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A long-term field study on the adoption of smartphones by children in panama

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Elba del Carmen Valderrama Bahamóndez,

Bastian Pfleging,

Niels Henze,

Albrecht SchmidtAuthors Info & Claims

MobileHCI '14: Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services

Pages 163 - 172

https://doi.org/10.1145/2628363.2628403

Published: 23 September 2014 Publication History

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Computing technology is currently adopted in emerging countries. Especially mobile phones and smart phones become widely used - with a much higher penetration than traditional computers. In our work we investigate how computing technologies and particularly mobile devices can support education. While previous work focused on controlled experiments, in this paper we present the results of a 20 weeks long study of mobile phone usage in an emerging region. Our aim was not only to investigate how the phones are used for education but also to learn how they are adopted by children in daily life. By logging screenshots, we used an unsupervised approach that allowed to unobtrusively observe usage patterns without the presence of researchers. Instead of offering tailored teaching applications, we used general-purpose applications to support teaching and found that the phone itself was an empowering technology similar to pen and paper. Based on a detailed analysis of actual use in a natural setting, we derived a set of typical use cases for mobile phones in education and describe how they change learning. From in-depth interviews with a teacher, selected guardians and pupils we show that introducing mobiles phones has great potential for supporting education in emerging regions.

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MobileHCI '14: Proceedings of the 16th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices & services

September 2014

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ISBN:9781450330046

DOI:10.1145/2628363

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