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Mobile studying and social usability on a wireless campus

Published: 12 September 2006 Publication History

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When mobile technology is utilized successfully in computer supported collaborative learning, it can engender students' feelings of belonging to a safe virtual community, which helps to construct shared knowledge through collaboration and applying information and experiences received from others. In this paper, our main argument is that collaborative learning through mobile technology can be successful only if virtual communication is supported by suitable means. In this case, different factors of knowledge sharing and social usability in the virtual learning environment along with issues of data security within the wireless network become crucial with respect to collaborative learning that is supported by mobile technology.

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  • (2007)Usability improvements for WLAN accessProceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction design and usability10.5555/1772490.1772553(549-558)Online publication date: 22-Jul-2007
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MobileHCI '06: Proceedings of the 8th conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
September 2006
320 pages
ISBN:1595933905
DOI:10.1145/1152215
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  1. computer-supported collaborative learning
  2. data security
  3. mobile technology
  4. social usability
  5. trust
  6. virtual communities

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  • (2007)Usability improvements for WLAN accessProceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: interaction design and usability10.5555/1772490.1772553(549-558)Online publication date: 22-Jul-2007
  • (2007)Usability Improvements for WLAN AccessHuman-Computer Interaction. Interaction Design and Usability10.1007/978-3-540-73105-4_61(549-558)Online publication date: 2007

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