Title:	USING BLUETOOTH TO RECONCILE PERSONAL DEVICE OWNERSHIP WITH TRADITIONAL EDUCATION
Author(s):	Christopher Dennett , John Traxler
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:	Bluetooth; Mobile Phones, object push, podcasts
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	233
Last Page:	236
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	Bluetooth is a wireless transmission technology carried by most students on their personal wireless devices. It can be used to support the transfer of objects such as files and applications and consequently to support learning and interaction. This allows Bluetooth to support a variety of designs of mobile learning but with the institutional attractions that it exploits devices already owned by students and uses technology that is free after initial set up. As with any technology, it has its specific characteristics and peculiarities, such as limited range and transmission rates. The University of Wolverhampton is working with these specifics and using Bluetooth in several projects that administer, organise and teach Computer Science students. The University’s Bluetooth technology is based on transmitter ‘hubs’ on laptops that transmit multimedia learning material (including text, images, podcasts), monitor attendance and will, in the near future, deliver interactive applications (including quizzes, tests, evaluations) to students, targeted by cohort as well as provide forums for collaborative projects. The system has passed technical trials and is now being field tested to establish usability, performance and areas of potential learning gains. These trials involve different cohorts of students as part of two different funded projects, one concentrating on organisation, administration and pastoral support and the other on course material, assessments and collaboration. Bluetooth is a new tool, a new technology for mobile learning and these projects exploit the synergy between personal device ownership and traditional modes of education in the classroom on campus.
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