its widespread adoption offers unique opportunities within computing education to
quickly offer knowledge and information directly into the hands of the learner. Adopting a mobile-first approach, this paper
introduces the construction of a mobile social learning platform, built on top of existing social learning software and
measures its adoption in interdisciplinary computing courses. The goal of the mobile app is to complement the
browser-based system and provide access to course notifications, gradebook and discussion posts. Initial results found 50%
of students adopting the smartphone app regularly, while most students preferred to use the browser-based system. Students
adopting the mobile application indicated that they liked the ability to view course notifications, assignments, grades and
instructor feedback from within the mobile app. |
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