Journal article
Mobilizing the past for the present and the future: Design-based research of a model for interactive, informal history lessons
Journal of teaching and learning with technology, Vol.2(2), p.90
12/01/2013
Abstract
Informal history education, including many popular museum learning studies, have shown that mobile media objects, such as apps, quickly could become critical parts of the predominate learning technologies of the future. In the process, this could lessen the overall pedagogical focus for history education on aural transmission, such as lecturing, as well as traditional media delivery systems, such as printed books. Having “an app for that,” though, is just the start of the process of developing effective, efficient, and evocative learning systems. This case study describes a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded mobile app designed in situ and deployed at a National Historic Site with the intention of creating a mobile learning model for the National Park Service. After the app module was created and released to the public, an independent evaluator was enlisted to perform a LORI Analysis on the project, to assess the efforts as they related to informal history learning objectives. This evaluation identified potential best practices for the design of these types of mobile apps, such as interactive activities enabled by the mobile technology, as well as opportunities for improvement in the design of such learning systems.
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- Title
- Mobilizing the past for the present and the future: Design-based research of a model for interactive, informal history lessons
- Creators
- Brett Oppegaard - Washington State UniversityOlusola Adesope - Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of teaching and learning with technology, Vol.2(2), p.90
- Academic Unit
- Education, College of
- Publisher
- Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing
- Identifiers
- 99900601053001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article