Mobile Computing, Programming, Games and Online Communities: Changes to the Communicative Ecology of Design Students Through Mobile Computing: Part 2

Hamilton, M. and Berry, M.

In this paper, we discuss the influence the increased mobility afforded by Tablet PCs has had on the way multimedia students learn programming concepts and practice skills and techniques through their communicative ecology. Following on from our previous ethnographic action research study, on mobile computing, visual diaries, learning and communication, (Berry & Hamilton, 2006) we allocated Tablet PCs to a new group of students and encouraged their use particularly during their programming classes. We applied many of the instruments recommended in the literature as predictors of success in a programming course to help define and explain the communicative ecology. As well as these instruments, we invited the students to focus group discussions and solicited information via email questionnaires.

Cite as: Hamilton, M. and Berry, M. (2007). Mobile Computing, Programming, Games and Online Communities: Changes to the Communicative Ecology of Design Students Through Mobile Computing: Part 2. In Proc. Ninth Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE2007), Ballarat, Australia. CRPIT, 66. Mann, S. and Simon, Eds. ACS. 55-61.

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