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Information empowerment through mobile learning
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Koh, RKC and Tan, HXL and Duh, B, Information empowerment through mobile learning, Proceedings of MobileHCI 2009, 15-18 September 2008, Bonn, Germany, pp. 1-3. ISBN 978-1-60558-281-8 (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1613858.1613915
Abstract
Information empowers those who make sense from its successful
interpretation; this is especially true on the subject of weather
where the recipient is required to have prior forms of fundamental
understanding towards the natural occurring phenomenon and its
effects. This study facilitates the learning of complex weather
phenomena for children using a unique educational approach
using mobile technology. The initiative runs under Singapore’s
National Weather Study Project (NWSP), which already operates
a network of mini weather stations in schools across the state to
promote environmental awareness and support dynamic
interactions with real time data. Its data is accessible via Web,
Microsoft SensorMap and Google Earth interfaces. IWIS, an
application for the recent Google Android mobile platform taps
onto the fusion of mapping and the weather project server’s data
to present to children accessible local multi-variate weather data
depicted using visual metaphors and propagates the development
of mobile learning applications in the imminent future.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Keywords: | Mobile learning, information visualization, visual cognition, knowledge management |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Information and Communication Services |
Objective Group: | Information systems, technologies and services |
Objective Field: | Information systems, technologies and services not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Duh, B (Professor Henry Duh) |
ID Code: | 90320 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2014-03-31 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-13 |
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