Application architecture to efficiently manage formal and informal m-learning. A case study to motivate computer engineering students

Recent research is focusing on methods that enable effective consumption of digital content. Students are continually exposed to streams of digital content. An information system for learning was designed. Such a tool intends to connect learning in formal channels with the ability to learn in inform...

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Autores:
Álvarez Bermejo, José Antonio
Codina Sánchez, Antonio
Belmonte Ureña, Luis Jesús
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2015
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/60742
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/60742
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/59074/
Palabra clave:
62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
Mobile learning
conceptual map
informal learning
social networking
engineering learning tool
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Recent research is focusing on methods that enable effective consumption of digital content. Students are continually exposed to streams of digital content. An information system for learning was designed. Such a tool intends to connect learning in formal channels with the ability to learn in informal channels. The proposed methodology built upon the application was tested through a quasi-experimental research, implementing and evaluating its influence on how engineering students learnt in an advanced engineering course where concepts are complex. The sample is of fifty-eight students enrolled in Computer Engineering at Universidad de Almería. Their knowledge was evaluated using a specifically designed exam. Results suggest that the effectiveness of the methodology used and the learning tool itself were both robust and fulfilled the hypothesis. The contrast tests Snedecor F for ANOVA two tail and two-sample Tstudent test suggested the effectiveness of the learning tool proposed.