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dc.contributor.authorValderrama Bahamóndez, Elba Del Carmen
dc.contributor.authorPfleging, Bastian
dc.contributor.authorHenze, Niels
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt, Albrecht
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-31T17:06:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-31T17:06:47Z
dc.date.available2017-10-31T17:06:47Z
dc.date.available2017-10-31T17:06:47Z
dc.date.issued09/23/2014
dc.date.issued09/23/2014
dc.identifierhttps://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2628363.2628403&preflayout=tabs
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-3004-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/2908
dc.identifier.urihttp://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/2908
dc.descriptionComputing technology is currently adopted in emerging countries. Especially mobile phones and smart phones become widely used - with a much higher penetration than traditional computers. In our work we investigate how computing technologies and particularly mobile devices can support education. While previous work focused on controlled experiments, in this paper we present the results of a 20 weeks long study of mobile phone usage in an emerging region. Our aim was not only to investigate how the phones are used for education but also to learn how they are adopted by children in daily life. By logging screenshots, we used an unsupervised approach that allowed to unobtrusively observe usage patterns without the presence of researchers. Instead of offering tailored teaching applications, we used general-purpose applications to support teaching and found that the phone itself was an empowering technology similar to pen and paper. Based on a detailed analysis of actual use in a natural setting, we derived a set of typical use cases for mobile phones in education and describe how they change learning. From in-depth interviews with a teacher, selected guardians and pupils we show that introducing mobiles phones has great potential for supporting education in emerging regions.en_US
dc.description.abstractComputing technology is currently adopted in emerging countries. Especially mobile phones and smart phones become widely used - with a much higher penetration than traditional computers. In our work we investigate how computing technologies and particularly mobile devices can support education. While previous work focused on controlled experiments, in this paper we present the results of a 20 weeks long study of mobile phone usage in an emerging region. Our aim was not only to investigate how the phones are used for education but also to learn how they are adopted by children in daily life. By logging screenshots, we used an unsupervised approach that allowed to unobtrusively observe usage patterns without the presence of researchers. Instead of offering tailored teaching applications, we used general-purpose applications to support teaching and found that the phone itself was an empowering technology similar to pen and paper. Based on a detailed analysis of actual use in a natural setting, we derived a set of typical use cases for mobile phones in education and describe how they change learning. From in-depth interviews with a teacher, selected guardians and pupils we show that introducing mobiles phones has great potential for supporting education in emerging regions.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSIGCHI ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interactionen_US
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMobileHCI '14 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & serviceen_US
dc.publisherMobileHCI '14 Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & service
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subjectadopting mobile phonesen_US
dc.subjectchildrenen_US
dc.subjecteducationen_US
dc.subjectemerging countriesen_US
dc.subjecthuman computer interaction (hci)en_US
dc.subjectlearningen_US
dc.subjectmobile phoneen_US
dc.subjectadopting mobile phones
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectemerging countries
dc.subjecthuman computer interaction (hci)
dc.subjectlearning
dc.subjectmobile phone
dc.titleA long-term field study on the adoption of smartphones by children in Panamaen_US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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