Students' capacity for autonomous learning in an unstructured learning space on a mobile learning trail

Esther Tan, Hyo Jeong So

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Abstract

This research study investigates learner autonomy in the unstructured learning space on a mobile learning trail. Specifically, we examine how students leverage on knowledge resources and the physical affordances of the outdoor learning environment, to pursue their line of inquiries. Adapting Fischer and Mandl's (2005) coding scheme for the content dimension, we coded two groups' discourse, to examine the use of knowledge resource types. Analysis showed that contextual resources and the interaction with the physical affordances play a significant role in learners' capacity to see relations between given case information and new conceptual knowledge, as well as, activating prior knowledge resources. Overall findings indicate that autonomous learning rests essentially on the learning design, the appropriate measure at pre-structuring, as well as, student-and-teacher readiness.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-172
Number of pages4
JournalComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
Volume2
StatePublished - 2013
Event10th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2013 - Madison, WI, United States
Duration: 15 Jun 201319 Jun 2013

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