Title :
Developing Mobile Services to Support Informal Learning through Automatic Content Delivery in Religious Contexts: A Design Research Approach
Author :
Jormanainen, Ilkka ; Pietinen, Sami ; Tukiainen, Markku ; Innanen, Tapani ; Ojala, Eveliina
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Abstract :
The use of mobile technology among churches, congregations and other Christian communities is still in its infancy. However, there are lot of opportunities for educational technology solutions to support informal learning also in religious contexts. We have successfully applied a design research framework to build a cross-platform mobile application that allows easy content sharing and community building in religious learning environments where mobile technology is rarely exploited to enhance learning.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; mobile computing; Christian communities; automatic content delivery; church; community building; congregation; content sharing; cross-platform mobile application; design research approach; educational technology solutions; informal learning; mobile service development; mobile technology; religious context; religious learning environments; Communities; Context; Educational institutions; Internet; Materials; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; design research; informal learning; mobile applications; religious communities;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2014 IEEE 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2014.185