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Technology at work to mediate collaborative scientific enquiry in the field

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Hilary Smith,

Rose Luckin,

Geraldine Fitzpatrick,

Katerina Avramides,

Joshua UnderwoodAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Supporting Learning through Intelligent and Socially Informed Technology

Pages 603 - 610

Published: 06 May 2005 Publication History

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This paper describes and contrasts findings from two related projects where groups of science pupils investigated local air pollution using a collection of mobile sensors and devices. Both projects however played out in different ways. A qualitative analysis of the projects points to the various issues that contributed to the different experiences despite similar technologies for a similar task. These include: project focus; type of facilitator input and the benefits of in-situ data collection combined with subsequent review and reflection. We point to specific relationships between technologies and context of use, and building on this draw out recommendations for the design of in-context, science learning sessions. This work contributes to the growing conceptual understanding, based on 'real world' experiences, of how mobile and ubiquitous technologies can be appropriated in context to support learning. It contributes to an increased understanding of the types of collaborative scientific activity that are supported by different technology configurations, and the roles that human and system facilitators can play in this process.

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Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Supporting Learning through Intelligent and Socially Informed Technology

May 2005

1027 pages

ISBN:1586035304

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Chee-Kit Looi
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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Gord McCalla
Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
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Bert Bredeweg
Human Computer Studies, Informatics Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Joost Breuker
Human Computer Studies, Informatics Institute, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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