A mobile learning module for high school fieldwork

Tzu Yen Hsu; Che Ming Chen

doi:10.1080/00221341.2010.480941

A mobile learning module for high school fieldwork

Tzu Yen Hsu^*, Che Ming Chen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Geography

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Abstract

Although fieldwork is always cited as an important component of geographic education, there are many obstacles for executing high school fieldwork. Mobile electronic products are becoming popular and some schools are able to acquire these devices for mobile learning. This study attempts to provide a mobileassisted means of guiding students through fieldwork without a teacher's presence. To explore these possibilities, a PDA (personal digital assistant) program, referred to as the Pocket Fieldwork Assistant (PFA), has been developed. A fieldwork course module that is concerned with local irrigation ditchissuesisdesignedandimplemented to evaluate how the PFA affects fieldwork learning in authentic settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-149
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Geography
Volume	109
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2010.480941
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Fieldwork
Geographic education
Mobile learning
PDA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Earth-Surface Processes
Education

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