Mobile Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Research Articles

Modeling “Stag and Hare Hunting” Behaviors Using Interaction Data from an mCSCL Application for Grade 5 Mathematics

This study attempted to model the stag and hare hunting behaviors of students using their interaction data in a mobile computer-supported collaborative learning application for Grade 5 mathematics. Twenty-five male and 12 female Grade 5 students with an average age of 10.5 years participated in this study. Stag hunters are more likely to display personality dimensions characterized by Openness while students belonging to hare hunters display personality dimensions characterized by Extraversion and Neuroticism. Students who display personality dimensions characterized by Agreeableness and Conscientiousness may tend to be either hare or stag hunters, depending on the difficulty, types of arithmetic problems solved, and the amount of time spent solving arithmetic problems. Students engaged in a stag hunting behavior performed poorly in mathematics. Decision tree modeling and lag sequential analysis revealed that stag and hare hunting behaviors could be identified based on personality dimensions, types of arithmetic problems solved, difficulty level of problems solved, time spent solving problems, and problem-solving patterns. Future research and practical implications were also discussed.

Mobile computer-supported collaborative learning for mathematics: A scoping review.

This study conducted a scoping review of publications in mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning for mathematics. Papers published between 2007 and 2021 inclusive were retrieved from research databases to achieve this goal. Twenty-eight papers met the inclusion–exclusion criteria of the study. It was shown that two papers were published on average over the last 15 years. The majority of the papers were published in peer-reviewed journals. Intending to improve mathematics pedagogy, the two most popular math mCSCL contents were general elementary mathematics and geometry. The review also revealed that math mCSCL benefited elementary students the most. The majority of math mCSCL software was custom-built and designed for synchronous sharing. The research designs were consistent with the existing reviews. The effects on social and attitude skills, as well as mathematics competency, were the most frequently mentioned benefits of math mCSCL. Usability issues, device unfamiliarity, inability to track students' activities, synchronization, and coordination concerns were among the problems highlighted during the implementation of math mCSCL. The implications for future research are discussed.

An Investigation of Pre-Service Teachers Using Mobile and Wearable Devices for Emotion Recognition and Social Sharing of Emotion to Support Emotion Regulation in mCSCL Environments

In the era of a workforce driven by automation and artificial intelligence, social and emotional skills are becoming increasingly relevant to online learning environments. Since social-emotional learning may be defined as a vital component of the learning process in professional instructional design practices, online learners not only need to develop the ability to apply their knowledge, attitudes, and skills but also to understand and manage their emotions. In which setting and achieving positive goals through social interaction, sharing feelings, and developing empathy for others can help with the process. This paper outlines the possibility of using emotion recognition, and social sharing of emotion techniques to support the regulation of emotion in pre-service teacher education. This study aimed to investigate pre-service teachers’ emotion recognition tools acquired by emotion tracker and physiological signals based on their perceptions (without a concrete experience and knowledge). Moreover, the predictive ability was examined along with the relationships between emotion recognition, social sharing of emotion, and emotion regulation. Finally, we investigated emotion adjustment techniques that can be adapted into mobile computer-supported collaborative learning (mCSCL). In this study, 183 pre-service teachers from three different teacher-education institutions in Thailand, were voluntarily participated based on convenience sampling. The results of a self-report via online survey revealed that most pre-service teachers own at least one of the mobile technologies e.g., smartphones, tablets, or laptops. However, there is an increasing number of additional gadgets and wearable devices like EarPods and smartwatches. At the current time, it is nearly impossible to use of the IoT and other wearable devices. According to their subjective impressions in which corresponded to emotion recognition in the scientific literature, Heart rate (HR) and Heart rate variability (HRV) have recognized the most possibilities for emotion detection among physiological signals. Regarding regression analysis, the two-predictor models of emotion recognition and the social sharing of emotion were also able to account for 31% of the variance in emotion regulation, p<.001, R2=.31, and 95% CI [.70, .77]. In addition, the mCSCL applications and the importance of these variables in different collaboration levels are also discussed.

The Effect of mCSCL to Improve Student Learning Outcomes

Mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (mCSCL) is an alternative that can be used in mobile learning. In this study, mCSCL consists of three steps. First, create groups of three to five students. Second, make learning activities starting from understanding the problem to discussion. Third, facilitating group discussions starting from one-to-one discussions to dissemination. The goal of this study was to see how mCSCL affected student learning results. The participants in this study were students from Duta Bangsa University's Informatics Engineering Study Program, which comprised of three classes totaling 90 individuals. This research is a quasi-experimental study with a one-way analysis of variance. The independent variables in this study were mCSCL, mobile learning, and e-learning based on Moodle. The results show that there are differences in learning outcomes in the number of material from the three learning models carried out. The mCSCL model is more effective than using the Mobile Learning model. Furthermore, the mobile learning model is more effective than e-learning Moodle

Fostering Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflection in Self-Regulatory Process Through Socio-Emotional Collaborative Note-Taking in the mCSCL Environment

Self-regulation is an essential skill in teacher development, especially for pre-service teachers who need to develop their own self-regulated skills while simultaneously promoting self-regulation in learners. This study outlines a teacher development program in which pre-service teachers participated in a self-regulatory process in a Mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (mCSCL) online learning environment. Our aim is to fill the existing gap in this area by adding more collaborative learning processes. This study aimed to investigate the predictive effects that self-evaluation to define tasks and goals (at forethought phase) has on self-reflection, which is mediated by collaboration. Furthermore, we have drawn the possibility of embedding collaboration into the socio-emotional note-taking process by using the concept of mCSCL throughout the self-regulated learning process. Data was collected from undergraduate students, working as pre-service teachers, and studying at two institutes in Thailand (N=147), with 17 items of self-regulatory inventory obtained from the original self-regulatory inventory together with 5 other collaboration developed by the author. Structural equation modelling (SEM) analysis was used to confirm a partial mediation model via direct and indirect effects. Later the path analysis, the qualitative data is acquired to re-design the socio-emotional collaborative note-taking on mCSCL tools during the self-regulatory learning process, corresponding with the model testing phase according to the previous study by a semi-structure interview with 5 pre-service teachers. The results proved that collaboration was found to be a significant partial mediator of self-evaluation and self-reflection, in accordance with the empirical data. With our findings we were able to design a socio-emotional collaborative note-taking activity in the mCSCL setting. We proposed collaborative note-taking activities which collaboration procedure is highlighted throughout 3 phases: collaboration in pre-performance (recording ideas and planning), collaboration during the performance (sharing and brainstorming, support and seeking helps), and collaboration in post-performance (reflecting and evaluating) in which the activity was taking place between instructors and peers during supervision period.

Forming Suitable Groups in MCSCL Environments

Given the peculiarities of mobile computer-supported collaborative learning (MCSCL) environments, forming suitable groups in such learning environments represents a hard and time-consuming task. This is because many conditions related to mobile learners, devices, and environment should be considered. Unlike the existing solutions, the present paper shows a grouping approach that allows a customizable formation of (1) homogeneous groups, (2) heterogeneous groups, and (3) mixed groups. The proposed solution does not only help instructors to dynamically form appropriate MCSCL groups, but it also allows to continually control the learners' learning, psychological, and social developments. To assess the effectiveness of the proposed solution, three metrics were used: (1) comparison between the characteristics of the existing group formation tools, (2) average intra-cluster distance of each grouping algorithm, and (3) an experimental evaluation in a real world environment. The obtained results show a great superiority of the proposed solution compared to the existing ones.

Making synchronous CSCL work: a widget-based learning system with group work support

ABSTRACT This paper presents a system architecture for synchronous mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (mCSCL). The paper builds on the notion of content-independent mCSCL by adding the technology support designed according to the contemporary design principles to support young learners. The specifics of the presented architecture are the authoring application that allows for reuse of interactive web-based educational application modules named “widgets”. Widgets communicate via the Group Communication module to deliver group work educational experiences. The Group Communication module consists of the three sub-modules: Message Forwarding Sub-module, Activity Management Sub-module and History Management Sub-module. The three sub-modules are designed to deliver synchronous mCSCL experiences by distributing communication messages to the subscribed groups and their members in a timely manner and by ensuring possible state reconstruction necessary for smooth learner transition between widgets and devices. Such an approach adds to the robustness of synchronous communication which is demonstrated by utilizing the system and the developed widgets in two case studies where early primary school children learn Mathematics in pairs and triplets. The presented system is able to deliver synchronous mCSCL activities including pairs and triplets in a dynamic early primary school environment.

Using a Program Based on Mobile Computer - Supported Collaborative Learning and Social Media Applications in Developing Student Teachers' EFL Creative Reading Skills and Cultural Awareness

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using a program based on mobile computer - supported collaborative learning (MCSCL) and social media applications in developing EFL creative reading skills and cultural awareness among student teachers at the Faculty of Education. The design of the study was a mixed research methodology. It combined both quantitative and qualitative methods of collecting data. The participants of the study were sixty (N= 60) students enrolled in third -year English section at the Faculty of Education, Benha University, Egypt. They were tested before and after the treatment. They were taught through using a program based on mobile computer -supported collaborative learning (MCSCL) and social media applications. The instruments of the study included an EFL creative reading skills test, an EFL cultural awareness scale and a semi-structured interview. The results of the study revealed a statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the study participants in the pre and post administrations of the EFL creative reading skills test and cultural awareness scale in favor of the post administrations. These results were ascribed to mobile computer - supported collaborative learning (MCSCL) and social media applications.

The Effects Of Mobile Computer Supported Collaborative Learning to Improve Problem Solving and Achievements

This research aims to prove whether mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (mCSCL) is better at improving learning outcomes to solve problems than mobile Computer-Supported Individual Learning (mCSIL) based on the student's Self Regulated Learning level. Data analysis techniques in this study used SPSS programs with two-way variance analysis. The research subjects involved 140 Harapan Bangsa Academy students. The results of the analysis found that mCSCL has an average of 67,071 provides better learning outcomes for problem-solving than mCSIL, which is 63,414. Also, this study found that students with higher Self Regulated Learning (SRL) had better learning achievement than students with lower Self Regulated Learning that is, 66.5 compared to 63.986. Furthermore, the test results also obtained Fab = 3,326 with Sig. = 0.07 then H0AB is accepted. This matter means the mCSCL and mCSIL learning strategies provide equally good learning achievements for students who have high or low Self Regulated Learning. The novelty of this study is that the mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning strategy will be more effective in improving problem-solving learning outcomes if students have high Self Regulated Learning.

Exploring group interactions in synchronous mobile computer-supported learning activities

This paper presents the results of a study of synchronous mobile computer-supported collaborative learning (mCSCL) that emphasized levels of pre-structuring in the context of primary school participants who need more guidance to benefit from the collaborative work. The male and female participants, who were, on average, 8-year-old primary school students, used Internet-connected mobile devices to work synchronously in small groups on mathematics tasks. The study examined two mCSCL interaction modes. In the first mode, each group member is assigned a role, and should have completed one part of the task before the group members negotiated their solutions. In the second mode, all group members completed parts of the task individually, and then negotiated their solutions to progress through the activity. The two interaction modes were compared in terms of student task completion attempts and incorrect completion attempts. The study results are of medium to large effect size and indicated that for tasks of lower difficulty, task distribution using roles led to statistically significantly more incorrect task completion attempts compared to the design without roles. For tasks of greater difficulty, there were more incorrect task completion attempts in groups with no explicit distribution of work compared to the groups with roles. The design of synchronous mCSCL technology emphasizes the importance of state preservation mechanisms, synchronization mechanisms, and immediate feedback messages. Practical implications of this study are that teachers must actively consider the type of mCSCL design they choose when preparing their mobile collaborative lessons, and choose an adequate design for the planned task difficulty level.

Improving the design of a mCSCL Chinese character forming game with a distributed scaffolding design framework

Appropriate design of collaborative learning activities for students using mobile devices can be supported by different forms of scaffolding provided by peers, by the teacher or by the technology. Building on prior studies in mCSCL (mobile computer-supported collaborative learning), we developed Chinese-PP, a novel in-class mobile synchronous collaborative learning game for constructing Chinese characters from components, with the unique characteristic of spontaneous small group formations. In this paper, we propose a distributed scaffolding design framework to guide us in examining and refining/revising the interplay among various forms of scaffolding in the learning model across various design-based research (DBR) cycles of our study on Chinese-PP in a primary school in Singapore. We believe a generalized scaffolding design framework has the potential to inform technology-enhanced learning research with a structure to support the iterative process of enacting and redesigning the socio-techno-pedagogical frameworks developed by individual research projects.

Exploring the behavioral patterns of Co-regulation in mobile computer-supported collaborative learning

This study examined the behavioral patterns of co-regulation in a mobile computer-supported collaborative learning context. Participants in this study included 101 undergraduate students majoring in law or Chinese language and literature. Content analysis and lag sequential analysis were conducted to analyze the behavioral patterns of co-regulation for four weeks. The results indicated that the main co-regulation behaviors included establishing goals, making plans, enacting strategies, monitoring and controlling, reflecting and evaluating, and adapting metacognition. The behavioral sequences from week 1 to week 4 demonstrated different characteristics. In addition, the high-achievement groups and low-achievement groups presented distinct differences in behavioral sequences. The implications for CSCL and limitations are also discussed.

An Investigation of Game-Embedded Handheld Devices to Enhance English Learning

This study proposed and implemented a system combining the advantages of both educational games and wireless handheld technology to promote the interactive English learning in the classroom setting. An interactive English vocabulary acquisition board game was designed with the system being implemented on handheld devices. Thirty sixth-grade elementary students in Northern Taiwan were assigned to the experimental group and the control group and played the game with or without handheld devices. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from surveys, interviews, and observations. The results revealed that game-embedded handheld devices could increase the interdependence of the group and lead the learners into better immersion and interactions. We further proposed the cross-device-mediated interaction in the game-embedded face-to-face mobile computer-supported collaborative learning model that could be considered as one of the new literacies in the participatory culture. Six essential elements to develop a successful interactive game-embedded environment were identified from the interplay among the face-to-face environment, handheld devices, and educational game.

Mobile augmented-reality artifact creation as a component of mobile computer-supported collaborative learning

This exploratory study examined the effectiveness of smartphone-based, AR artifact creation and other mobile collaborative learning activities in reinforcing the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) of pre-service teachers. Adopting a mixed-method research design, the study indicated that mobile AR artifact creation with peer discussion tended to better promote the componential competencies of technological pedagogical knowledge (TPK) and the integrative development of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), whereas mobile media artifact viewing with peer discussion seemed to better support the content knowledge (CK) development.

Mobile computer‐supported collaborative learning: A review of experimental research

British Journal of Educational TechnologyVolume 44, Issue 5 p. E111-E114 Colloquium Mobile computer-supported collaborative learning: A review of experimental research Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Chang HsuSearch for more papers by this authorYu-Hui Ching, Yu-Hui ChingSearch for more papers by this author Yu-Chang Hsu, Yu-Chang HsuSearch for more papers by this authorYu-Hui Ching, Yu-Hui ChingSearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 August 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.12002Citations: 48 Address for correspondence: Dr Yu-Chang Hsu, Department of Educational Technology, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725-1747, USA. Email: hsu@boisestate.edu Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume44, Issue5September 2013Pages E111-E114 RelatedInformation

Using Mobile Devices to Support Online Collaborative Learning

Mobile collaborative learning is considered the next step of on-line collaborative learning by incorporating mobility as a key and breakthrough requirement. Indeed, the current wide spread of mobile devices and wireless technologies brings an enormous potential to e-learning, in terms of ubiquity, pervasiveness, personalization, flexibility, and so on. For this reason, Mobile Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning has recently grown from a minor research field to significant research projects covering a fairly variety of formal and specially informal learning settings, from schools and universities to workplaces, museums, cities and rural areas. Much of this research has shown how mobile technology can offer new opportunities for groups of learners to collaborate inside and beyond the traditional instructor-oriented educational paradigm. However, mobile technologies, when specifically applied to collaborative learning activities, are still in its infancy and many challenges arise. In addition, current research in this domain points to highly specialized study cases, uses, and experiences in specific educational settings and thus the issues addressed in the literature are found dispersed and disconnected from each other. To this end, this paper attempts to bridge relevant aspects of mobile technologies in support for collaborative learning and provides a tighter view by means of a multidimensional approach.

Extending a rich web-based cognitive tool to a mobile computer-supported collaborative learning environment

A web-based cognitive tool was previously built for learners to help them comprehend the procedural knowledge of fraction addition and subtraction with unlike denominators. A series of experiments was conducted to validate the effectiveness of the web-based cognitive tool in assisting learners to understand the concept of fractions. In this study, we attempt to extend this rich web-based cognitive tool to a collaborative environment that allows learners to interact with each other and co-construct a procedural knowledge of fraction addition with unlike denominators by using the cognitive tool on a mobile platform. We introduce the web-based cognitive tool, describe its features on the mobile platform, illustrate how it can support collaborative interaction in a designed learning activity, and describe a scenario of using the mobile computer-supported cognitive tool to attain new procedural knowledge of fraction addition.