Jantjies, Mmaki and Joy, Mike (2014) A Framework to support mobile learning in multilingual environments. In: 10th International Conference on Mobile Learning (ML 2014), Madrid, Spain, 28 Feb - 2 Mar 2014 pp. 222-229. ISBN 9789898704023.

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This paper presents a multilingual mobile learning framework that can be used to support the pedagogical development of mobile learning systems which can support learning in under-resourced multilingual schools. The framework has been developed following two empirical mobile learning studies. Both studies were conducted in multilingual South African high schools where learners were provided with mobile phones to access a multilingual system called M-Thuto. In the first study, 90 learners interacted with a bilingual application that included class notes, drill exercises and a quiz for their mathematics lessons. In the second study, 32 learners were expected to create audio clips of their notes gathered from their daily physical science lessons using their home languages. The learners uploaded these notes onto an online mobile learning system and used them later for revision. Data were gathered from their interactions in both studies through interviews and questionnaires and analysed through descriptive statistics and a thematic analysis. These results have contributed to a framework which prescribes factors that need to be considered when creating multilingual mobile learning systems that support the process of learning in developing country secondary schooling environments.

Item Type:	Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
ISBN:	9789898704023
Official Date:	2014
Dates:	Date Event 2014 UNSPECIFIED
Page Range:	pp. 222-229
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	1 January 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access:	2 May 2016
Embodied As:	1
Conference Paper Type:	Paper
Title of Event:	10th International Conference on Mobile Learning (ML 2014)
Type of Event:	Conference
Location of Event:	Madrid, Spain
Date(s) of Event:	28 Feb - 2 Mar 2014
Related URLs:	Organisation

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