How Can Mobile SMS Communication Support and Enhance a First Year Undergraduate Learning Environment?

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Geraldine; Edwards, Gabriele; Reid, Alan
Titel	How Can Mobile SMS Communication Support and Enhance a First Year Undergraduate Learning Environment?
Quelle	In: ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 17 (2009) 3, S.201-218 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7769
DOI	10.1080/09687760903247625
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Focus Groups; Computer Assisted Instruction; Student Surveys; Educational Environment; College Freshmen; Case Studies; Physical Education; College Faculty; Teacher Student Relationship; Educational Technology; Handheld Devices; Computer Uses in Education; Synchronous Communication; Technology Integration; Integrated Learning Systems; Web Based Instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Foreign Countries; Blended Learning; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Schülerbefragung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Studienanfänger; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Fakultät; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Web Based Training; Unterrichtserfolg; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	In this paper we discuss a case study investigating how the academic and personal development of first year students on an undergraduate sports education degree can be supported and enhanced with mobile SMS (Short Message Service) communication. SMS-based technologies were introduced in response to students' particular needs (in transition to Higher Education) and characteristics (adept mobile communicators). Despite being unaccustomed to using their mobile phones for academic study, students willingly accepted SMS communication with their tutor via a texting management service. This communication was used in concert and integrated with a more traditional learning and teaching context (lectures and a virtual learning environment). Drawing on evidence from two student surveys, focus groups and a tutor's journal, we illustrate how mobile SMS communication has influenced the student learning experience. Taking a holistic view of the learning environment we use Laurillard's (2002) conversational framework (Laurillard, D. 2002. "Rethinking university teaching: a framework for the effective use of learning technologies." 2nd edition. London: Routledge.) to analyse and discuss the role of texting in supporting student transition to higher education. (Contains 10 figures.) (As Provided).
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