Zydeco: Using mobile and web technologies to support seamless inquiry between museum and school contexts

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 174-177

  Cahill, Clara ^a   Kuhn, Alex ^b   Schmoll, Shannon ^a   Pompe, Alex ^a   Quintana, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal learning; Learner centered design; Mobile devices; Mobile learning; Museums; Nomadic inquiry; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

HAND HELD DEVICE; INFORMAL LEARNING; LEARNER-CENTERED; LEARNER-CENTERED DESIGN; MOBILE LEARNING; NEW SYSTEM; SCHOOL CONTEXT; SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY; WEB COMPONENTS; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

DESIGN; MOBILE DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; STUDENTS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 77954919289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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