Unleashing mobile phones for research supervision support at Makerere University, Uganda: the lessons learned
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Date
2010
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Volume Title
Publisher
International Journal of innovation and Learning
Abstract
This paper provides the lessons learned in an m-learning initiative
to support distance learning students undertaking a field research project.
Learner survey and staff interview data revealed that m-learning overcomes the
odds that inhibit the implementation of ‘conventional’ e-learning and creates a
platform for regular interaction. M-learning creates a customer care attitude
and intimacy between the interacting parties, hence removing the phobia that
students attach to lecturers. It encourages active learning, paces learners and
improves learner satisfaction and motivation. On the contrary, m-learning
creates cognitive overload for a lecturer facilitating a large group of students
and introduces a strange vocabulary.
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Keywords
Innovation, Learning, Research supervision, Mobile phones, m-learning; Uganda; Mobile Research Supervision Initiative
Citation
Muyinda, P. B., Lubega, J. T., & Lynch, K. (2010). Unleashing mobile phones for research supervision support at Makerere University, Uganda: the lessons learned. International Journal of innovation and Learning, 7(1), 14-34.