This study has a practical as well as a theoretical goal: from a practical point of view, it aims at defining possible ways to port an existing educational website (PoliLab-Kids, for primary school children) to a mobile fruition. From a theoretical point of view, it aims at framing this activity within the realm of “mobile learning”, which is now emerging, discussing the possible scenarios of use of the mobile version of the website and how to develop to fit the requirements of a mobile device. As far as the technical goal is concerned possible solutions were thoroughly explored and discussed taking into account technological as well as time and cost constraints. Specifically, we are exploring new ways to use and combine different technologies in order to provide content that could easily be adopted according to the educational needs and finally accessed from device anywhere at any time. The most flexible one turned out to be using HML5 in combination with technologies such as PHP, Ajax and SQL. Using these techlologies together we are able to provide a learners with interactive video content as well as quizzes for testing the knowledge aquired. The different technological aspects of the proposed solutions are aiming to explore new ways to provide implementation of the mobile application that shows how PLK when turned mobile provides new educational opportunities to support learning across different devices. The solutions discussed are providing technological support for an educational process that may improve and provide the PoliLab-Kids students new learning experiences. As far as the theoretical goal is concerned it is providing theoretical base to support mobile learning and show how turning PLK to mobile version could be exposing students to more interactive pedagogical content making it perfect tool for mobile learning.
Questo studio ha un obiettivo pratico e un obiettivo teorico: da punto di vista pratico, mira a definire modi possibili per trasportare un sito educativo esistente (PoliLab-Kids, per i bambini della scuola primaria) verso una fruizione mobile. Da un punto di vista, teorico, mira a inquadrare questa attività nel regno del “mobile learning”, che è ora in rapida espansione, discutendo i possibili scenari di utilizzo della versione mobile del sito web ecome sviluppare questa versione in maniera appropriata. Sono state elaborate, analizzate e discusse diverse soluzioni possibili per quanto riguarda l’obiettivo tecnico, tenendo conto non solo degli aspetti squisitamente tecnologici ma anche di aspetti che in un contesto progettuale realistico contano: tempo e denaro. In particolare, sono stati esplorati nuovi modi di usare e combinare diverse tecnologie, al fine di fornire contenuti che potrebbero essere facilmente adottati in base alle esigenze didattiche e accessibili dal dispositivo ovunque e in qualsiasi momento. La più flessibile si è rivelata HTML5, in combinazione con tecnologie come PHP, Ajax e SQL. Utilizzando queste tecnologie insieme siamo in grado di fornire contenuti video interattivi in combinazione con quiz per testare, secondo diverse modalità (autoapprendimento, verifica sotto supervisione del docente…) la conoscenza acquisita. I diversi aspetti tecnologici delle soluzioni proposte mirano ad esplorare nuovimodi per creare una applicazione mobile di PLK, per offrire nuove opportunità educative per supportare l’apprendimento. Le soluzioni proposte sono state illustrate tramite versioni demo, che hanno consentito una prima valutazione. Per quanto riguarda l’obiettivo teorico, le soluzioni proposte mostrano come rendere PLK in versione mobile supporterebbe una fruizione interattiva di contenuti e learner-centered, che favorisce l’apprendimento.
PoliLab-kids go mobile
ZIVKOVIC, GORDANA
2013/2014
Abstract
This study has a practical as well as a theoretical goal: from a practical point of view, it aims at defining possible ways to port an existing educational website (PoliLab-Kids, for primary school children) to a mobile fruition. From a theoretical point of view, it aims at framing this activity within the realm of “mobile learning”, which is now emerging, discussing the possible scenarios of use of the mobile version of the website and how to develop to fit the requirements of a mobile device. As far as the technical goal is concerned possible solutions were thoroughly explored and discussed taking into account technological as well as time and cost constraints. Specifically, we are exploring new ways to use and combine different technologies in order to provide content that could easily be adopted according to the educational needs and finally accessed from device anywhere at any time. The most flexible one turned out to be using HML5 in combination with technologies such as PHP, Ajax and SQL. Using these techlologies together we are able to provide a learners with interactive video content as well as quizzes for testing the knowledge aquired. The different technological aspects of the proposed solutions are aiming to explore new ways to provide implementation of the mobile application that shows how PLK when turned mobile provides new educational opportunities to support learning across different devices. The solutions discussed are providing technological support for an educational process that may improve and provide the PoliLab-Kids students new learning experiences. As far as the theoretical goal is concerned it is providing theoretical base to support mobile learning and show how turning PLK to mobile version could be exposing students to more interactive pedagogical content making it perfect tool for mobile learning.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10589/103463