Title:	PDAS AS WORKPLACE TOOLS FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS
Author(s):	Eileen Scanlon , Canan Blake , Gill Clough , Richard Holliman , Kim Issroff , Christine Marshall , Sam Smidt , Jenny Waycott , Frank Banks , Ann Jones
ISBN:	978-972-8924-36-2
Editors:	Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen)
Year:	2007
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	PDAs, science education, practice based professional learning, mobile learning
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	242
Last Page:	245
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	This paper reports on work in progress on a project investigating the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) to help students make use of knowledge gained during the study of a Masters course in science education in their professional practice. We report on a review of the literature on mobile technologies as learning tools in workplace settings. We analyze this literature to suggest possible hypotheses for our study in relation to the expectation that the provision of such resources on PDAs will aid the students in making use of course materials in their professional settings. Our aim is to understand the ways in which mobile devices influence the use of open and distance learning course material in workplace contexts, and to investigate how the link between knowledge about science communication, education and practice can be influenced by the use of mobile devices. We also describe the selection and design of activities for use on the PDAs, the evaluation strategy based on an activity theory augmented approach for the project and the issues arising during the project.
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